[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27628]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


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

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 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 AMWG will conduct the following public 
meeting:
    Phoenix, Arizona--January 7 to January 8, 2004. 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 2 p.m. 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 2005 
budget, environmental compliance required on the temperature control 
device, current and potential future temperatures of Glen Canyon Dam 
releases, humpback chub comprehensive plan and peer review, long-term 
monitoring plan development, update on GCMRC reorganization, review of 
AMWG Charter and Operating Procedures, experimental flows, basin 
hydrology, and other administrative and resource issues pertaining to 
the AMP.
    Date and Location: The TWG will conduct the following public 
meeting:
    Phoenix, Arizona--November 12 to November 13, 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 2005 
budget, NEPA requirements for FY 2004 and FY 2005 actions, flow 
modifications, update on GCMRC reorganization, Cultural Programmatic 
Agreement Program, FY 2004 project reviews, environmental compliance, 
and other administrative and resource issues pertaining to the AMP.
    To allow full consideration of information by the AMWG, 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 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: October 24, 2003.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office.
[FR Doc. 03-27628 Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]
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