[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67806-67807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21687]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR04084000, XXXR4081X1, RN.20350010.REG0000]


Public Meeting of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is publishing this notice to 
announce that a Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Colorado 
River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council (Council) will take 
place. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will take place in-person and virtually on the 
following two days: Tuesday, October 24, 2023, from 1:30 p.m. to 
approximately 5:00 p.m. (MDT), and Wednesday, October 25, 8:30 a.m. to 
10:30 a.m. (MDT).

ADDRESSES: The in-person meeting will be held at the New Mexico State 
Capitol Building at 411 S Capitol Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.
    To access the meeting virtually, please contact Clarence Fullard; 
see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clarence Fullard, telephone (303) 253-
1042; email at [email protected]. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, 
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting of the Council is being held 
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. The 
Council was established by the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-320) (Act) to receive reports and advise 
Federal agencies on implementing the Act.
    Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss 
the accomplishments of Federal agencies and make recommendations on 
future activities to control salinity.
    Agenda: Council members will be briefed on the status of salinity 
control activities. The Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land 
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and United States 
Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior; the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture; and 
the Environmental Protection Agency will each present a progress report 
and a schedule of activities on salinity control in the Colorado River 
Basin. The Council will discuss salinity control activities, the 
contents of the reports, and the Basin States Program created by Public 
Law 110-246, which amended the Act. A final agenda will be posted 
online at https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/salinity/ at least one week 
prior to the meeting.
    Meeting Accessibility/Special Accommodations: The meeting is open 
to the public. Individuals wanting virtual access to the meeting should 
contact Clarence Fullard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later 
than October 16, 2023, to receive instructions. Please make requests in 
advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening 
devices, or other reasonable accommodations. We ask that you contact 
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting to 
give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to process your 
request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-
by-case basis.
    Public Comments: The Council chairman will provide time for oral 
comments from members of the public at the meeting. Individuals wanting 
to make an oral comment should contact Clarence Fullard (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to be placed on

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the public comment list. Depending on the number of people wishing to 
comment and the time available, the amount of time for oral comments 
may be limited. Members of the public may also file written statements 
with the Council before, during, or up to 30 days after the meeting 
either in person or by mail. To allow full consideration of information 
by Council members at this meeting, written comments must be provided 
to Clarence Fullard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by October 
16, 2023.
    Public Disclosure of Personal Information: 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.
    Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.

Wayne Pullan,
Regional Director, Upper Colorado Basin--Interior Region 7, Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2023-21687 Filed 9-29-23; 8:45 am]
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