[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42799-42800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17150]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[X30-0594-0913-700-00-0-0, 4073000]


Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (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 AMWG meets two to three times a year.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2013, from 
approximately 9:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m., and Friday, August 
9, 2013, from approximately 8:00 a.m. to approximately 1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Little America Hotel 
Flagstaff, Ballroom B, 2515 E. Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen Knowles, Bureau of Reclamation, 
telephone (801) 524-3781; facsimile (801) 524-3858; email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 
Program (GCDAMP) 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 GCDAMP includes a Federal 
advisory committee, the AMWG, a technical work group (TWG), a Grand 
Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, and independent review panels. 
The TWG is a subcommittee of the AMWG and provides technical advice and 
recommendations to the AMWG.
    Agenda: The primary purpose of the meeting will be for the AMWG to 
approve changes to the second year of the GCDAMP Fiscal Year 2013-14 
Budget and Work Plan, and to approve the Water Year 2014 Hydrograph 
operation for Glen Canyon Dam. The AMWG will also receive updates on: 
(1) The Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Environmental Impact 
Statement, (2) results of the 2012 Fall high flow experiment, (3) basin 
hydrology and the potential for a fall high flow experiment, (4) 
reports from the Glen Canyon Dam Tribal Liaison. The AMWG will also 
address other administrative and resource issues pertaining to the 
GCDAMP.
    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/13aug08/. 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 Glen Knowles, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, 84138; telephone 801-524-3781; facsimile 801-524-3858; 
email at [email protected] at least five (5) days prior to the meeting. 
Any written comments received will be provided to the AMWG members.

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Public Disclosure of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: July 11, 2013.
Glen Knowles,
Chief, Adaptive Management Work Group, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 
Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. 2013-17150 Filed 7-16-13; 8:45 am]
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