Friends of Merrymeeting Bay Cybrary (Cyber-Library)

      American Eel Advocacy Work
via petitions to the BEP to modify Water Quality Certificates at dams on the Kennebec and
Androscoggin Rivers (2005-2007)
Petition to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection re: Safe up- and downstream passage for American eels and native anadromous fish species (pdf; file size: 59 KB)
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, Petitioner (9/29/05)
Petition before the Board of Environmental Protection for Modification of Maine Water Quality Certificates at four Kennebec River Hydroelectric Dams (Weston, Shawmut, Hydro Kennebec, Lockwood) (pdf; file size: 208 KB)
Douglas H. Watts, Petitioner (9/28/05)
Letters from Dana Murch (Dams and Hydro Supervisor, Maine Bureau of Land & Water Quality) to BEP
1) Draft of BEP order to dismiss Watts and FOMB Petitions re: Dams on the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers (January, 2006)
2) Letter from Maine Bureau of Land and Water Quality, requesting BEP dismisses Watts and FOMB Petitions (1/19/06)
3) Memo re: Androscoggin Dams Petition(2/2/06)
Letters to the Maine BEP in Response to Dam Operator's Requests to Dismiss FOMB's Petition to Modify Water Quality Certificates (pdfs)
Law Offices of Bruce M. Merrill, on behalf of FOMB
Letter regarding Kennebec & Androscoggin River Dams (1/15/06)
Letter regarding Androscoggin River Dams (1/25/06)
Introduction to FOMB's presentation at preliminary BEP hearings re: Kennebec dams (1/19/06)
and Androscoggin dams (2/2/06)
Second Petition to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection for Modification of Water Quality Certificates at Androscoggin and Little Androscoggin River Dams and accompanying cover letter (pdfs)
    Friends of Merrymeeting Bay & other individuals, Petitioners (5/17/06)
  1. Letter from Dam Owners (by Pierce Atwood, law firm) requesting that the BEP reject FOMB's Petition, above (5/24/06)
  2. FOMB's Response to BEP Re: Androscoggin Eel Petition of May 17, 2006 and Request for Dismissal Letter of May 24, 2006 (6/7/06)
  3. Doug Watt's Response to BEP Re: Androscoggin Eel Petition of May 17, 2006 and Request for Dismissal Letter of May 24, 2006 (6/9/06)
  4. BEP's response to FOMB's 2nd Andro petition (6/9/06)
  5. FOMB response to BEP's dismissal (by Bruce Merrill, law firm, on behalf of FOMB) (8/30/06)
  6. Dam Owners response to FOMB letter of 8/30/06, above (by Pierce Atwood, law firm, on belalf of dam owners) (9/8/06)
  7. FOMB response to Dam Owner's letter of 9/8/06, above (by Bruce Merrill, law firm, on behalf of FOMB) (9/13/06)
  8. Maine Public Radio clip about second Androscoggin petition (10/19/06)
  9. Joint response of the Androscoggin River hydropower project owners to the May 17, 2006 petition to modify the water quality certifications for Androscoggin dams. (2/28/07 pdf; file size: 5.1 MB)
  10. BEP's dismissal of FOMB's 2nd Andro petition (5/17/07 pdf; file size: 2 MB)
  11. Petitioner's Appeal of BEP Andro 2 Petition Dismissal (6/15/07 pdf; file size: 40 KB)
  12. Motion to Dismiss by BEP (7/16/07 pdf; file size: 2 MB)
  13. Dam owner Support for Dismissal (08/03/07 pdf; file size: 132 KB)
  14. Petitioner's Opposition to BEP Motion to Dismiss (09/14/07 pdf; file size: 1.2 MB)
  15. Motion to Dismiss by Dam Owners (08/10/07 pdf; file size: 1.3 MB)
  16. Petitioner's Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (08/06/07 pdf; file size: 73 KB)
  17. BEP Reply Memo to Motion to Dismiss (08/09/07 pdf; file size: 267 KB)
  18. Dam Owner Reply Motion to Dismiss (08/21/07 pdf; file size: 586 KB)
  19. Sagadahoc Superior Court Consolidated Dismissal of Andro2 and Kennebec Appeals (11/08/07 pdf; file size: 15 MB)
Documents related to Full Adjudicated Hearing on Kennebec River Dams
  1. Letters to the Maine BEP in response to their request that FOMB petition to be intervenors in the case that FOMB brought before them in the first place
  2. FOMB motion to limit scope of Kennebec hearing and to preclude evidence Law offices of Bruce M. Merrill, on behalf of FOMB (7/19/06 pdf)
  3. Joint response of Merimil Limited Partnership, Hydro Kennebec LP, and FPL Energy to FOMB's motion to limit scope of Kennebec hearing (7/26/06)
  4. Second Procedural Order on Kennebec hearing (8/23/06)
  5. Upstream eel passage compliance orders from DEP to Kennebec River dam owners: Hydro Kennebec, Shawmut, Weston, and Lockwood (large Word files, 2.9-3.6 MB) (8/8/2006)
  6. Downstream eel passage compliance orders from DEP to Kennebec River dam owners: Hydro Kennebec, Shawmut, Weston, and Lockwood (large Word files, approx. 5 MB) (9/14/2006)
  7. Pre-filed Testimony
  8. Pre-filed Rebuttals
  9. BEP Adjudicated Hearing Transcripts.
  10. Post Hearing Legal Briefs on Kennebec Safe Passage Petitions
  11. BEP's dismissal of FOMB's 2nd Kennebec petition (6/5/07 pdf; file size: 2.6 MB)
  12. Petitioner's Appeal of BEP Kennebec Petition Dismissal (08/05/07 pdf; file size: 50 KB)
  13. BEP Motion to Dismiss-Kennebec (08/31/07 pdf; file size: 1.3 MB)
  14. Dam Owners' Motion to Dismiss-Kennebec (09/05/07 pdf; file size: 738 KB)
  15. FOMB Opposition to Motion to Dismiss (09/25/07 pdf; file size: 1.6 MB)
  16. BEP Reply in Motion to Dismiss-Kennebec (10/03/07 pdf; file size: 411 KB)
  17. Dam Owners' Reply in Motion to Dismiss (10/03/07 pdf; file size: 649 KB)
  18. Sagadahoc Superior Court Consolidated Dismissal of Andro2 and Kennebec Appeals (11/08/07 pdf; file size: 15 MB)
Press Coverage
Expert Testimony
Effects of dams on up and downstream migration of eels (& CV of author)
James McCleave (1/10/06)
Eel migration, passage, & mortality
Alexander J. Haro, PhD, Click here for CV
(12/29/05)



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