[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4471-4472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1622]


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MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICY FOUNDATION


Availability of Solicitation for Consensus Building Leader for 
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee

AGENCY: United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, 
Morris K. Udall Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of available solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. 
Institute) is soliciting expressions of interest, assurances of 
availability, statements of qualifications, and cost quotations from 
highly skilled individuals to provide consensus building services in 
the capacity of Chair of the Missouri River Recovery Implementation 
Committee (the Committee).
    The Committee is a FACA-exempt, multi-stakeholder committee as 
described in Section 5018 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007 (WRDA 2007), see http://www.mrric.org, composed of representatives 
from Federal agencies, States, tribes, and non-governmental and local 
governmental stakeholder interests in the basin. The Committee is a 
collaborative forum for providing consensus recommendations to the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(USFWS) on endangered species recovery activities in the Missouri River 
Basin and the ``study'' outlined in WRDA 2007. The Chair will assist 
the Committee in consensus building efforts with support of a 
facilitation team contracted through the U.S. Institute.
    The selected Chair will work in close partnership with the U.S. 
Institute and facilitation team, the Committee, and representatives 
from the lead agencies (USACE and USFWS) from May through December of 
2009, to convene Committee meetings and support work group activities 
in order to provide consensus recommendations to the agencies. The work 
of the contracted Chair will be evaluated before the final Committee 
meeting of the year (November 2009). If the Committee, the U.S. 
Institute and the lead agencies agree, the contract will be extended 
for another year, contingent on the availability of funds from the lead 
agencies.
    The solicitation may be accessed at: http://www.ecr.gov and at: 
http://www.mrric.org. This notice invites interested individuals to 
review the solicitation and provide a description of

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their services and expertise as described in the solicitation. If you 
do not have Internet access to the above sites and wish to receive the 
solicitation by e-mail, fax or U.S. mail please contact Sarah Palmer at 
the addresses below.

DATES: Materials must be submitted on or before 5 p.m. MST February 9, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit materials by any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: 1-520-901-8557.
     Mail: U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict 
Resolution; Attn: Sarah Palmer, 130 South Scott Avenue, Tucson, AZ 
85701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Palmer, Senior Program Manager, 
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, 130 S. Scott 
Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701, phone (520) 901-8556, fax (520) 901-8557, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Institute for Environmental 
Conflict Resolution is a Federal program established by the U.S. 
Congress to assist parties in resolving environmental, natural 
resource, and public lands conflicts. The U.S. Institute is part of the 
Morris K. Udall Foundation, an independent Federal agency of the 
executive branch overseen by a board of trustees appointed by the 
President. The U.S. Institute serves as an impartial, non-partisan 
institution providing professional expertise, services, and resources 
to all parties involved in such disputes, regardless of who initiates 
or pays for assistance. The U.S. Institute helps parties determine 
whether collaborative problem solving is appropriate for specific 
environmental conflicts, how and when to bring all the parties to the 
table, and whether a third-party facilitator or mediator might be 
helpful in assisting the parties in their efforts to reach consensus or 
to resolve the conflict. In addition, the U.S. Institute maintains a 
roster of qualified facilitators and mediators with substantial 
experience in environmental conflict resolution, and can help parties 
in selecting an appropriate neutral. For more information on the U.S. 
Institute, please visit http://www.ecr.gov.

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
Ellen Wheeler,
Executive Director, Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation.
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