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[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=GCDAMP_Stakeholders_List '''Representatives'''] from the following tribes, organizations, or interest groups are presently included in the Adaptive Management Work Group:
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'''Committees Official Designation.''' Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG).
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*Arizona Department of Water Resources
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*Arizona Game and Fish Department
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*Bureau of Reclamation
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*Bureau of Indian Affairs
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*Colorado River Board of California
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*Colorado River Commission of Nevada
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*Colorado River Energy Distributors Association
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*Colorado Water Conservation Board
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*Grand Canyon River Guides
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*Grand Canyon Trust
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*Hopi Tribe
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*Hualapai Tribe
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*National Park Service
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*Navajo Nation
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*New Mexico State Engineer’s Office
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*Pueblo of Zuni
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*Southern Paiute Consortium
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*Southwest Rivers
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*Trout Unlimited
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*U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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*Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems
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*Utah Division of Water Resources
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*Western Area Power Administration
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*Wyoming Interstate Streams Engineer [http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCDAMP/GCDAMPchronicle/StrategicPlanGCDamp2001.pdf]
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'''Authority.''' The Grand Canyon Protection Act (Act) of October 30, 1992. Public Law 102-575;
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Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.
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'''Objectives and Scope of Activities.''' The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program
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(AMP) provides for monitoring the results of the operating criteria and plans adopted by the
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Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), and for research and studies to suggest appropriate changes
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to those plans and operating criteria.
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The AMP includes the AMWG. The AMWG provides advice and recommendations to the
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Secretary relative to the operation of Glen Canyon Dan, the Secretary's Designee is the
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Assistant Secretary for Water and Science who serves as the Chair. The AMWG recommends
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suitable monitoring and research programs and makes recommendations to the Secretary. The
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AMWG may recommend research and monitoring proposals outside the Act which complement
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the AMP process, but such proposals will be funded separately, and shall not deter from the
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focus of the Act.
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Under Section 1802(a) of the Act, "[t]he Secretary shall operate Glen Canyon Dam in
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accordance with the additional criteria and operating plans specified in Section 1804 [of the
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Act] and exercise other authorities under existing law in such a manner as to protect, mitigate
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adverse impacts to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen
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Canyon National Recreation Area were establish, including but not limited to, natural and
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cultural resources and visitor use." Under Section 1 802(b) of the Act, [t]he Secretary shall
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implement this section of the Act in a manner fully consistent with and subject to the Colorado
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River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Water Treaty of 1944 with
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Mexico, the decree of the Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, and the provisions of the
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Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 and the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968
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that govern allocation, appropriation, development, and exportation of the waters of the
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Colorado River basin.”
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'''Description of Duties.''' The duties or roles and functions of the AMWG are in an advisory capacity only. They are to:
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*Establish AMWG operating procedures.
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*Advise the Secretary in meeting environmental and cultural commitments including those contained in the Record of Decision for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experiment and Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement and subsequent related decisions.
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*Recommend the framework for the AMP policy, goals, and direction.
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*Recommend resource management objectives for development and implementation of a long-term monitoring plan and any necessary research and studies required to determine the effect of the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established, including but not limited to, natural and cultural resources and visitor use.
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*Review and provide input on the report identified in the Act to the Secretary, the Congress, and the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States. This annual report includes discussion on dam operations, the operation of the AMP, status of resources, and measures taken to protect, mitigate, and improve the resources defined in the Act.
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*Annually review long-term monitoring data to provide advice on the status of resources and whether the AMP goals and objectives are being met.
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*Review and provide input on all AMP activities undertaken to comply with applicable laws, including permitting requirements.
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'''Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports.''' The AMWG reports to the Secretary through the Secretary’s Designee.
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'''Support.''' The logistical and support services for the meetings of the AMWG will be provided by the Bureau of Reclamation.
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'''Estimated Annual Operating Costs and Staff Years.''' The estimated annual operating costs associated with supporting the AMWG's functions are $400,000 including all direct and indirect expenses. It is estimated that four FTE’s will be required to support the AMWG.
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'''Designated Federal Officer.''' The DFO is the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Regional Director who is a full-time Federal employee appointed in accordance with Agency Procedures. The DFO or alternate will approve or call all AMWG and subcommittee meetings, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all AMWG and subcommittee meetings, adjourn any meetings when the DFO determines adjournment to be in the public interest and chair meetings when directed to do so by the Secretary.
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'''Estimated Number and Frequency of Meetings.''' The AMWG is expected to meet approximately twice a year, and at such other times as designated by the DFO.
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'''Duration.''' Continuing
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'''Termination.''' The AMWG will terminate 2 years from the date the charter is filed, unless prior to that date, it is renewed in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the FACA. The AMWG will not meet or take any action without a valid current charter.
  
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In order to comply with the consultation requirement of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992, the 1996 EIS recommended formation of a federal advisory committee. The Transition Work Group was formed to operate until such time as a federal advisory committee could be formed, and a record of decision (ROD) signed by the Secretary of the Interior to initiate a process of "management" (operating criteria for unbiased scientific research and data collection) whereby the effects of dam operations on downstream resources would be assessed. Meetings were held with representatives from the cooperating agencies and public interest groups who provided comments on the criteria for development of reasonable alternatives for the EIS.
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'''Membership and Designation.''' Members and alternate members of the AMWG appointed by the Secretary will be comprised of but not limited to the following: <br>
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Secretary’s Designee, who will serve as Chairperson for the AMWG. <br>
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One representative each from the following entities:
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* The Secretary of Energy (Western Area Power Administration)
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* Arizona Game and Fish Department
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* Hopi Tribe
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* Hualapai Tribe
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* Navajo Nation
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* San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
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* Southern Paiute Consortium
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* Pueblo of Zuni
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One representative each from the Governors from the seven basin States:
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* Arizona
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* California
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* Colorado
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* Nevada
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* New Mexico
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* Utah
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* Wyoming
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Representatives each from the general public as follows:
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* Two from environmental organizations
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* Two from the recreation industry
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* Two from contractors who purchase Federal power from Glen Canyon Powerplant
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One representative from each of the following DOI agencies as ex-officio non-voting members:
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* Bureau of Reclamation
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* Bureau of Indian Affairs
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* U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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* National Park Service
  
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The transition group worked on a variety of issues including a long-term monitoring and research program to ensure Glen Canyon Dam is operated in a manner consistent with protecting the downstream environment as well as implementation and management of operations and monitoring in consultation with broad-based interests.
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Members will be appointed to the AMWG by the Secretary, with input and recommendations
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from the above-referenced agencies, States, tribes, contractors for Federal power from Glen
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Canyon Dam, environmental organizations, and other stakeholders. Each member may also
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recommend an alternate member for appointment by the Secretary. Members and alternates of
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the AMWG will be appointed for a 3-year term.
  
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The ROD was signed by the Secretary of Interior in October 1996, and in January 1997, Interior Secretary Babbitt signed a Notice of Establishment of the Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), a federal advisory committee. The charter of this group was signed on January 15, 1997.
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Members of the AMWG serve without compensation, except that the DFO, in his or her sole
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discretion, may choose to allow compensation for the Technical Work Group subcommittee
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Chairperson according to applicable authorities. While away from their homes or regular places
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of business, members engaged in AMWG or subcommittee business approved by the DFO may
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be allowed travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the same manner as
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persons employed intermittently in Government Service under Section 5703 of Title 5 of the
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United States Code.
  
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All of the elements are now in place for an effective, credible adaptive management effort. The AMWG is the key; the TWG providing detailed guidance on issues and objectives; the Science Center to conduct the research and monitoring needed to evaluate operations; and the independent review panel, the outside review necessary to provide the credible science.
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A vacancy on the AMWG will be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment
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was made.
  
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The AMWG continues public involvement in the decision-making process and incorporates those stakeholders with interest in the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and downstream resources. By blending the best science and management practices, the AMWG makes recommendations to the Secretary on how to protect the resources and meet the requirement of the law.
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'''Ethics Responsibility.''' No AMWG member, alternate member, or subcommittee member will
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participate in any specific party matter including a lease, license, permit, contract, claim,
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agreement, or related litigation with the Department in which the member has a direct financial
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interest.
  
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The Adaptive Management Program is administered through a senior Department of the Interior official (designee) and facilitated through the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), which is organized as a federal advisory committee and chaired by the designee.
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'''Subcommittees.''' Subject to the DFO’s approval, subcommittees may be formed for the purpose
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of compiling information or conducting research. However, such subcommittees must act only
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under the direction of the DFO and must report their recommendations to the full AMWG for
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consideration. Subcommittees must not provide advice or work products directly to the Agency.
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Subcommittees will meet as necessary to accomplish their assignments, subject to the approval
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of the DFO and the availability of resources.
  
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The AMWG held their first meeting on September 10-11, 1997, and officially formed the Glen Canyon Technical Work Group (TWG) as a subgroup to work on tasks charged to them by the AMWG. [https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/index.html]
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'''Recordkeeping.''' The records of the AMWG, and formally and informally established
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subcommittees of the AMWG, shall be handled in accordance with General Records
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Schedule 6.2 or other approved Agency records disposition schedule. These records shall be
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available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act,
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5 U.S.C. 552.
  
 
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The Adaptive Management Work Group is a Federal Advisory Committee that includes representatives from the stakeholder tribes, organizations, and institutions listed below. The Secretary of the Interior appoints the Adaptive Management Work Group members. Responsibilities of the Adaptive Management Work Group as delineated in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (Reclamation 1995:36) are:

  • Provides the framework for Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program policy, goals, direction, and priorities;
  • Develops recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior for modifying operating criteria and other resource management actions, policies, or procedures;
  • Facilitates coordination and input from interested parties;
  • Reviews and forwards the annual report to the Secretary of the Interior and his/her designee on current and projected year operations;
  • Reviews and forwards annual budget proposals; and
  • Ensures coordination of operating criteria changes in the Annual Operating Plan for Colorado River Reservoirs and other ongoing activities.

Note that “dam operations” refers to the operation of the power plant and other release structures, such as bypass structures, spillways, and, potentially, a temperature control device, among others. Their uses conform to applicable law. The Adaptive Management Work Group develops recommendations for all of the dam’s structures to further the purposes of the Grand Canyon Protection Act, the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement, and Record of Decision. This is done within the limits of the Record of Decision and through experimentation.

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AMWG Charter (2017) [1]

Committees Official Designation. Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG).

Authority. The Grand Canyon Protection Act (Act) of October 30, 1992. Public Law 102-575; Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2.

Objectives and Scope of Activities. The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) provides for monitoring the results of the operating criteria and plans adopted by the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), and for research and studies to suggest appropriate changes to those plans and operating criteria.

The AMP includes the AMWG. The AMWG provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary relative to the operation of Glen Canyon Dan, the Secretary's Designee is the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science who serves as the Chair. The AMWG recommends suitable monitoring and research programs and makes recommendations to the Secretary. The AMWG may recommend research and monitoring proposals outside the Act which complement the AMP process, but such proposals will be funded separately, and shall not deter from the focus of the Act.

Under Section 1802(a) of the Act, "[t]he Secretary shall operate Glen Canyon Dam in accordance with the additional criteria and operating plans specified in Section 1804 [of the Act] and exercise other authorities under existing law in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were establish, including but not limited to, natural and cultural resources and visitor use." Under Section 1 802(b) of the Act, [t]he Secretary shall implement this section of the Act in a manner fully consistent with and subject to the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Water Treaty of 1944 with Mexico, the decree of the Supreme Court in Arizona v. California, and the provisions of the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 and the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968 that govern allocation, appropriation, development, and exportation of the waters of the Colorado River basin.”

Description of Duties. The duties or roles and functions of the AMWG are in an advisory capacity only. They are to:

  • Establish AMWG operating procedures.
  • Advise the Secretary in meeting environmental and cultural commitments including those contained in the Record of Decision for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experiment and Management Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement and subsequent related decisions.
  • Recommend the framework for the AMP policy, goals, and direction.
  • Recommend resource management objectives for development and implementation of a long-term monitoring plan and any necessary research and studies required to determine the effect of the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established, including but not limited to, natural and cultural resources and visitor use.
  • Review and provide input on the report identified in the Act to the Secretary, the Congress, and the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States. This annual report includes discussion on dam operations, the operation of the AMP, status of resources, and measures taken to protect, mitigate, and improve the resources defined in the Act.
  • Annually review long-term monitoring data to provide advice on the status of resources and whether the AMP goals and objectives are being met.
  • Review and provide input on all AMP activities undertaken to comply with applicable laws, including permitting requirements.

Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports. The AMWG reports to the Secretary through the Secretary’s Designee.

Support. The logistical and support services for the meetings of the AMWG will be provided by the Bureau of Reclamation.

Estimated Annual Operating Costs and Staff Years. The estimated annual operating costs associated with supporting the AMWG's functions are $400,000 including all direct and indirect expenses. It is estimated that four FTE’s will be required to support the AMWG.

Designated Federal Officer. The DFO is the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Regional Director who is a full-time Federal employee appointed in accordance with Agency Procedures. The DFO or alternate will approve or call all AMWG and subcommittee meetings, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all AMWG and subcommittee meetings, adjourn any meetings when the DFO determines adjournment to be in the public interest and chair meetings when directed to do so by the Secretary.

Estimated Number and Frequency of Meetings. The AMWG is expected to meet approximately twice a year, and at such other times as designated by the DFO.

Duration. Continuing

Termination. The AMWG will terminate 2 years from the date the charter is filed, unless prior to that date, it is renewed in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the FACA. The AMWG will not meet or take any action without a valid current charter.

Membership and Designation. Members and alternate members of the AMWG appointed by the Secretary will be comprised of but not limited to the following:
Secretary’s Designee, who will serve as Chairperson for the AMWG.
One representative each from the following entities:

  • The Secretary of Energy (Western Area Power Administration)
  • Arizona Game and Fish Department
  • Hopi Tribe
  • Hualapai Tribe
  • Navajo Nation
  • San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
  • Southern Paiute Consortium
  • Pueblo of Zuni

One representative each from the Governors from the seven basin States:

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Utah
  • Wyoming

Representatives each from the general public as follows:

  • Two from environmental organizations
  • Two from the recreation industry
  • Two from contractors who purchase Federal power from Glen Canyon Powerplant

One representative from each of the following DOI agencies as ex-officio non-voting members:

  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • National Park Service

Members will be appointed to the AMWG by the Secretary, with input and recommendations from the above-referenced agencies, States, tribes, contractors for Federal power from Glen Canyon Dam, environmental organizations, and other stakeholders. Each member may also recommend an alternate member for appointment by the Secretary. Members and alternates of the AMWG will be appointed for a 3-year term.

Members of the AMWG serve without compensation, except that the DFO, in his or her sole discretion, may choose to allow compensation for the Technical Work Group subcommittee Chairperson according to applicable authorities. While away from their homes or regular places of business, members engaged in AMWG or subcommittee business approved by the DFO may be allowed travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government Service under Section 5703 of Title 5 of the United States Code.

A vacancy on the AMWG will be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

Ethics Responsibility. No AMWG member, alternate member, or subcommittee member will participate in any specific party matter including a lease, license, permit, contract, claim, agreement, or related litigation with the Department in which the member has a direct financial interest.

Subcommittees. Subject to the DFO’s approval, subcommittees may be formed for the purpose of compiling information or conducting research. However, such subcommittees must act only under the direction of the DFO and must report their recommendations to the full AMWG for consideration. Subcommittees must not provide advice or work products directly to the Agency. Subcommittees will meet as necessary to accomplish their assignments, subject to the approval of the DFO and the availability of resources.

Recordkeeping. The records of the AMWG, and formally and informally established subcommittees of the AMWG, shall be handled in accordance with General Records Schedule 6.2 or other approved Agency records disposition schedule. These records shall be available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.


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