[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27395]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-463). 
Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice 
is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior is renewing the 
Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group (CAG). The purpose of 
the Committee is to provide assistance and recommendations to the 
Secretary of the Interior and the State of Washington on the structure 
and implementation of the Yakima River Basin Water Conservation 
Program. In consultation with the State, the Yakima Nation, Yakima 
River basin irrigators, and other interested and related parties, six-
members and a facilitator are appointed to serve on the Yakima River 
Basin Water Conservation Advisory Group (CAG).
    The basin conservation program is structured to provide economic 
incentives with cooperative Federal, State, and local funding to 
stimulate the identification and implementation of structural and 
nonstructural cost-effective water conservation measures in the Yakima 
river basin. Improvements in the efficiency of water delivery and use 
will result in improved streamflows for fish and wildlife and improve 
the reliability of water supplies for irrigation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Esget, Manager, Yakima River Basin 
Water Enhancement Program, telephone (509) 575-5848, extension 267.
    The certification of renewal is published below:

Certification

    I hereby certify that renewal of the Yakima River Basin 
Conservation Advisory Group is in the public interest in connection 
with the performance of duties imposed on the Department of the 
Interior.

Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 01-27395 Filed 10-30-01; 8:45 am]
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