[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5595-5596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00983]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[FWS-R8-FHC-2016-N196; FXFR1334088TWG0W4-123-FF08EACT00]


Renewal of the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), after consultation 
with the General Services Administration, has renewed the Trinity River 
Adaptive Management Working Group (Working Group) for 2 years. The 
Working Group provides recommendations on all aspects of the 
implementation of the Trinity River Restoration Program and affords 
stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management, and technical 
input concerning Trinity River restoration efforts.

ADDRESSES: For more information on the Trinity River Adaptive 
Management Working Group and the Trinity River Restoration Program, see 
https://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/tamwg.html and http://www.trrp.net/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Polos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 1655 Heindon Road; Arcata, CA 95521; 707-822-7201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Working Group conducts its operations in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. Appendix). It reports to the Trinity River Management Council 
(TMC) and functions solely as an advisory body. The TMC reports to the 
Secretary through the Mid-Pacific Regional Director of the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the Pacific Southwest Regional Director for the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service. The Working Group

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provides recommendations and advice to the TMC on: (1) The 
effectiveness of management actions in achieving restoration goals and 
alternative hypotheses (methods and strategies) for study, (2) the 
priority for restoration projects, (3) funding priorities, and (4) 
other components of the Trinity River Restoration Program.
    We have filed a copy of the Working Group's charter with the 
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration; the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; the 
Committee on Natural Resources, United States House of Representatives; 
and the Library of Congress.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working 
Group is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the 
performance of duties imposed on the Department of the Interior by 
Public Laws 84-386 and 96-335 (Trinity River Stream Rectification Act), 
98-541 and 104-143 (Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management 
Act of 1984), and 102-575 (Central Valley Project Improvement Act). The 
Working Group will assist the Department of the Interior by providing 
advice and recommendations on all aspects of implementation of the 
Trinity River Restoration Program.

    Dated: December 13, 2016.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2017-00983 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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