[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 71 (Friday, April 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19872-19873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7728]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

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

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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 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: Ms. Dawn Wiedmeier, Deputy Area 
Manager, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Program, telephone 509-
575-5848, extension 213.

Certification

    I hereby certify that Charter renewal 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.

Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
 [FR Doc. E8-7728 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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