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>> My name is Erin Kimsey [phonetic]
and I am an outdoor recreation planner

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for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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I use the federal regulations to review
project applications for hydropower dams.

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So we get a whole series of projects, either new
or existing projects that up for a re-license,

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licenses last from 30 to 50 years.

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And we review them, either new or existing
projects, to make sure that there are protection

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of resources and that we're making sure

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that the project doesn't have severe negative
implications on any of the resources,

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both natural and, land use and, from
threatening nature's species to fish.

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And being an outdoor recreation planner, I
make sure that there's still adequate access

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to the water and the grounds around it and that
people still, none of their access is impeded,

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by the project or its operations.

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More recently we've had a comment period
where we've gotten comments coming

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in from stakeholders about some of
the, studies that we've proposed.

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And they're putting their comments in on
what they think that we need to add or things

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that they feel have been excluded that,
and they have to, provide comments on why.

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And we have a really short turnaround to
provide feedback to them about whether

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or not we will consider them and why
we will or will not consider those.

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So we had a really tight deadline for that and,
it made things a little bit more interesting.