[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG)

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.
    Dates and Addresses: The AMWG will conduct the following public 
meeting:
    Flagstaff, Arizona--August 29-30, 2007. The meeting will begin at 
9:30 a.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. on the first day and begin at 8 
a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be held 
at the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 2255 N. Gemini 
Drive, Building 3 Main Conference Room, Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to (1) Review and 
develop a recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior for the 
fiscal year 2008 Budget, Workplan, and hydrograph; (2) receive updates 
on the Monitoring and Research Plan, the Beach/Habitat Building Flow 
Science Plan, public outreach efforts, Long-Term Experimental Plan 
Environmental Impact Study, and Humpback Chub Recovery Implementation 
Plan; (3) review fiscal year 2007 mid-year program expenditures; (4) 
discuss the Roles Ad Hoc Group Report; and (5) discuss basin hydrology/
climate changes, and other administrative and resource issues 
pertaining to the AMP. To view a copy of the draft agenda, please visit 
Reclamation's Web site at: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/07aug29/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Peterson, Bureau of 
Reclamation, telephone (801) 524-3758; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail 
at [email protected].
    To allow full consideration of information by the AMWG members, 
written notice must be provided to Randall Peterson, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, 
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Uta 84138; telephone (801) 524-3758; 
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 members.

    Dated: July 19, 2007.
Randall V. Peterson,
Manager, Environmental Resources Division, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E7-15699 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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