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Federal Register: May 2, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 84)

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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.

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, May 18, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fiesta Resort Conference

Center, 2100 S. Priest Drive, Tempe, Arizona.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen Knowles, Bureau of Reclamation, telephone (801) 524-3781; facsimile (801) 524-3858; e-mail 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 discuss development of the Fiscal Year 2012 budget and hydrograph, as well as to receive updates on the two environmental assessments being prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation, the Long Term Experiment 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 also 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/11may18.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; e-mail 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 name, address, phone number, e-mail 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: April 26, 2011.

Glen Knowles,

Chief, Adaptive Management Group, Environmental Resources Division,

Upper Colorado Regional Office, Salt Lake City, Utah.

FR Doc. 2011-10533 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am

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