08 January 2014: Additional Comments on the Draft water level order

At my request, Beth Callahan has forwarded me a compilation of all the comments received by the Department on the DRAFT Clary Lake water level order. These include 3 emailed comments sent directly to Beth Callahan that, through understandable oversight, never made it to the Service List.  These include emails from Senator Christopher Johnson, Steven Sheppard of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Jeff Murphy of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service.

Upon review it is easy to see why these “comments” were not forwarded to the Service List. Steven Sheppard of the USF&W’s comment consisted of the single sentence “The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service supports the provisions of the Draft Order.” Likewise, Jeff Murphy of NOAA asked a simple question and got a simple answer. Senator Johnson’s comment consisted of pointing out a grammatical error.  Still, as trivial as these comments were, everyone is entitled to read them. Regarding Chris Johnson’s comment, I should point out that I was carbon-copied on Chris’s email to Beth Callahan and it never dawned on me that by all rights and purposes it should have been shared with the Service List.

I’ve separated out the extra comments into 2 files:

Comment by Senator Christopher Johnson on the Draft Clary Lake water level order

Agency Comments on the Draft Clary Lake water level order

Here’s the compilation of ALL the comments received by the Department

All Comments Received on the Draft Clary Lake water level  order

Here are links to the comments I’ve already posted:

Petitioner and Clary Lake Association comments

Pleasant Pond Mill LLC comments

Thomas Gillette comments

2 thoughts on “08 January 2014: Additional Comments on the Draft water level order”

    1. George Fergusson Post author

      You’re welcome Mary. It turns out they weren’t earth-shaking comments, or vile spittle-covered diatribes like Paul Kelley’s comments, but it is nice to know that U.S. Fish & Wildlife approves of the Draft Order in its entirety and that the National Marine Fisheries Service only really cares that the Atlantic Salmon spawning grounds don’t get unduly de-watered. I expecially like that Chris Johnson took exception to ONE WORD in a 16 page document.

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