[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54155-54156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27053]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the 
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Transmittal of Report to Congress and the Governors of the 
Colorado River Basin States.

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SUMMARY: This Federal Register notice announces the transmittal of the 
Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the Grand 
Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998) by the Secretary 
of the Interior in addition to the Governors of the Colorado River 
Basin States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October 1992, the President of the United 
States signed into law the Reclamation Projects and Authorization and 
Adjustment Act (Pub. L. 102-575) containing Title XVIII-Grand Canyon 
Protection (GCPA). Section 1804(c)(2) of the GCPA reads as follows:

* * * the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress and to the 
Governors of the Colorado River Basin States a report, separate from 
and in addition to the report specified in section 602(b) of the 
Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 on the preceding year and 
the projected year operations undertaken pursuant to this Act.

    The Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to 
the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998) contains 
background and history, 1997 and 1998 operations plans, and adaptive 
management activities for Glen Canyon Dam. The Record of Decision for 
the Environmental Impact Statement on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam 
called for establishing an Adaptive Management Program (AMP) containing 
four elements: an Adaptive Management Work Group, a Technical Work 
Group, a Monitoring and Research Center, and

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Independent Science Review Groups. These entities work together to 
provide the Secretary of the Interior with recommendations on how to 
operate Glen Canyon Dam now and in the future. Preparation of this 
report included the review and comments of the AMP entities, with the 
exception of the Independent Science Review Groups, which have yet to 
be formed.
    By adopting the Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam 
Pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-
1998) and its Appendices, the Secretary of the Interior is adopting the 
Annual Plan of Operations for Water Year 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Magnussen, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 1849 C Street, Washington, DC 20240, telephone: 202-208-
4081, or on the Bureau of Reclamation's and Grand Canyon Monitoring and 
Research Center's WEB pages at http://www.uc.usbr.gov and http://
www.usbr.gov/gces/, respectively.

    Dated: October 1, 1998.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-27053 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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