[Federal Register: May 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 92)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

 
Glen Canyon Dam 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 Glen Canyon Technical Work Group was formed as an official 
subcommittee of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group. The 
TWG members were named by members of the AMWG and provide advice and 
information for the AMWG to act upon. The AMWG uses this information to 
form recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior for guidance of 
the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) science 
program, and other direction as requested by the Secretary.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: The Glen Canyon Technical Work Group will conduct 
three (3) open public meetings as follows:
    Phoenix, Arizona--June 8-9, 1999. The meeting will begin at 10:00 
a.m. and conclude a 5:00 p.m. on the first day and begin at 8:00 a.m. 
and conclude at 3:00 p.m. on the second day. The meeting will be held 
at the Bureau of Indian Affairs--Phoenix Area Office, 2 Arizona Center, 
Conference Room A (12th Floor), 400 North 5th Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to address administrative 
issues, discuss the agenda for the AMWG meeting to be held on July 21-
22, 1999,

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and discuss the process to review management objectives and information 
needs. In addition, the following items will be discussed: Adaptive 
Management Program guiding document, tribal participation update, Kanab 
ambersnail workshop, GCMRC Request for Proposal status, Lake Powell 
plan, fiscal year 2001 budget, fiscal year 2000 annual plan, 
experimental flows ad-hoc report, status of pit tag data files, 
temperature control device, programmatic compliance, and basin 
hydrology.
    Phoenix, Arizona--July 20, 1999. The meeting will begin at 1:00 
p.m. and conclude at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the 
Turquoise Room at the Embassy Suites Hotel located at 1515 North 44th 
Street in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to address any outstanding 
issues and discuss the items on the AMWG agenda for the meeting the 
following day.
    Phoenix, Arizona--July 22, 1999. The meeting will begin at 1:00 
p.m. and conclude at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the 
Turquoise Room at the Embassy Suites Hotel located at 1515 North 44th 
Street in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to review the action items 
for the TWG from the previous days AMWG meetings.

DATES AND LOCATION: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group 
will conduct an open public meeting as follows:
    Phoenix, Arizona--July 21-22, 1999. The meeting will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. on the first day and begin at 8:00 a.m. 
and conclude at 12 noon on the second day. The meeting will be held in 
the Turquoise Room at the Embassy Suites Hotel located at 1515 North 
44th Street in Phoenix, Arizona.
    Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to address administrative 
issues and discuss the process to review management objectives and 
information needs. The following items will also be discussed: Adaptive 
Management Program guiding document, Adaptive Management Program 
strategic plan, organization location of the GCMRC, status of filling 
the GCMRC director position, tribal participation update, report on 
flood avoidance ad-hoc activities, programmatic agreement five-year 
budget, National Research Council report, Kanab ambersnail workshop, 
GCMRC report on activities, fiscal year 2001 budget, fiscal year 2000 
annual plan, experimental flows ad-hoc report, temperature control 
device, programmatic environmental compliance, and basin hydrology.
    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) 524-3715; faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-mail at: 
rpeterson@uc.usbr.gov at least FIVE (5) days prior to the meetings. 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-
3715; faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-mail at: rpeterson@uc.usbr.gov.

    Dated: May 6, 1999.
Eluid L. Martinez,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 99-12046 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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