Glen Canyon Dam operations; report to Congress,

[Federal Register: October 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 195)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Transmittal of Report to Congress and the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States.

SUMMARY: This Federal Register notice announces the transmittal of the Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998) by the Secretary of the Interior in addition to the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October 1992, the President of the United States signed into law the Reclamation Projects and Authorization and Adjustment Act (Pub. L. 102-575) containing Title XVIII-Grand Canyon Protection (GCPA). Section 1804(c)(2) of the GCPA reads as follows:

* * * the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress and to the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States a report, separate from and in addition to the report specified in section 602(b) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 on the preceding year and the projected year operations undertaken pursuant to this Act.

The Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997-1998) contains background and history, 1997 and 1998 operations plans, and adaptive management activities for Glen Canyon Dam. The Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam called for establishing an Adaptive Management Program (AMP) containing four elements: an Adaptive Management Work Group, a Technical Work Group, a Monitoring and Research Center, and

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Independent Science Review Groups. These entities work together to provide the Secretary of the Interior with recommendations on how to operate Glen Canyon Dam now and in the future. Preparation of this report included the review and comments of the AMP entities, with the exception of the Independent Science Review Groups, which have yet to be formed.

By adopting the Report to Congress: Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Water Year 1997- 1998) and its Appendices, the Secretary of the Interior is adopting the Annual Plan of Operations for Water Year 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Magnussen, Bureau of Reclamation, 1849 C Street, Washington, DC 20240, telephone: 202-208- 4081, or on the Bureau of Reclamation's and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center's WEB pages at http://www.uc.usbr.gov and http:// www.usbr.gov/gces/, respectively.

Dated: October 1, 1998. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, Department of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98-27053Filed10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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