[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 79 (Monday, April 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21787-21788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10116]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) and Glen Canyon 
Technical Work Group (TWG)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a 
result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam 
Final

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Environmental Impact Statement and to comply with consultation 
requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L. 102-575) of 
1992. The AMP provides an organization and process to ensure the use of 
scientific information in decision making concerning Glen Canyon Dam 
operations and protection of the affected resources consistent with the 
Grand Canyon Protection Act. The AMP has been organized and includes a 
federal advisory committee called the ``Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive 
Management Work Group,'' a technical work group, a monitoring and 
research center, and independent review panels. The TWG is a 
subcommittee of the AMWG and provides technical advice and information 
for the AMWG to act upon.

DATES AND LOCATION: The Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group will 
conduct public meetings as follows:
    Phoenix, Arizona--July 6-7, 2000. The meeting will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. on the first day and begin at 8:00 a.m. 
and conclude at 12 noon on the second day. The meeting will be held at 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Phoenix Area Office, 2 Arizona Center, 
Conference Rooms A and B (12th Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 
following: management objectives, basin hydrology, FY 2002 budget, 
development of the AMP Strategic Plan, and environmental compliance 
issues.
    The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group will conduct public meetings 
as follows:
    Phoenix, Arizona--May 10-11, 2000. The meeting will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. on the first day and begin at 8:00 a.m. 
and conclude at 12 noon on the second day. The meeting will be held at 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Phoenix Area Office, 2 Arizona Center, 
Conference Rooms A and B (12th Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 
following: management objectives and information needs, basin hydrology 
and expected releases, FY 2002 budget, Terrestrial PEP and Cultural PEP 
reviews, and the AMWG agenda for the meeting on July 6-7, 2000.
    Agenda items may be revised prior to any of the meetings. Final 
agendas will be posted 15 days in advance of each meeting and can be 
found at the following Internet site: http://www.uc.usbr.gov/amp. Time 
will be allowed on each agenda for any individual or organization 
wishing to make formal oral comments (limited to 10 minutes) at the 
meetings.
    To allow full consideration of information by the TWG and AMWG 
members, written notice must be provided to Randall Peterson, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, 
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102; telephone (801) 524-3758; 
faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-mail at: [email protected] at least FIVE 
(5) days prior to the meeting. Any written comments received will be 
provided to the TWG and AMWG members at the meetings.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public 
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There 
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's 
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at 
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials or organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Peterson, telephone (801) 524-
3758; faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-mail at: [email protected].

    Dated: April 18, 2000.
Eluid Martinez,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
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