[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56248-56249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20879]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council 
(Council) was established by the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-320) (Act) to receive reports and advise 
Federal agencies on implementing the Act. In

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accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of 
Reclamation announces that the Council will meet as detailed below.
    Dates and Location: The Council will conduct its annual meeting at 
the following time and location:
    Wednesday, October 20, 2004--Yuma, Arizona--The meeting will be 
held in the Clarion Suites located at 2600 South 4th Avenue. The 
meeting will begin at 9 a.m., recess at approximately 3 p.m., and 
reconvene briefly the following day at about 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the Council is open to the public. Any member 
of the public may file written statements with the Council before, 
during, or up to 30 days after the meeting, in person or by mail. To 
the extent that time permits, the Council chairman may allow public 
presentation of oral comments at the meeting. To allow full 
consideration of information by Council members, written notice must be 
provided to Kib Jacobson, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado 
Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84138-1147; telephone (801) 524-3753; faxogram (801) 524-5499; e-
mail at: [email protected] at least FIVE (5) days prior to the 
meeting. Any written comments received prior to the meeting will be 
provided to Council members at the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to 
discuss the accomplishments of Federal agencies and make 
recommendations on future activities to control salinity. Council 
members will be briefed on the status of salinity control activities 
and receive input for drafting the Council's annual report. The Bureau 
of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and United States Geological Survey of the Department of the 
Interior; the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department 
of Agriculture; and the Environmental Protection Agency will each 
present a progress report and a schedule of activities on salinity 
control in the Colorado River Basin. The Council will discuss salinity 
control activities and the contents of the reports.
    It is the Bureau of Reclamation's practice to make comments, 
including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public 
review. Individual respondents may request that their home address be 
withheld from public disclosure, which will be honored to the full 
extent allowable by law. To have your name and/or address withheld, 
please state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. 
Submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib Jacobson, telephone (801) 524-
3753; faxogram (801) 524-5499; e-mail at: [email protected].

    Dated: August 23, 2004.
Richard Lasson,
Acting Regional Director--UC Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 04-20879 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]
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