[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13514-13515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06334]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR01115000, 18XR0680A1, RX.R0336902.0019100]


Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

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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 
(Basin Conservation Program).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn Christensen, Manager, Yakima 
River Basin Water Enhancement

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Project, telephone (509) 575-5848, extension 203; 
[email protected].

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 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.

Ryan K. Zinke,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2018-06334 Filed 3-28-18; 8:45 am]
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