WSP13002

• File Number: 8282.500
• Description: Coordinated Long Range Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/3/2004
• Author: Federal Register
• Title: Long-Range Operating Criteria 6th Review Initiated 1/15/2002 Federal Register notice
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Federal Register/Vol. 67, No. 44/Wednesday, March 6, 2002/Notices

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boating; recreational fishing and boating
industries; conservation of recreational
fishery resources; aquatic resource
outreach and education; and tourism.
The Council will function solely as an
advisory body and in compliance with
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Act.)
The Certification of renewal is
published below.

Certification

I hereby certify that the renewal of the
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership
Council is necessary and in the public
interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
Department of the Interior by those
statutory authorities as defined in
Federal laws including, but not
restricted to, the Federal Aid in Sport
Fish Restoration Act, Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act, and the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956 in furtherance of
the Secretary of the Interior's statutory
responsibilities for administration of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mission
to conserve, protect, and enhance fish,
wildlife, and plants and their habitats
for the continuing benefit of the
American people. The Council will
assist the Secretary and the Department
of the Interior by providing advice on
activities to enhance fishery and aquatic
resources.
Dated: February 15, 2002.
Gale Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 02-5282 Filed 3-5-02; 8:45 amI
BILLING CODE 4310-65-M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Review of Existing Coordinated Long-
Range Operating Criteria for Colorado
River Reservoirs

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment
period, corrections.

SUMMARY: The 1970 Criteria for
Coordinated Long-Range Operation of
Colorado River Reservoirs (Operating
Criteria), promulgated pursuant to
Public Law 90-537, were published in
the Federal Register on June 10, 1970.
The Operating Criteria provided for the
coordinated long-range operation of the
reservoirs constructed and operated
under the authority of the Colorado
River Storage Project Act, Boulder
Canyon Project Act, and Boulder
Canyon Project Adjustment Act for the
purposes of complying with and

carrying out the provisions of the
Colorado River Compact, Upper
Colorado River Basin Compact, and the
Mexican Water Treaty.
The 1970 Operating Criteria specified
that a formal review take place at least
once every five years with participation
by such Colorado River Basin state
representatives as each Governor may
designate, and other parties and
agencies as the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) may deem appropriate.
Public law 90-537 allows the Secretary,
as a result of actual operating
experience or unforeseen circumstances,
to modify the Operating Criteria to
better accomplish the purposes of the
two basin compacts and the Mexican
Water Treaty. The Commissioner of the
Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is
the authorized agent of the Secretary for
the purpose of conducting and
coordinating this review.
As part of the Operating Criteria
review, Reclamation has incorporated
an active public involvement process
that includes all interested parties and
stakeholders. This public process is
designed to solicit comments on
Operating Criteria provisions that may
need revision as the result of actual
operating experience, and to disclose
the results of this analysis.
Reclamation is extending the
comment period for written comments
through Friday, March 29, 2002. The
various public view points expressed
during the review process will be
considered in determining if a change to
the Operating Criteria is warranted.
Reclamation is also requesting feedback
to determine if a public meeting should
be held to solicit comments from the
public on the need to revise the
Operating Criteria. Please let us know
by Friday, March 29, 2002, if and where
you would like us to conduct a public
meeting.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their home
address from public disclosure, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold a
respondent's identity from public
disclosure, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your name and/or
address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in their entirety.

DATES: Written comments on the
Operating Criteria and/or feedback on
whether or not to conduct a public
meeting must be received on or before
Friday, March 29, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
Operating Criteria and/or feedback on
whether or not to conduct a public
meeting may be mailed to: Regional
Director, Attention: BC00-4600, Lower
Colorado Region, Bureau of
Reclamation, PO Box 61470, Boulder
City, Nevada 89006-1470.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jayne Harkins, Bureau of Reclamation,
PO Box 61470, Boulder City. Nevada
89006-1470, faxogram number (702)
293-8042, telephone number (702) 293-
8190; or Tom Ryan, Bureau of
Reclamation, 125 South State Street,
Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-
1102, faxogram number [phone],
telephone number [phone].
Supplementary Information and
Corrections: This will be the sixth
review of the Operating Criteria
conducted since their initial
promulgation in 1970. Previous reviews
of the Operating Criteria resulted in no
changes. The public review process for
this review began with a Federal
Register notice published on January 15,
2002 (Vol. 67, No. 10, p. 1986),
announcing formal review of the
Operating Criteria and inviting
comments during the 60 days following
the notice. In the January 15, 2002,
notice, an e-mail address was published
where comments could be sent. We
regret that this e-mail address is
currently unavailable. Please use the
information cited above to provide
written comments on the Operating
Criteria and/or feedback on whether or
not Reclamation should conduct a
public meeting, or contact members of
the Reclamation review team. The
January 15, 2002, notice also included a
copy ofthe Operating Criteria that
contained several errors. This notice
includes a corrected version of the
Operating Criteria.
Notification of dates, times, and
locations for future public meetings or
comment periods will be made through
the Federal Register, media outlets, and
to all respondents to this notice.

Dated: February 21,2002.
John W. Keys, ill,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.

Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range
Operation of Colorado River Reservoirs
Pursuant to the Colorado River Basin
Project Act of September 30,1968 (Pub.
L. 90-537)

These Operating Criteria are
promulgated in compliance with