1.   But this new menu of choices, while costly and controversial, might negate the need to breach the four dams in southeast Washington.

2.   Federal studies have cast doubt on whether fish passage would work at the two dams.

3.   Local investors stepped up to fund the first three dams, Limp said, and they felt the sting of government rule-making.

4.   The Clinton administration recently decided against removal of the four dams.

5.   The first of the six dams is expected to begin operation this year.

6.   The proposal calls for carving a new river channel around the four dams.

7.   The runs were destroyed early in this century when the two dams were erected.

8.   The two dams provide a portion of the electricity used by the Daishowa America Pulp Mill in Port Angeles.

9.   The six dams are part of an already announced plan to encourage private investment in state-owned power utilities.

10.   Based on the present water levels at the two dams, the minister said it would take four to five months before they reach the critical level.