[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13860]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Biological Opinion of Operations, Maintenance, and Sensitive 
Species of the Lower Colorado River

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Biological Opinion and notice of 
public meetings on Bureau of Reclamation's lower Colorado River 
operations and maintenance.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is to provide notice of the 
availability for review, the Biological Opinion prepared under the 
requirements of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act for operations 
and maintenance of the lower Colorado River. Public meetings will be 
held to summarize and help ensure understanding of the Biological 
Opinion.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Biological Opinion are 
requested no later than July 11, 1997. Reclamation invites all 
interested parties to attend public meetings to be held at the 
following three locations:

June 16, 1997--10:00 a.m., McCarran Airport, Commissioner's Meeting 
Room, Las Vegas, Nevada.
June 17, 1997--9:00 a.m., LaQuinta Inn 2510 W. Greenway Road, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
June 18, 1997--6:00 p.m., Yuma Desalting Plant 7301 Calle Agua Salada, 
Room C-120, Yuma, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments should be addressed 
to Mr. Thomas H. Shrader, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, 
P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470, telephone: (702) 293-8703. 
Copies of the Biological Opinion may be obtained at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Biological Opinion addresses 
Reclamation's current and projected routine, ongoing lower Colorado 
River operations and maintenance over the next five years, critical 
habitat and the biology and distribution of sensitive species found 
along the lower Colorado River, and the potential effect of such 
operations and maintenance on species and habitat that have protected 
status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The 
geographic area addressed in this document is the mainstem reach of the 
Colorado River from the upper end of Lake Mead at Pierce Ferry to the 
Southerly International Boundary with the Republic of Mexico. 
Reclamation will consolidate all comments on the document for use in 
the development and implementation of a multi-species conservation 
program (MSCP) in the Lower Basin.

    Dated: May 15, 1997.
Laura Herbranson,
Director, Resource Management and Technical Services.
[FR Doc. 97-13860 Filed 5-27-97; 8:45 am]
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