Upper Colorado Regional Office 

Salt Lake City, UT 

Media Contact: Stacey Carroll (801) 524-3813 Dennis Kubly (801) 524-3715 

scarroll@uc.usbr.gov dkubly@uc.usbr.gov

 

For Release: November 3, 2006 

Work Group to Meet on Issues Related to Colorado River 

The Technical Work Group (TWG) of the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) is meeting 

November 8-9, 2006 in Phoenix, Ariz., addressing issues related to the Glen Canyon Adaptive 

Management Program and the Colorado River. 

As a result of the heavy storms during the month of October, which deposited more than 1.3 million 

metric tons of sediment at the confluence of the Paria and Colorado Rivers, a proposal to conduct a 

Beach Habitat Building Flow (BHBF) will be discussed by the TWG. If BHBF experiments are 

implemented, they are intended to assist in the redistribution of sediment from tributary rivers 

downstream from Glen Canyon Dam to enlarge existing beaches and sandbars, create new ones, and 

create or restore back channel habitat for endangered fish. 

Other agenda items include updates and discussions on the fish community below Glen Canyon Dam 

and in Grand Canyon, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process for the Long-Term 

Experimental Plan, science plans and budget development for the upcoming AMWG meeting. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The TWG meets to discuss technical issues and to develop recommendations for use by the AMWG, a 

Federal Advisory Committee to the Secretary of the Interior on the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and 

management of downstream resources in Glen and Grand Canyons. 

The TWG is a sub-committee of the AMWG and is comprised of technical representatives who 

represent members of the Adaptive Management Program. Responsibilities of the TWG include the 

development of criteria and standards for monitoring and research programs; provide periodic reviews 

and updates; and provide information, as necessary, to the AMWG. 

The meetings will be held at Arizona State University Downtown Campus, on the first day from 9:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and conclude at 3 p.m. 

on the second day. 

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regulations as the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) may prescribe, 

including all necessary access and exit 

rights. 

3. A reversionary interest as further 

defined in the above terms, covenants 

and conditions. 

When patented, title to the land will 

be subject to: 

1. Valid existing rights of record, 

including, but not limited to those 

documented on the BLM public land 

records at the time of sale, and, 

2. By accepting the patent, Clark 

County, subject to the limitations of law 

and to the extent allowed by law, shall 

be responsible for the acts or omissions 

of its officers, directors and employees 

in connection with the use or 

occupancy of the patented real property. 

Successors-in-interests of the patented 

real property, except Clark County, shall 

indemnify, defend, and hold the United 

States and Clark County harmless from 

any costs, damages, claims, causes of 

action, penalties, fines, liabilities, and 

judgments of any kind or nature arising 

from the past, present, and future acts 

or omissions of the successors-ininterest, excluding Clark County, or its 

employees, agents, contractors, or 

lessees, or any third-party, arising out of 

or in connection with the successor-ininterests, excluding Clark County, use, 

occupancy, or operations on the 

patented real property. This 

indemnification and hold harmless 

agreement includes, but is not limited 

to, acts and omissions of the successorin-interests, excluding Clark County, 

and its employees, agents, contractors, 

or lessees, or any third party, arising out 

of or in connection with the use and/or 

occupancy of the patented real property 

which has already resulted or does 

hereafter result in: (1) Violations of 

Federal, State, and local laws and 

regulations that are now or may in the 

future become, applicable to the real 

property; (2) Judgments, claims or 

demands of any kind assessed against 

the United States or Clark County; (3) 

Costs, expenses, or damages of any kind 

incurred by the United States or Clark 

County; (4) Other releases or threatened 

releases of solid or hazardous waste(s) 

and/or hazardous substances(s), as 

defined by Federal or State 

environmental laws, off, on, into or 

under land, property and other interests 

of the United States or Clark County; (5) 

Other activities by which solids or 

hazardous substances or wastes, as 

defined by Federal and State 

environmental laws are generated, 

released, stored, used or otherwise 

disposed of on the patented real 

property, and any cleanup response, 

remedial action or other actions related 

in any manner to said solid or 

hazardous substances or wastes; or (6) 

Natural resource damages as defined by 

Federal and State law. This covenant 

shall be construed as running with the 

parcels of land patented or otherwise 

conveyed by the United States, and may 

be enforced against successors-ininterest, excluding Clark County, by the 

United States or Clark County in a court 

of competent jurisdiction. 

No warranty of any kind, express or 

implied is given or will be given by the 

United States as to the title, physical 

condition or potential uses of the land 

proposed for sale. However, to the 

extent required by law, such land is 

subject to the requirements of Section 

120(h) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA), as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 

Publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register temporarily segregates 

the above described land from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws. The 

segregation effect of this notice will 

terminate in the future as specified in 43 

CFR 2711.1–3(c)). The above described 

land was previously segregated from 

mineral entry under BLM case file 

number N–66364, with record notation 

as of October 19, 1998. This previous 

segregation will terminate upon 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Detailed information concerning the 

proposed sale, including an 

environmental studies and documents, 

approved appraisal report and 

supporting documents, is available for 

review at the BLM Las Vegas Field 

Office at the address above. Interested 

parties may submit written comments 

regarding the sale, including the EA, to 

the address above. No facsimiles, emails, or telephone calls will be 

considered as validly submitted 

comments. The Field Manager, BLM, 

Las Vegas Field Office, will review the 

comments of all interested parties 

concerning the sale. To be considered, 

comments must be received at the BLM 

Las Vegas Field Office on or before the 

date stated above in this notice for that 

purpose. Comments received during this 

process, including respondent’s name, 

address, and other contact information 

will be available for public review. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to request 

that BLM consider withholding your 

name, address, and other contact 

information from public review or 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. The BLM will honor requests 

for confidentiality on a case-by-case 

basis to the extent allowed by law. The 

BLM will make available for public 

review, in their entirety, all comments 

submitted by businesses or 

organizations, including comments by 

individuals in their capacity as an 

official or representative of a business or 

organization. Any adverse comments 

will be reviewed by the BLM, Nevada 

State Director who may sustain, vacate, 

or modify this realty action. 

In the absence of any adverse 

comments, the decision will become 

effective on February 12, 2007. The 

lands will not be offered for sale until 

after the decision becomes effective. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2(a)). 

Dated: November 24, 2006. 

Sharon DiPinto, 

Assistant Field Manager, Division of Lands, 

Las Vegas, NV. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Long-Term Experimental Plan for the 

Operation of Glen Canyon Dam and 

Other Associated Management 

Activities 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

and notice to solicit comments and hold 

additional public scoping meetings on 

the adoption of a Long-Term 

Experimental Plan for the operation of 

Glen Canyon Dam and other associated 

management activities under the 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary). 

SUMMARY: In a Federal Register notice 

published on November 6, 2006 (71 FR 

64982–64983), and pursuant to 

§ 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, and 40 CFR 1508.22, 

the Department of the Interior 

(Department), acting through the Bureau 

of Reclamation (Reclamation), provided 

notice that the Department intends to 

prepare an EIS and conduct public 

scoping meetings for the adoption of a 

Long-Term Experimental Plan for the 

operation of Glen Canyon Dam and 

other associated management activities. 

This Federal Register notice, prepared 

pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22, provides 

information on additional public 

scoping meetings, the purpose and need 

for the proposed action, and additional 


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background on the Long-Term 

Experimental Plan. 

The purpose of the Long-Term 

Experimental Plan is to increase 

understanding of the ecosystem 

downstream from Glen Canyon Dam 

and to improve and protect important 

downstream resources. The NEPA 

process would evaluate the implications 

and impacts of each of the alternatives 

on all of the purposes and benefits of 

Glen Canyon Dam as well as on 

downstream resources. The proposed 

plan would implement a structured, 

long-term program of experimentation 

(including dam operations, 

modifications to Glen Canyon Dam 

intake structures, and other non-flow 

management actions, such as removal of 

non-native fish species) and monitoring 

in the Colorado River below Glen 

Canyon Dam. 

The proposed Long-Term 

Experimental Plan is intended to ensure 

a continued, structured application of 

adaptive management in such a manner 

as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts 

to, and improve the values for which 

Grand Canyon National Park and Glen 

Canyon National Recreation Area were 

established, including, but not limited 

to natural and cultural resources and 

visitor use, consistent with applicable 

Federal law. 

The Long-Term Experimental Plan 

will build on a decade of scientific 

experimentation and monitoring that 

has taken place as part of the Glen 

Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program, and will build on the 

knowledge gained by experiments, 

operations, and management actions 

taken under the program. Accordingly, 

Reclamation intends to tier from earlier 

NEPA compliance documents prepared 

as part of the Department’s Glen Canyon 

Adaptive Management Program efforts, 

see 40 CFR 1500.4(i), 1502.20, and 

1508.20(b), such as the 2002 

Environmental Assessment prepared on 

adaptive management experimental 

actions at Glen Canyon Dam (Proposed 

Experimental Releases from Glen 

Canyon Dam and Removal of NonNative Fish). 

Dates and Addresses: Two additional 

public scoping meetings will be held to 

solicit comments on the scope of the 

Long-Term Experimental Plan and the 

issues and alternatives that should be 

analyzed. The meetings will serve to 

expand upon the input received from 

the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive 

Management Program meetings and the 

recommendations of the Adaptive 

Management Work Group (AMWG), a 

federal advisory committee. Oral and 

written comments will be accepted at 

the meetings to be held at the following 

locations: 

• Thursday, January 4, 2007—6 p.m. 

to 8 p.m., Embassy Suites Phoenix 

Airport at 44th Street, 1515 North 44th 

Street, Cholla Room, Phoenix, Arizona. 

• Friday, January 5, 2007—6 p.m. to 

8 p.m., Hilton Salt Lake City Center, 255 

South West Temple, Salon 1, Salt Lake 

City, Utah. 

Written comments on the proposed 

development of the Long-Term 

Experimental Plan may be sent by close 

of business on Wednesday, February 28, 

2007, to: Regional Director, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, 

Attention: UC–402, 125 South State 

Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84318–1147, 

faxogram at (801) 524–3858, or e-mail at 

GCDExpPlan@uc.usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, 

telephone (801) 524–3715; faxogram 

(801) 524–3858; e-mail at 

GCDExpPlan@uc.usbr.gov. If special 

assistance is required regarding 

accommodations for attendance at either 

of the public meetings, please contact 

Jayne Kelleher at (801) 524–3680, 

faxogram at (801) 524–3858, or e-mail at 

jkelleher@uc.usbr.gov no less than 5 

working days prior to the applicable 

meeting(s). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Glen 

Canyon Dam was authorized by the 

Colorado River Storage Project Act 

(CRSPA) of 1956 and completed by 

Reclamation in 1963. Below Glen 

Canyon Dam, the Colorado River flows 

for 15 miles through the Glen Canyon 

National Recreation Area which is 

managed by the National Park Service. 

Fifteen miles below Glen Canyon Dam, 

Lees Ferry, Arizona, marks the 

beginning of Marble Canyon and the 

northern boundary of Grand Canyon 

National Park. 

The primary purpose and major 

function of Glen Canyon Dam is water 

conservation and storage. The dam is 

specifically managed to regulate releases 

of water from the Upper Colorado River 

Basin to the Lower Colorado River Basin 

to satisfy provisions of the 1922 

Colorado River Compact and subsequent 

water delivery commitments, and 

thereby allow states within the Upper 

Basin to deplete water from the 

watershed upstream of Glen Canyon 

Dam and utilize their apportionments of 

Colorado River water. 

In addition to the primary purpose of 

water delivery, another function of Glen 

Canyon Dam is to generate hydroelectric 

power. Between the dam’s completion 

in 1963 and 1990, the dam’s daily 

operations were primarily undertaken to 

maximize generation of hydroelectric 

power in accordance with Section 7 of 

the CRSPA, which requires production 

of the greatest practicable amount of 

power. 

Over time, concerns arose with 

respect to the operation of Glen Canyon 

Dam, including effects of operations on 

species listed pursuant to the 

Endangered Species Act. In 1992, 

Congress passed and the President 

signed into law, the Grand Canyon 

Protection Act which addresses 

potential impacts of dam operations on 

downstream resources in Glen Canyon 

National Recreation Area and Grand 

Canyon National Park. 

The Grand Canyon Protection Act of 

1992 required the Secretary to complete 

an environmental impact statement 

evaluating alternative operating criteria, 

consistent with existing law, that would 

determine how Glen Canyon Dam 

would be operated to both meet the 

purposes for which the dam was 

authorized and meet the goals for 

protection of Glen Canyon National 

Recreation Area and Grand Canyon 

National Park. The final environmental 

impact statement was completed in 

March 1995. The Preferred Alternative 

(Modified Low Fluctuating Flow 

Alternative) was selected as the best 

means to operate Glen Canyon Dam in 

a Record of Decision (ROD) issued on 

October 9, 1996. In 1997 the Secretary 

adopted operating criteria for Glen 

Canyon Dam (62 FR 9447–9448) as 

required by Section 1804(c) of the Grand 

Canyon Protection Act of 1992. 

Additionally, the Grand Canyon 

Protection Act of 1992 requires the 

Secretary to undertake research and 

monitoring to determine if revised dam 

operations were achieving the resource 

protection objectives of the final EIS and 

ROD. These provisions of the Grand 

Canyon Protection Act of 1992 were 

incorporated into the 1996 ROD and led 

to the establishment of the Glen Canyon 

Dam Adaptive Management Program, 

administered by Reclamation, and of the 

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research 

Center within the U.S. Geological 

Survey (USGS). 

The Adaptive Management Program 

includes a federal advisory committee 

known as the AMWG, a Technical Work 

Group, a monitoring and research center 

administered by the USGS, and 

independent review panels. The 

Technical Work Group is a 

subcommittee of the AMWG and 

provides technical advice and 

recommendations to the AMWG. The 

AMWG makes recommendations to the 

Secretary concerning Glen Canyon Dam 

operations and other management 

actions to protect resources downstream 

from Glen Canyon Dam consistent with 


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the Grand Canyon Protection Act and 

other applicable provisions of Federal 

law. 

To improve scientific understanding 

of the downstream ecosystem, periodic 

experimental releases from Glen Canyon 

Dam were conducted in water years 

1996 through 2006. Non-flow actions 

were also conducted, including removal 

of non-native fish and translocation of 

the endangered Kanab ambersnail and 

humpback chub. Specific experimental 

actions included: 

• 1996 test of a Beach Habitat 

Building Flow (BHBF) at 45,000 cubic 

feet per second (cfs) and translocation of 

endangered Kanab ambersnail. 

• 2000 test of Low Steady Summer 

Flows at 8,000 cfs. 

• 2003—2005 block of experimental 

actions which included: 

Æ Translocation of endangered 

humpback chub above Chute Falls. 

Æ Winter fluctuating fish suppression 

releases (5,000 to 20,000 cfs). 

Æ Mechanical removal of non-native 

fish near the confluence of the Little 

Colorado River to benefit the humpback 

chub. 

Æ Fall constrained releases to test the 

conservation of sediment (6,500 to 9,000 

cfs). 

Æ 2004 test of a BHBF at 42,000 cfs 

immediately following Paria River 

sediment inputs. 

In addition, drought-induced 

reductions in Lake Powell elevations 

caused an increase in dam release 

temperatures during 2003 to 2005. 

Considerable monitoring and research 

on endangered fish, sediment 

conservation, and other resources in the 

Grand Canyon were conducted in 

concert with these actions. Among other 

documents related to adaptive 

management experimentation, two 

Environmental Assessments and 

Findings of No Significant Impacts were 

prepared: Proposed Experimental 

Releases from Glen Canyon Dam and 

Removal of Non-Native Fish (2002) and 

Proposed Experimental Actions for 

Water Years 2005–2006—Colorado 

River, Arizona, in Glen Canyon National 

Recreation Area and Grand Canyon 

National Park (2004). These two 

documents can be found at the 

following Internet location: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/gcdltep/ 

index.html. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to develop and 

adopt a Long-Term Experimental Plan 

that will implement a structured, longterm program of experimentation 

(including dam operations, 

modifications to Glen Canyon Dam 

intake structures, and other non-flow 

management actions, such as removal of 

non-native fish species) in the Colorado 

River below Glen Canyon Dam. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to increase scientific understanding of 

the ecosystem downstream from Glen 

Canyon Dam and to improve and protect 

important downstream resources. 

Specific hypotheses to be addressed 

include the effect of dam release 

temperatures; ramp rates; non-native 

control; and the timing, duration, and 

magnitude of BHBF releases. Adoption 

of a Long-Term Experimental Plan is 

needed to ensure a continued, 

structured application of adaptive 

management in such a manner as to 

protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and 

improve the values for which Grand 

Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon 

National Recreation Area were 

established, including, but not limited 

to natural and cultural resources and 

visitor use, consistent with applicable 

Federal law. Adoption of a Long-Term 

Experimental Plan will assist scientists, 

policy makers, and resource managers to 

better understand resource management 

options, tradeoffs and consequences, 

and assist in the long-term operations of 

Glen Canyon Dam. 

Scoping 

The range of alternatives for the 

proposed action will be developed 

following recommendations provided 

by the AMWG and through information 

received from upcoming public scoping 

meetings. In addition, Reclamation will 

utilize information developed through 

prior meetings of the AMWG, Technical 

Work Group, and Science Planning 

Group as relevant information for the 

purposes of scoping the upcoming 

NEPA process and to develop the 

appropriate scope of analysis pursuant 

to 40 CFR 1508.25. 

Public Disclosure 

It is our practice to make comments, 

including names, home addresses, home 

telephone numbers, and e-mail 

addresses of respondents, available for 

public review. Individual respondents 

may request that we withhold their 

names and/or home addresses, etc., but 

if you wish us to consider withholding 

this information you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. In addition, you must 

present a rationale for withholding this 

information. This rationale must 

demonstrate that disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of privacy. Unsupported 

assertions will not meet this burden. In 

the absence of exceptional, 

documentable circumstances, this 

information will be released. We will 

always make submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: November 17, 2006. 

Rick L. Gold, 

Regional Director—UC Region, Bureau of 

Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. E6–20756 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–961 (Final) 

(Remand)] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From Trinidad and Tobago; Notice 

and Scheduling of Remand Proceeding 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

International Trade Commission 

(Commission) gives notice of the courtordered remand of its final antidumping 

duty investigation, Investigation No. 

731–TA–961 (Final) (Remand). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan J. Engler, Esq., Office of the 

General Counsel, telephone (202) 205–

3112, or Mary Messer, Office of 

Investigations, telephone (202) 205–

3193, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. General information 

concerning the Commission may also be 

obtained by accessing its Internet server 

(http://www.usitc.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Reopening the Record 

In October 2002, the Commission 

made a final affirmative determination 

in the referenced investigation. 67 FR 

66662 (Nov. 1, 2002). Respondent 

appealed the determination to the U.S. 

Court of International Trade (CIT), 

which affirmed the Commission’s 

determination. Caribbean Ispat Ltd. v. 

United States, Slip Op. 05–37 (March 

22, 2005). Respondent appealed to the 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal 

Circuit, which vacated and remanded 

the Commission’s determination. 

Caribbean Ispat Ltd. v. United States, 


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To: Members

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group

From: Mark Limbaugh, Assistant Secretary - Water and Scienc

Secretary's Designee for the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Gr

United States Department of the Interior

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Washington, DC 20240 TAKE PRIE'

INAMERIDCA

MEMORANDUM

Subject: Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group

The Technical Work Group (TWG) is in the process of considering a range of options for a

Long-Term Experimental Plan for the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and other related

management actions. These options are intended to increase our understanding of the ecosystem

downstream of Glen Canyon Dam and to improve and protect these important resources. The

Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) will consider the TWG deliberations in its

December 5-6, 2006, meeting. To help improve the efficiency of this process, I would like to

provide information about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process that the

Department will be using to evaluate any recommendations that come from the AMWG with

respect to the Long-Term Experimental Plan.

To provide context, the Department has, in the past, routinely prepared appropriate

environmental documentation (e.g., pursuant to the NEPA and the Endangered Species Act),

regarding implementation of activities as part of the Adaptive Management Program. For

example, in 2002 the Department completed an Environmental Assessment and Section 7

consultation on the: "Proposed Experimental Releases from Glen Canyon Dam and Removal of

Non-Native Fish."

Likewise, we anticipate preparing appropriate environmental documentation, through an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), on the Department's proposed adoption and

implementation of a Long-Term Experimental Plan for a program of further structured

experimentation with respect to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and other related

management actions. It is my understanding that each of the Long-Term Experimental Plan

options currently being considered in the adaptive management program by the TWG includes

the construction and operation of a Temperature Control Device for Glen Canyon Dam, which is

intended to warm dam releases to benefit the endangered humpback chub.

In conformance with NEPA, this EIS effort will include public involvement and scoping in

conjunction with the December AMWG meeting, and will consider a range of options and

evaluate their ability to address the scientific understanding and resource protection objectives

cited above. The analysis will utilize the many years of scientific monitoring and research
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provided through the Adaptive Management Program. Our goal is to complete this effort by the

end of calendar year 2008. We will be requesting the assistance of both the Adaptive

Management Program stakeholders and the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center in

evaluating the merits of the various options throughout this process.

In coming weeks, Reclamation will include a notice of intention to prepare an EIS on this action

as part of its Federal Register notice for our upcoming AMWG meeting in Phoenix in December.

In addition, as discussed in our September AMWG conference call, the United States recently

executed a settlement agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and other

environmental groups in the Center for Biodiversity v. Kempthorne litigation regarding the

operation of Glen Canyon Dam. This settlement agreement was recently approved by the United

States District Court and is in effect.

This settlement agreement commits the Bureau of Reclamation to initiating NEPA and ESA

compliance activities by January 31, 2007, "...with respect to modification of current, or other

prospective, operations of Glen Canyon Dam and associated management actions of Reclamation

and other agencies within the Department of the Interior." Settlement Agreement at 1, pg. 3. It

is the intention of the Department to comply with this provision of the Settlement Agreement

through the upcoming NEPA and ESA processes on the Long-Term Experimental Plan.

I look forward to our upcoming meeting on December 5-6 in Phoenix, and continuing to work

with each of you on this important program.

cc: Rick Gold, Alternate Secretary's Designee

Tom Weimer, Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget

Matthew J. Hogan, Acting Assistant Secretary - Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Jim Cason, Acting Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Dale Hall, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service

Jason Peltier, Deputy Assistant Secretary - Water and Science

Tim Petty, Deputy Assistant Secretary - Water and Science

Mike Olsen, Acting Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Steve Martin, Deputy Director, National Park Service

Bob Johnson, Commissioner

Brenda Burman, Deputy Commissioner, External and Intergovernmental Affairs

John Hamill, Chief, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center

Kurt Dongoske, Chair, Technical Work Group

Dave Garrett, Chair, Science Advisors

Mary Orton, Facilitator, Adaptive Management Work Group

Technical Work Group Members