[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15741-15742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06646]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR01115000, 16XR0680A1, RX.R0336900.0019100]


Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is renewing 
the charter for the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group 
(CAG). The purpose of the CAG is to provide recommendations to the 
Secretary and the State of Washington on the structure and 
implementation of the Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy McCoy, Manager, Yakima 
River Basin Water Enhancement Project, telephone (509) 575-5848, 
extension 209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The basin conservation program is structured 
to provide economic incentives with cooperative Federal, State, and 
local funding to stimulate the identification and implementation of 
structural and nonstructural cost-effective water conservation measures 
in the Yakima

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River basin. Improvements in the efficiency of water delivery and use 
will result in improved streamflows for fish and wildlife and improve 
the reliability of water supplies for irrigation.
    This notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended). 
The certification of renewal is published below.

Certification

    I hereby certify that Charter renewal of the Yakima River Basin 
Conservation Advisory Group is in the public interest in connection 
with the performance of duties imposed on the Department of the 
Interior.

Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2016-06646 Filed 3-23-16; 8:45 am]
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