[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6035-6036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2142]


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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 includes a federal advisory committee (AMWG), a technical 
work group (TWG), a monitoring and research center, and independent 
review panels. The AMWG makes recommendations to the Secretary of the 
Interior concerning Glen Canyon Dam operations and other management 
actions to protect resources downstream of Glen Canyon Dam consistent 
with the Grand Canyon Protection Act. The TWG is a subcommittee of the 
AMWG and provides technical advice and recommendations to the AMWG.
    Date and Location: The AMWG will conduct the following public 
meeting:
    Phoenix, Arizona--March 2-3, 2005. The meeting will begin at 10 
a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. on the first day and will begin at 8 a.m. 
and conclude at 3 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be held at 
the Arizona Department of Water Resources, 500 N. Third Street, 
Conference Rooms A&B, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to review the Fiscal 
Year 2004 budget expenditures, the FY06 Draft Budget and Work Plan, 
updates on plans currently in development, and other monitoring and 
research reports. Other topics of discussion will include status of the 
Colorado River Basin Fund, Programmatic Agreement membership, basin 
hydrology, the Humpback Chub Comprehensive Plan, public outreach, 
environmental compliance progress on proposed actions, as well as other 
administrative and resource issues pertaining to the AMP.
    Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to 
make formal oral comments (limited to 5 minutes) at the meeting. To 
allow full consideration of information by the AMWG members, written 
notice must be provided to Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 
Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room

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6107, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84138; telephone (801) 524-3715; faxogram 
(801) 524-3858; e-mail at [email protected] at least five (5) days 
prior to the meeting. Any written comments received will be provided to 
the AMWG and TWG members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, telephone (801) 524-
3715; faxogram (801) 524-3858; or via e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: January 24, 2005.
Randall V. Peterson,
Manager, Environmental Resources Division, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. 05-2142 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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