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<br />" <br /> <br />-{) 0 1515 <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group <br />Federal Advisory Committee <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />CHARTER <br /> <br />Official Designation: Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group <br /> <br />Scope and Objectives: The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the <br />Secretary of the Interior relative to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam in accordance with the <br />additional criteria and operating plans specified in Section 1804 of the Grand Canyon Protection <br />Act (Act) of October 30, 1992, embodied in Public Law 102-575, and to the exercise of <br />authorities under existing laws in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and <br />improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and the Glen Canyon National <br />Recreation Area were established, including but not limited to the natural and cultural resources <br />and visitor use. <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) provides for monitoring the <br />results of the operating criteria and plans adopted by the Secretary and research and <br />experirnentation to suggest appropriate changes to those operating criteria and plans. <br /> <br />The AMP includes an Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG). The AMWG will <br />facilitate the AMP, recommend suitable monitoring and research programs, and make <br />recommendations to the Secretary. The AMWG may recommend research and monitoring <br />proposals outside the ACl which complement the AMP process, but such proposals will be . <br />funded separately, and do not deter from the focus of the Act. . <br /> <br />Duration: It is the intent that the AMWG shall continue indefinitely, unless otherwise terminated <br />by the Secretary. <br /> <br />Agency or Official to Whom The Committee Reports:' The AMWG reports to the Secretary <br />through the Secretary's designee who shall serve as the chairperson and Designated Federal <br />Official of the AMWG. In the absence of the Chairperson, a senior level Interior representative <br />will act as Chairperson for the AMWG. <br /> <br />The Secretary's designee shall be responsible for preparation of meeting agendas and scheduling <br />meetings of the AMWG. The Secretary's designee shall attend and chair all meetings of the <br />AMWG. The Secretary's designee will also be responsible for sending a formal summary report <br />after each Advisory Committee meeting directly to the Secretary of the Interior with copies of <br />subject summary report to be provided to all AMWG members. <br /> <br />Bureau Responsible for ProvidinlZ Necessary Support: The logistical and support services for the <br />meetings of the AMWG shall be provided by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). <br /> <br />Estimated Annual Operating Costs: The operating costs are estimated at $200,000 annually for <br />the establishment and support of the AMWG. This includes costs required for staffsupport, <br />