[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 75 (Monday, April 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20948-20949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8745]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group Reestablishment

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of charter reestablisment.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of 
the

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Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463). Following 
consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby 
given that the Secretary of the Interior is reestablishing the charter 
for the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group (CAG). The 
purpose of the CAG is to provide 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 Yakama Nation, Yakima River basin 
irrigators, and other interested and related parties, six members and a 
facilitator are appointed to serve on the 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: Mr. Jim Esget, Manager, Yakima River 
Basin Water Enhancement Program, telephone (509) 575-5848, extension 
267.

Certification

    I hereby certify that reestablishment 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. 04-8745 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
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