[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7573-7574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1943]


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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 7-8, 2006. 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 3 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be held at 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2 Arizona Center, 400 N. 5th Street, 12th 
Floor, Conference Rooms A&B, in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to review the Fiscal 
Year 2005 budget expenditures and proposed FY06 budget modifications 
and draft FY07-08 budget and workplan proposals, and to receive updates 
on science plans currently in development along with other monitoring 
and research reports. Additional topics of discussion will include 
status of humpback chub efforts, basin hydrology, public outreach, and 
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 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].


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    Dated: January 31, 2006.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E6-1943 Filed 2-10-06; 8:45 am]
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