[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70735-70736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30104]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) and Glen 
Canyon; Technical Work Group (TWG)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a 
result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam 
Final Environmental Impact Statement and to comply with consultation 
requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L. 102-575) of 
1992. The AMP provides an organization and process to ensure the use of 
scientific information in decision making concerning Glen Canyon Dam 
operations and protection of the affected resources consistent with the 
Grand Canyon Protection Act. The AMP has been organized and includes a 
federal advisory committee (the AMWG), a technical work group (the 
TWG), a monitoring and research center, and independent review panels. 
The TWG is a subcommittee of the AMWG and provides technical advice and 
information for the AMWG to act upon.

DATES AND LOCATION: The AMWG will conduct one public meeting as 
follows:

Phoenix, Arizona--January 11-12, 2001

    The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. on the 
first day and begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 12 noon on the second 
day. The meeting will be held at the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Western 
Regional Office, 2 Arizona Center, Conference Rooms A and B (12th 
Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 
following: management objectives, basin hydrology, FY 2002 budget, 
development of the AMP Strategic Plan, environmental compliance, Fish 
and Wildlife Service recovery goals, and other administrative and 
resource issues pertaining to the AMP.

DATES AND LOCATION: The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group will conduct 
the following public meetings:

Phoenix, Arizona--December 7-8, 2000

    The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 6 p.m. the first 
day. Location of the meeting will be at the Arizona Department of Water 
Resources, 500 N. Third Street, Phoenix, Arizona, Conference Room A. 
The meeting on the second day will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at noon 
and will be held at the

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Bureau of Indian Affairs--Western Regional Office, 2 Arizona Center, 
Conference Rooms A and B (12th Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be small group 
presentations and to identify major issues for the AMWG to address in 
January, including an update on the Science Advisory Board, Protocol 
Evaluation Panel process, and preliminary results of the Low Steady 
Summer Flow.

Phoenix, Arizona--January 10, 2000

    The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. Location 
of the meeting will be at the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Western 
Regional Office, 2 Arizona Center, Conference Rooms A and B (12th 
Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the 
following: Low Steady Summer Flows Report, Experimental Flows Ad Hoc 
Committee report, discussion of Strategic Plan Ad Hoc Committee work, 
and other administrative and resource issues pertaining to the AMP.
    Agenda items may be revised prior to any of the meetings. Final 
agendas will be posted 15 days in advance of each meeting and can be 
found on the Bureau of Reclamation's website under Environmental 
Programs at: http://www.uc.usbr.gov. Time will be allowed on each 
agenda for any individual or organization wishing to make formal oral 
comments (limited to 10 minutes) at the meetings.
    To allow full consideration of information by the TWG and AMWG 
members, written notice must be provided to Randall Peterson, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, 
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102; telephone (801) 524-3758; 
faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-mail at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65171500110017160a0b2510064b101607174b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f1f3e6f7e6f1f0ecedc3f6e0adf6f0e1f1ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a> at least five 
(5) days prior to the meeting. Any written comments received will be 
provided to the TWG and AMWG members at the meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Peterson, telephone (801) 524-
3758; faxogram (801) 524-3858; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b393b2e3f2e393824250b3e28653e382939652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d0d2c7d6c7d0d1cdcce2d7c18cd7d1c0d08cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: November 21, 2000.
Larry Todd,
Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 00-30104 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]
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