[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3271]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Establishment of Regional Resource Stewardship Council

    Notice is hereby given that, in consultation with the General 
Services Administration, it has been determined that the establishment 
of an advisory committee on the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) 
public resource management activities is necessary and in the public 
interest. Accordingly, TVA has chartered the Regional Resource 
Stewardship Council (RRSC).
    The public resource management activities that will be addressed by 
the RRSC include the operations of TVA's dams and reservoirs, 
navigation, flood control, the management of public lands, as well as 
water quality, wildlife, and recreation. As competition for finite 
natural resources grows, fulfilling TVA's integrated resource 
stewardship mission will require increased cooperation with the other 
public agencies and private entities that have responsibilities for and 
interest in the use and conservation of the region's natural resources. 
It is in TVA's interest and the interest of the public it serves to 
establish a mechanism for routinely obtaining the views and advice of 
the citizens, public agencies, and private entities involved in and 
affecting natural resources stewardship.
    All TVA stewardship activities entail the selection of priorities 
among competing objectives and values. TVA has many loyal and committed 
stakeholder groups and private citizens, each dedicated to seeing that 
TVA provides the public benefits that they have come to expect. TVA 
anticipates that the RRSC will provide a mechanism to help develop 
consensus views and resolve competing interests to the benefit of the 
public.
    In order to attain a diverse and balanced membership, the RRSC will 
consist of up to 20 members appointed by the TVA Board of Directors as 
follows:
     7 persons nominated by the Governors of the Tennessee 
river Valley States (one each by the Governors of Alabama, Georgia, 
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia);
     At least 4 members representing distributors of TVA power;
     At least 1 member representing each of the following 
interests: a direct-served customer of TVA, a beneficiary of TVA's 
navigation program, a beneficiary of TVA's flood control program, a 
recreational interest, and an environmental interest; and
     Up to 4 additional members to ensure a balanced 
representative of a broad range of views.
    The RRSC will function solely as an advisory body and in compliance 
with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter 
is being filed at this time in accordance with approval by the General 
Service Administration Secretariat pursuant to 41 CFR 101-6.1015(a)(2).
    For further information, please contact Kathryn J. Jackson, 
Executive Vice President, River System Operations and Environment, 400 
West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37902.

    Authority:  41 CFR 101-6.1015(a).

    Dated: February 3, 2000.
O.J. Zeringue,
President and Chief Operating Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-3271 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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