[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19245]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


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.
    Date and Location: The AMWG will conduct the following meeting:
    Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 9-10, 2008. The meeting will 
begin at 9:15 a.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. the first day and begin at 
8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be 
held at Little America Hotel, 2515 E. Butler Avenue, Grand Ballroom B, 
in Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be for the AMWG to receive 
updates and discuss the following items: research and monitoring on the 
March 2008 high flow experiment, trout predation, the endangered 
humpback chub population, sediment conservation in the Colorado River, 
non-native fish control, hydropower economics, the existing Strategic 
Plan, and desired future resource conditions. There also will be 
updates on biological opinion conservation measures, basin hydrology, 
and activities of the Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Ad Hoc Group. The AMWG 
will also deliberate on the Fiscal Year 2009 proposed budget and 
workplan and develop a motion for a budget recommendation to the 
Secretary of the Interior. To view a copy of the draft agenda and other 
meeting materials, please visit Reclamation's Web site at: http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/08sep09/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 meeting. Any 
written comments received will be provided to the AMWG members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, 
telephone (801) 524-3715; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail at: 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 1, 2008.
Tom Ryan,
Manager, Environmental Resources Division, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E8-19245 Filed 8-19-08; 8:45 am]
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