[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5393]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), Notice of 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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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 Environmental Impact Statement 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 (AMWG), a technical work group (TWG), 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.
    Date and Location: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work 
Group will conduct the following public meeting:
    Flagstaff, Arizona--March 28, 2003. The meeting will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Grand 
Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Building 
3 Conference Room, Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to address the status of 
the humpback chub in the Colorado River. At the AMWG Meeting held on 
January 28-29, 2003, the following motion was passed: ``AMWG meet in 
special session on or about April 1, 2003, to consider actions to 
implement a comprehensive research and management program for the HBC, 
and in the interim an ad hoc committee of AMWG, TWG, GCMRC, and science 
advisors develop recommendations and report to AMWG at the special 
session.'' In conjunction with that motion, the HBC Ad Hoc Group was 
formed and will present their report to the AMWG at the meeting. There 
will be no additional agenda items.
    Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to 
make formal oral comments (limited to 5 minutes) at the meeting.
    To allow full consideration of information by the AMWG members, 
written notice must be provided to Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, 84138; telephone (801) 524-3715; 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 AMWG and 
TWG members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, telephone (801) 524-
3715; faxogram (801) 524-3858; or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: February 24, 2003.
Randall V. Peterson,
Manager, Adaptive Management and Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office.
[FR Doc. 03-5393 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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