[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7810-7811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02365]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (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 AMWG meets two to three times a year.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, from
approximately 9:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m., and Thursday,
February 21, 2013, from approximately 8:00 a.m. to approximately 12
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fiesta Resort Conference
Center, 2100 South Priest Drive, Tempe, Arizona.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen Knowles, Bureau of Reclamation,
telephone (801) 524-3781; facsimile (801) 524-3858; email at
gknowles@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Glen Canyon Dam 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, the AMWG, a technical work group (TWG), a Grand Canyon
Monitoring and Research Center, and independent review panels. The TWG
is a subcommittee of the AMWG and provides technical advice and
recommendations to the AMWG.
Agenda: The primary purpose of the meeting will be for the AMWG to
hear
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preliminary results from the high flow experiment conducted in November
2012. They will also receive updates on the Long Term Experimental and
Management Plan environmental impact statement, current basin hydrology
and Glen Canyon Dam operational changes, and project updates from the
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center. The AMWG will address
other administrative and resource issues pertaining to the AMP.
To view a copy of the agenda and documents related to the above
meeting, please visit Reclamation's Web site at http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/13feb20.html. Time will be allowed at the meeting for
any individual or organization wishing to make formal oral comments. To
allow for full consideration of information by the AMWG members,
written notice must be provided to Glen Knowles, Bureau of Reclamation,
Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt
Lake City, Utah, 84138; telephone 801-524-3781; facsimile 801-524-3858;
email at gknowles@usbr.gov at least five (5) days prior to the meeting.
Any written comments received will be provided to the AMWG members.
Public Disclosure of Comments
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.
Dated: January 29, 2013.
Anamarie Gold,
Deputy Regional Director, Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
[FR Doc. 2013-02365 Filed 2-1-13; 8:45 am]
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