[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80566-80567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32075]


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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY


Meeting of the Regional Resource Stewardship Council

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The TVA Regional Resource Stewardship Council (RRSC) will hold 
a meeting on Wednesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 20, 2011, to 
consider various matters.
    The RRSC was established to advise TVA on its natural resource 
stewardship activities. Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
    The management of the Tennessee Valley reservoirs and the lands 
adjacent to them has long been an integral component of TVA's mission. 
As part of implementing the TVA Environmental Policy, TVA is developing 
a Natural Resource Plan (NRP) that will help prioritize techniques for 
the management of TVA's biological and cultural resource management 
activities, recreation management activities, water resource protection 
and improvement activities, and lands planning. In accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act, TVA is also developing an 
accompanying Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in which TVA will 
evaluate the preferred strategy for the NRP, as well as other viable 
alternative strategies. TVA would like to utilize the RRSC as a key 
stakeholder group throughout the development of the NRP to advise TVA 
on the issues, tradeoffs, and focus of environmental stewardship 
activities. At the January 2011 meeting, TVA will be seeking advice 
from the RRSC on issues regarding the key programs in each resource 
area, the management options and scenario planning described in the 
NRP, and the valuation of natural resource programs.
    The meeting agenda includes the following:
    1. Introductions

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    2. Natural Resource Plan Overview; Options for the management of 
biological, cultural, water, and recreational resources, and lands 
planning; Valuation of natural resource programs
    3. RRSC Discussion Topic: The scope of the programs included in the 
resource area components of the NRP (e.g., Biological and Cultural 
Resource Management, Reservoir Lands Planning, Water Resources, and 
Recreation) and the valuation and weighting of benefits stemming from 
such programs
    4. Public Comments
    5. RRSC Discussion and Advice
    The TVA RRSC will hear opinions and views of citizens by providing 
a public comment session. The public comment session will be held at 
10:00 a.m., EST, on Thursday, January 20. Persons wishing to speak are 
requested to register at the door by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 20 
and will be called on during the public comment period. Handout 
materials should be limited to one printed page. Written comments are 
also invited and may be mailed to the Regional Resource Stewardship 
Council, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 
11B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 19 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, January 20 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Read House, 827 
Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, and will be open to the 
public. Anyone needing special access or accommodations should let the 
contact below know at least one week in advance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, 
WT 11B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865) 632-6113.

    Dated December 14, 2010.
Anda A. Ray,
Senior Vice President, Office of Environment and Research, Tennessee 
Valley Authority, WT 11A-K.
[FR Doc. 2010-32075 Filed 12-21-10; 8:45 am]
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