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Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) 

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[Federal Register: August 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 162)]
[Notices]
[Page 49214]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20au08-75]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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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 to comply with consultation
requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L. 102-575) of
1992. The AMP includes a federal advisory committee (AMWG), a technical
work group (TWG), a monitoring and research center, and independent
review panels. The AMWG makes recommendations to the Secretary of the
Interior concerning Glen Canyon Dam operations and other management
actions to protect resources downstream of Glen Canyon Dam consistent
with the Grand Canyon Protection Act. The TWG is a subcommittee of the
AMWG and provides technical advice and recommendations to the AMWG.
    Date and Location: The AMWG will conduct the following meeting:
    Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 9-10, 2008. The meeting will
begin at 9:15 a.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. the first day and begin at
8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be
held at Little America Hotel, 2515 E. Butler Avenue, Grand Ballroom B,
in Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting will be for the AMWG to receive
updates and discuss the following items: research and monitoring on the
March 2008 high flow experiment, trout predation, the endangered
humpback chub population, sediment conservation in the Colorado River,
non-native fish control, hydropower economics, the existing Strategic
Plan, and desired future resource conditions. There also will be
updates on biological opinion conservation measures, basin hydrology,
and activities of the Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Ad Hoc Group. The AMWG
will also deliberate on the Fiscal Year 2009 proposed budget and
workplan and develop a motion for a budget recommendation to the
Secretary of the Interior. To view a copy of the draft agenda and other
meeting materials, please visit Reclamation's Web site at: 
http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/08sep09/index.html.
    Time will be allowed for any individual or organization wishing to
make formal oral comments at the meeting. To allow for full
consideration of information by the AMWG members, written notice must
be provided to Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84138; telephone (801) 524-3715; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail
at: dkubly@uc.usbr.gov at least five (5) days prior to the meeting. Any
written comments received will be provided to the AMWG members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Kubly, Bureau of Reclamation,
telephone (801) 524-3715; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail at:
dkubly@uc.usbr.gov.

    Dated: August 1, 2008.
Tom Ryan,
Manager, Environmental Resources Division, Upper Colorado Regional
Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[FR Doc. E8-19245 Filed 8-19-08; 8:45 am]
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