[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7949]



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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: Wednesday-Thursday, April 29-30, 2009. The meeting will begin 
at 9:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. the first day and will begin at 8 a.m. 
and conclude at approximately 12:30 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, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be for the AMWG to receive 
updates and discuss the following items: (1) Final Fiscal Year 2008 
expenditures, (2) Review of Fiscal Year 2010-11 priorities and 
preliminary budget, workplan, and hydrograph, (3) Status of Grand 
Canyon Monitoring and Research Center projects, (4) Species extirpated 
from Grand Canyon, (5) Biological opinion conservation measures, (6) 
Basin hydrology, as well as other administrative and resource issues 
pertaining to the AMP. To view a copy of the agenda and documents 
related to the above meeting, please visit Reclamation's Web site at: 
http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09apr29/index.html. Time will 
be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to make formal 
oral comments on the call. 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, 
telephone (801) 524-3715; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated: March 19, 2009.
Dennis Kubly,
Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E9-7949 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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