8209

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8209
• Author: Rochester, H., T. Lloyd and M. Farr.
• Title: Physical Impacts of Small-Scale Hydroelectric Facilities and Their Effects on Fish and Wildlife.
• USFW Year: 1984.
• USFW - Doc Type: 14-16-0009-82-020,
• Copyright Material: NO

this manual. Direct contacts with people working in the SSH field may be
more productive than literature research when attempting to gather informa-
tion about specific concerns because SSH is evolving so rapidly in tech-
nological, regulatory, and economic aspects.

1.3 APPLICATION OF THE MANUAL

1.3.1 Manual Organization

This manual deals with the following four aspects of SSH projects:

. Opportunities and conflicts with other activities and
resources (Chapter 2);

. Overview of SSH technology and description of the main types
of SSH projects (Chapter 3);

. Purpose (and functioning) and impacts of construction activi-
ties, facilities and equipment, and operations and mainten-
ance activities associated with SSH projects (Chapters 4-7); and

. Analysis of the interrelationships of impacts and comments on
alternatives and mitigation approaches (Chapter 8).

1.3.2 Procedure for Users

This manual should be read in its entirety in order to understand the
relationships between different aspects of SSH technology and the environ-
ment. The manual also can be consulted on a case-by-case basis to assess
potential impacts or individual components of particular projects under
review.

Chapters 2 and 3 should provide a general orientation to the subject
of SSH and its role in the National energy and environmental quality
picture. Chapters 4 through 7 provide detailed information on the
functioning of each component of the SSH system, with the associated
environmenta 1 impacts descri bed. These chapters have the same format in
order to assist the reader in relating particular components of a SSH pro-
ject to their environmental impacts. In each case, the IIhardwarell is des-
cribed first; followed by the associated engineering and economic consider-
ations and tradeoffs; and, finally, the environmental effects, environ-
mental tradeoffs, and mitigation alternatives appropriate to that equipment
or procedure. The last chapter of the manual (Chapter 8) describes the
complex environmental impact interrelationships that often exist in SSH
projects.

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