1984-06-26 Char-Koosta News

              Kerr Dam public comment sought
Inside:
"Support the Dam" gathering... Page3 More district meeting debate. . .. Page3 MPC "fact sheet
and Tribal response........Page 4
A Look at the Past — Part 2. . . Page 6
"Team's" latest efforts.......Page 13
"Big Stakes" and you......Centerfold
The name Char-Koosta is derived from Chief Charlo's and Chief Koostatah's names. They were the Tribes' last traditional chiefs._
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The public is being invited to present its views next month about the re-licensing of Kerr Dam.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be accepting oral and written public comments on the license at public hearings in Kalis-pell July 9, and Pablo and Missoula July 10.
The Tribes are competing with the Montana Power Company (MPC) for "new license authority to operate the 180- megawatt Kerr Project for a 50-year term beginning May 23, 1980," notes a FERC news release MPC, the current licensee, now operates the project under an interim license
The Tribal public will have ample opportunity to testify at the hearings. Those in favor of the Tribes' application can sign a prewritten letter of support being circulated throughout the Reservation or write their own letter (see supplement in this issue). Transportation to and from one or more of the hearings is also being planned
Those wishing to present oral testimony will have to abide by the following rules:
• Statements should be limited to four minutes.
• Each speaker (or submitter of unsworn written testimony) will have to fill out a3 x 5 index card noting name address and organizational affiliation (if any). The cards will be given to the FERC staff at the hearings to use for
determining speaking order. The schedule is:
Monday, July 9, 7 to 9 p.m.: The Outlaw Inn (Remington Room), 1701 Highway 93 South, KalispelL
Tuesday, July 10,1 to3 p.m.: Conference Room (lower floor of two-story building), Tribal Complex, Pablo.
Tuesday, July 10,7 to 9 p.m: Federal Buildin^Courthouse/Post Office East-West Conference Room, First Floor — East Broadway Entrance 200 East Broadway, Missoula.
Details about Tribally sponsored transportation will follow in the July 10 issue due out July 3.
The letter of support as written by Wall and approved by the Council:
"This letter is written in support of the application of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation,  Montana (Project No.
(Concludes on page two)
Take-apart issue: Bound within this issue of the paper are an abbreviated Arlee pow wow program (green pages) and special Kerr Dam information (unnumbered centerfold pages). Removing those pages will leave a complete 32-page Char-Koosta