ML20063H111

Affidavit of L George.Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Does Not Represent Columbia River Treaty Tribes

ML20063H111
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Site:	Skagit
Issue date:	07/09/1982
From:	George L COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION
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- Clari,fication That The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Does Not Represent the Columbia River Treaty Tribes y ,

The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Conmission (CRITFC) is an independent body composed of the Fish and Wildlife Committees of the Yakima, Ne: Perce, Warm Springs and Umatilla tribes. While CRITFC coordinates' its' work very closely with the Columbia River treaty tribes, it

' does not speak for or on behalf of the tribes. Rather CRITFC by the direction of its Commissioners assists the four Fish and Wildlife Conmittees in their

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coordinated programs and actions to protect, promote, and enhance the fish, wildlife, and water resources secured by treaties with the United States. Such coordinated programs and actions have included, continuing negotiation of a i 'U.S./ Canadian Pacific Salmon Interception Treaty, the development of Initial 4(h') Reconmendations for the Protection Mitigation and Enhancement of Anadromous Fish in the Columbia River Basin (P.L.96-501), and establishment of Inter-Tribal fishery regulations. Much of this work would be fruitless if Columbia River Hanford Reach or Yakima River anadromous fishery stocks were destroyed by the Skagit/Hanford Nuclear Project (S/HNP). While individual tribal members do have standing to assert-a treaty rights infringement, See Sohappy v. Smith, 302 F. Supp.

899, 904 (D. Or. 1969), aff'd and remande_d_, 529 F.2d 570 (9th Cir. 1976), the tribal Commissioners of CRITFC, members of either the Warm Springs, Yakima, Nez Perce, or Umatilla tribes, do not at this juncture claim infringement of treaty rights. Rather, CRITFC seeks to ensure through this formal administrative procedure that' treaty rights will not be subsequently infringed by the con-s'truction aor operations or other occurrences of the S/HNP.

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State of Oregon S.S.

County of Multnomah LEVI GEORGE, being first sworn, deposes and says:

1. I am Secretary of the Fish and Wildlife Comittee of the Yakima Indian Nation.

2. I am Vice Chairman of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.

3. By consensus vote, the Comissioners of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Comission on May 20, 1982, with representation of the Fish and Wildlife Comittees of the Warm Springs, Umatilla, Nez Perce, and Yakima tribes authorized the action of S. Timothy Wapato petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Comission for leave to intervene in the construction licensing proceedings of the Skagit/Hanford Nuclear Project, NRC Docket No.s STN 50-522, 50-523.

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T LEVI GEORGE Subscribed and Sworn to before me this day of July,1982.

L%uAfkrev Notary Public in and for the State of Oregon, residing at Poyt13n My Comission Expires:(/-l%

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,%J c: = 1 COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION 8383 N E. Sandy BM1 Su.te 320 May 3,1982 Portland, Oregon 97220 Telephone (503) 257-0181 MEMORANDUM T0: CRITFC Staff FROM: S. Timothy Wapato, Executive Director

SUBJECT:

Acting Director, May 4-7, 1982 Beginning May 4 through May 7,1982, Jim Martin will be the acting director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission staff.

In this capacity Jim will be responsible for reviewing the incoming mail for the director and to handle incoming phone calls and issues wnich arise which need immediate attention. Jim will also be respon-sible for keeping the director informed as he calls in periodically during that t.ime period. All correspondence which must go out over the director's signature will be reviewed by Jim and anybody he so chooses to assist in reviewing it for policy matters. The mail will then be sent over the signature stamp of the director. All other normal operations will carry on as usual.

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