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dam-l Norway and stricter hydropoer regulations [REUTERS]: PLANET ARK WEBPAGE



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Norway's NVE wants stricter hydropower 
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<FontFamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>NORWAY : June 29, 2000 

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<bold></color><FontFamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>OSLO - The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate 
(NVE) said yesterday it wanted stricter laws on regulation of water 
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</color><FontFamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>It said in a statement that power producers had threatened wildlife and the 
environment by keeping water levels below lowest allowed level. 

NVE said power producers could profit from reducing water levels below 
dams at certain times in order to save the water for power production at 
periods with higher prices. 

"We react seriously to the breaches on the concession terms and look 
forward to a new hydro resource law to be adopted by the parliament soon," 
said NVE chief Agnar Aas. 

NVE said it had investigated 30 cases of possible breaches on hydropower 
concession rules since 1996 and had engaged Norwegian economic and 
environment crime police Oekokrim to pursue such cases. 

Oekokrim had fined one power producer and sued another for environmental 
crime, it said. 

Norwegian hydropower concession rules provides NVE no opportunity to 
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