[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 439-440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31365]


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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 Glen Canyon Dam 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, the 
Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), a Technical Work Group (TWG), a 
Grand Canyon 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: Meeting dates are Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 9:30 a.m.-5:40 
p.m., and Thursday, February 4, 2010, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Radisson Hotel Phoenix, 3600 North 2nd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 
85013.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting will be 
for the AMWG to discuss previous high flow experiment results and 
development of a high flow experimental protocol as announced by

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on December 10, 2009. This 
meeting is intended to provide scoping information for the National 
Environmental Policy Act environmental assessment that will be used to 
evaluate the effects of the protocol. Other agenda items will include 
discussion on (1) the fall steady flow plan, (2) non-native fish 
control planning, (3) tribal issues, and (4) desired future conditions. 
The AMWG will also receive results from the Core Monitoring Plan and 
Socio-economic workshops, updates from the public outreach ad hoc 
group, and a report from the TWG Chair. In addition, other 
administrative and resource issues pertaining to the AMP may be 
discussed as necessary. 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/10feb03/index.html. Time will 
be allowed at the meeting for any individual or organization wishing to 
make formal oral comments. 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.
    Before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, 
or other personal identifying information in any correspondence, you 
should be aware that your entire correspondence--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your correspondence to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to so do.

    Dated: December 21, 2009.
Thomas P. Ryan,
Manager, Environmental Resources Division, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E9-31365 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]
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