White River Project, FERC No. 2494

Represented licensee for more than 10 years in all aspects of contentious hydroelectric licensing process, including Section 10(j) and 4(e) proceedings related to minimum instream flows and ramping rates anadromous fish; Clean Water Act Section 401 litigation (certification requirement found waived); Coastal Zone Management Act consistency litigation (consistency determination requirement waived); Endangered Species Act compliance counseling; license rehearing request; and development of multi-party collaborative process to develop a non-hydroelectric project alternative to licensing that maintains the project reservoir, Lake Tapps.