Title

Cumulative Impacts of Small Hydropower Developments: An Overview of the Issues

Publication Date

1985

Notes

ISBN 0-913235-37-7

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries

Start Page

343

End Page

345

Editors

Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;

Publication Place

Bethesda, MD

Publisher

American Fisheries Society

Abstract

Despite legislative and administrative mandates that cumulative impacts be incorporated as an element of environmental impact assessment (EIA), governmental agencies and consultants have been slow to develop and use the necessary methods. Part of the problem lies in the definition of cumulative impacts, part lies with the methodology difficulties, and part lies in the perceptual horizons of those assessing the impacts. Nonetheless, as land use and energy production expand and intensify, concern with cumulative impacts is increasing. A shift toward cumulative impact assessment of hydroelectric development in the Pacific Northwest Serves as a good example. Especially since passage of the Northwest Power Act of 1980, federal, state, and tribal agencies and advocacy groups all have recognized the need to assess impacts within a regional context.

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