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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Management Committee Meeting Summary <br />June 27, 2002 <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br /> <br />Attendees: See Attachment 1 <br />Assignments are highlighted in the text and listed at the end of the summaly. <br /> <br />CONVENE - 9:00 a.m. <br /> <br />1. <br />1. <br /> <br />Introductions <br />Review/modify agenda and time allocations and appoint a timekeeper - The agenda was <br />modified as it appears below. <br />Approve April 29 meeting summary - The summary was approved with a minor change to item <br />4.f. and the assignment list. >Angela Kantola will post the revised summary to the list server. <br />Recovery Program updates <br />a. Recovery goals - Bob Muth said the Service plans to have the goals in final form by mid- <br />July, and then hopefully a Notice of Availability will be published in the Federal Register <br />by the end of July. <br />b. Price Stubb Diversion Dam and Grand Valley Project Fish Ladder - Brent Uilenberg said <br />FERC notified Mr. Jacobsen on June 3 advising "probable termination of his FERC <br />license within 30 days." Reclamation's draft supplement to the EIS is in internal review <br />and should be published July 26 with a 30-day review. The rock ramp passage is the <br />preferred alternative (more natural and less stressful for fish in light of the nearby <br />proposed concrete ladder at the Grand Valley Project). It will be somewhat more <br />expensive, however. Reclamation will meet with Mr. Jacobsen in mid-July to discuss the <br />preferred alternative and a construction easement. Construction will hopefully begin in <br />2003 after peak flows. <br />c. Tusher Wash screen - Sherm Hoskins said he reviewed a revised version of an agreement <br />to handle carriage, but there are problems with it. Sherm suggested some revisions to the <br />draft letter from Bob Muth to the Green River Canal Company's attorney. >Sherm will <br />continue to encourage Green River and Thayn to come to agreemeilt so construction can <br />go forward. >Bob Muth will finalize the letter to the Green River Canal Company's <br />attorney. <br />d. Flaming Gorge EIS process - Kerry Schwartz said the EIS is on schedule with a draft <br />expected in September. A cooperating agency meeting will be held this summer prior to <br />publication of the draft. <br />e. Duchesne River Coordinated Reservoir Operations - Bob Muth said the Biology <br />Committee is waiting for two peer review comments on the biology report; and he <br />anticipates it will be on the August Biology Committee agenda. Gene commented that the <br />draft recommendations tnay need some refinement so flows can be properly monitored. <br />Brent Uilenberg said the modeling effort has been completed and reviewed and a final <br />report should be completed by mid-July. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />f. <br /> <br />Drought impacts - Bob Muth distributed a status report on flows. The Program will use <br />its water from Ruedi, Williams Fork and Wolford Mountain reservoirs to try to maintain <br />and connect pools through October, to the extent possible. All parties are working <br />cooperatively to set realistic flow targets. Brent noted that if the drought continues and <br />flows are this low next year, we will have dry reaches of river. <br /> <br />61 <br />