[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19200]


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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 conference call and 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 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.

DATES: The AMWG will conduct the following conference call: Friday, 
August 8, 2003. The conference call will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude 
at 11 a.m. Mountain Time.
    Agenda: The purpose of the conference call will be to seek approval 
from the AMWG to modify the ongoing mechanical removal of non-native 
fish in Grand Canyon during the remainder of Federal fiscal year 2003. 
The proposed modification, which would involve moving the mechanical 
removal effort further downstream of the Little Colorado River, was 
stimulated by a greater than expected success in these efforts. The 
involved Federal action agencies would like to initiate the change in 
the proposed action beginning in August and therefore need to do so 
prior to the AMWG meeting scheduled for August 13-14, 2003.
    To Register for the conference call, please contact Linda Whetton 
at (801) 524-3880 at least two (2) days prior to the call. You will be 
given the phone number and password at that time.
    Date and Location: The AMWG will conduct the following public 
meeting: Phoenix, Arizona--August 13 to August 14, 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 discuss the FY 2004 
budget, temperature control device risk assessment, proposed 
modification of non-native fish mechanical removal, feasibility report 
on humpback chub augmentation, experimental flows, basin hydrology, 
environmental compliance, and other administrative and resource issues 
pertaining to the AMP. In addition, the Humpback Chub Ad Hoc Group will 
present their Final Report. The Ad Hoc Committee on What's In/Out of 
the AMP (AHCIO) and will provide an update and the Strategic Plan Ad 
Hoc Committee will provide comments to the AMWG relative to their 
review of the Draft Tribal Consultation Plan.
    Date and Location: The TWG will conduct the following public 
meeting: Phoenix, Arizona `` October 1 to October 2, 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 discuss the BioWest 
data for downstream of Diamond Creek, multi-attribute tradeoff process, 
status report on mechanical removal work, vegetation mapping by GCMRC, 
non-native fish control, tribal consultation plan, and re-initiation of 
the SCORE (The State of Natural and Cultural Resources in the Colorado 
River Ecosystem) Report, ad hoc group updates, 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-
3715; faxogram (801) 524-3858; or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: July 14, 2003.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office.
[FR Doc. 03-19200 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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