[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 82 (Monday, April 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22973-22974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9192]


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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 meeting:
    Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008. The meeting will begin at 9:15 a.m. 
and conclude at 5 p.m. on the first day and will begin at 8 a.m. and 
conclude at 2 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 for the AMWG to receive 
updates and discuss the following items: (1) Preliminary results from 
the March 2008 high flow experiment, (2) humpback chub comprehensive 
plan and recovery plan updates, (3) science symposium planning, (4) 
2008 fiscal year expenditures, (5) draft 2009 fiscal year budget, (6) 
AMP strategic plan revision, (7) next steps for AMP experiments, and 
(8) other subjects of AMP administration. To view a copy of the draft 
agenda, please visit Reclamation's Web site at: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/08may22/index.html.
    Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to 
make formal oral comments at the meeting. To allow for 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; facsimile 801-524-3858; e-mail at 
[email protected] at least five (5) days prior to the call. Any 
written comments received will be provided to the AMWG members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation,

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telephone (801) 524-3715; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 14, 2008.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 [FR Doc. E8-9192 Filed 4-25-08; 8:45 am]
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