[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15091]


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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 TWG will conduct the following public 
meeting:
    Phoenix, Arizona--June 30 to July 1, 2003. The meeting will begin 
at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. on the first day and will begin at 
8 a.m. and conclude at noon on the second day. The meeting will be held 
at the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Western Regional Office, 2 Arizona 
Center, 400 N. 5th Street, Conference Rooms A and B (12th Floor), 
Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to address the FY 2003 
and FY 2004 budgets and re-prioritize work as needed, discuss Ad Hoc 
Committee on What's In/Out of the AMP Report, and discuss Humpback Chub 
Ad Hoc Group ongoing work, Oracle database, basin hydrology, 
environmental compliance, and other administrative and resource issues 
pertaining to the AMP.
    To allow full consideration of information by the AMWG or TWG 
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] (5) days prior to 
the meeting. Any written comments received will be provided to the AMWG 
and TWG members prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, telephone (801) 524-
3758; faxogram (801) 524-3858; or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: June 9, 2003.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office.
[FR Doc. 03-15091 Filed 6-13-03; 8:45 am]
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