[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6775]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Glen Canyon Technical Work Group; Public Meetings

SUMMARY: The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group (TWG) was formed as an 
official subcommittee of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group 
(AMWG) on September 10, 1997. The TWG members were named by the members 
of the AMWG and will provide advice and information to the AMWG. The 
AMWG will use this information to form recommendations to the Secretary 
of the Interior for guidance of the Grand Canyon Monitoring and 
Research Center science program and other direction as requested by the 
Secretary. All meetings are open to the public; however, seating is 
limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.
    Dates and locations: The TWG will conduct FOUR (4) public meetings 
at the following times and locations:
    There will be three two-day public meetings: April 7-8, 1998; May 
18-19, 1998; and June 9-10, 1998. Each meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. 
on the first day and conclude at 4:00 p.m. on the second day.
    The meetings on April 7-8, 1998, and June 9-10, 1998, will be held 
at the Arizona Department of Water Resources, Conference Room A, 500 
North 3rd Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
    The meeting on May 18-19, 1998, will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona, 
in the main conference room of the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research 
Center located at 2255 North Gemini Drive.
    There will be a one-day public meeting on July 23, 1998. This 
meeting will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 
1515 North 44th Street (near the Sky Harbor Airport). The meeting will 
begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 noon.
    Time will be allowed at each meeting for any individual or 
organization wishing to make formal oral comments (limited to 10 
minutes), but written notice must be provided at least five (5) days 
prior to the meeting to Mr. Bruce Moore, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 
Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84138-1102, telephone (801) 524-3702, faxogram (801) 524-
5499, e-mail at: [email protected].
    Agendas: General topics of discussion for the April 7-8, May 18-19, 
and June 9-10, 1998, meetings will be as follows:

Welcome
Monitoring and Research Plans for Fiscal Year 2000
Habitat/Maintenance and Beach/Habitat-Building Flows
Management Objectives
Spillway Gate Extensions
Science Advisory Board
Temperature Control Device
Cultural Resources
Conceptual Model
Budget
Public Comment

    The agenda for the July 23, 1998, public meeting will be to discuss 
the assignments from the preceding Adaptive Management Work Group 
meetings.
    Official agendas for each of the four public meetings will be 
available 15 days prior to each meeting on the Bureau of Reclamation's 
website under the Adaptive Management Program at http://
www.uc.usbr.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Moore, telephone (801) 524-3702, 
faxogram (802) 524-5499, e-mail at: [email protected].

    Dated: March 11, 1998
Eluid L. Martinez
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
[FR Doc. 98-6775 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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