{"id":17,"date":"2014-03-05T19:19:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T19:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pendoreillealliance.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-03-06T05:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:49:36","slug":"documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Senate Document #9<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: #0f447d;\">Senate Document #9 Is the Federal Law that specifically outlines Pend Oreille lake levels, who has a say in determining those levels, and how, when and why the levels can be adjusted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"ourdocs\"><\/a><a class=\"viewdoc\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Senate_Doc_9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View The Document<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">OUR RESEARCH<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPO_Executive_Summary_Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPO Executive Summary (Updated)<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPO-AFD-Economic-Impact-Study-Final-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPO AFD Economic Impact Study Final 2026<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPO-AFD-Economic-Impact-Study-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPO AFD Economic Impact Study Final<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPO_Fish_Wildlife_Impacts_Complete.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPO Fish &amp; Wildlife Impacts (Complete)<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Technical_Appendix_Complete_A-L-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Appendix Complete (A\u2013L)<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FY2019_FOIA_Financial_Analysis_Albeni_Falls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FY2019 FOIA Financial Analysis \u2014 Albeni Falls<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPA-Formal-Comments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPA Formal Comments<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPA_Community_Letter_with_Signatures_2026-02-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPA Community Letter (Signed)<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPA-Demand-to-Suspend-Finalization-of-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPA \u2014 Demand to Suspend Finalization of Plan<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Public_Health_as_Authorized_Purpose.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Health as Authorized Purpose<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Recreation_as_Legislative_Mandate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recreation as Legislative Mandate<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scenic_Beauty_as_Authorized_Purpose.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scenic Beauty as Authorized Purpose<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Upstream-Key-to-SVRP-Aquifer-IWAC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Upstream Key to SVRP Aquifer \u2014 IWAC<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-Upstream-Key-to-SVRP-Aquifer-SRF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Upstream Key to SVRP Aquifer \u2014 SRF<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1927-Water-Rights-Priest-Pend-Oreille-and-Coeur-DAlene.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1927 Water Rights (67-4304, 67-4305)<\/a> &#8211; NEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CRT-AIP-Canada-public-description-Final_2024Aug30.pdf\">Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CRT_Dams_w_Labels_24x36-002.pdf\">Columbia River Treaty Dams<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Backgrounder_ColumbiaRiverTreaty_July11_2024.pdf\">Backgrounder Columbia River Treaty<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20240415_Draft1-RuleText_Docket-20-0304-2401-no-comments-1.pdf\">Encroachment on Navigable Lakes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"int-columns\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Kalispel-MOA-amendment-2014-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revised MOA &#8211; 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/whitsett-columbia-river-treaty.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia Treaty Review by Senator Whitsett<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gov_Otter_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Otter\u2019s Recent Report To The Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014-0053-Joint-Response-letter-to-Governor-Otter-re-Albeni-Falls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Response letter to Governor Otter re Albeni Falls<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LPA_Documentation_Reconciliation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPA Documentation Reconciliation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/smith-lpo-letter_20140717131846.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Property Owner&#8217;s Letter to Governor (letter &amp; photos)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Butch-Otter_20140627094436.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter from Gov. Butch Otter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/columbia-treaty-article_20140516094114.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia River Treaty Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Senate_Doc9_Excerpts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Doc #9 Excerpts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Col_River_Hearings1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Excerpts from Albeni Falls 1943 Hearings<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Flood_Control_Act_1950.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood Control Act 1950<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Harry_Truman_The_Buck_Stops_Here1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Truman The Buck Stops Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Authenticity_Arrowrock1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authenticity Arrowrock<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Operating_Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Authorization<br \/>\nAlbenia Falls Dam Operating Plan in Accordance with Senate Document #9<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Col_River_Compact1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia River Compact<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Interstate_Compact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interstate Compact<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Joint_Statement1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1955_Rec_Dev_Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1955 Recreational Development Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1964_Rec_Dev_Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1955 Recreational Development Plan Amended in 1964<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1968-letter_20140327081314.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter to BPA from C.A. Carroll, Col., Army Corps of Engineers, 1968<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1981_Rec_Dev_Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1955 Recreational Development Plan Amended in 1981<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Rec_Dev_Plan_C5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recreational Development Plan Change 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Rec_Dev_Plan_C7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recreational Development Plan Change 7<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"int-columns\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Electricity_Generation_Comparison.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electricity Generation Comparison<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This document illustrates that Albeni Falls Dam would generate more electricity if they ran it according \u0003to the way the laws dictate, rather than how they are currently choosing to run it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"int-columns int-last\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Lake_Pend_Orielle_Mission.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Pend Oreille Mission Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This Idaho Law Indicates That The Pend Oreille Lake Commission must be involved in all economic,\u0003recreational, environmental, and fish-related decisions relating to Lake Pend Oreille.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Document #9 Senate Document #9 Is the Federal Law that specifically outlines Pend Oreille lake levels, who has a say in determining those levels, and how, when and why the levels can be adjusted. <a name=\"ourdocs\"><\/a><a class=\"viewdoc\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Senate_Doc_9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View The Document<\/a> OUR RESEARCH <a href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LPO_Executive_Summary_Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LPO Executive Summary (Updated)<\/a> &#8211; NEW <a [...]\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Documents - Lake Pend Oreille Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savependoreille.org\/documents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documents - Lake Pend Oreille Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate Document #9 Senate Document #9 Is the Federal Law that specifically outlines Pend Oreille lake levels, who has a say in determining those levels, and how, when and why the levels can be adjusted. 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