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<br />,-..\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />After almost 40 years with the Bureau, John intends to spend time with his family. Keys spent 34 years as <br />a career employee, first as a civil and hydraulic engineer and later as the Pacific Northwest Regional <br />Director. Norton praised Keys' for his service and his success in addressing tough water issues associated <br />with the worst drought in the past fifty years. Another of Keys' notable accomplishments is development <br />of the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP) for the recovery of <br />endangered species and protection of wildlife habitat. <br /> <br />P. Lynn Scarlett to be Acting Interior Secretary: On March 31, Outgoing Secretary of the Interior <br />Gale A. Norton announced that Deputy Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett will become Acting Secretary <br />following Secretary Norton's departure from Interior until the Senate confirms Governor Kempthorne. In <br />her March 10 resignation letter to President Bush, Norton announced that her final day as Interior <br />Secretary would be March 31. By operation oflaw, the Deputy Secretary assumes the title of Acting <br />Secretary in the event ofa vacancy in the Office of the Secretary. On March 16, President Bush <br />nominated Idaho Governor Dirk Kerapthorne to succeed Norton as Interior Secretary. <br />Scarlett, who previously served as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, was <br />sworn in as Deputy Secretary on November 22,2005. Scarlett's complete biography is available at <br />http://www.doi.llovlbiolbioscarlett.htm. <br /> <br />William E. Rinne Named as Acting Commissioner ofthe Bureau of Reclamation: On April 14, <br />Acting Secretary Lynn Scarlett named William E. Rinne as acting Commissioner of the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. Rinne, who is currently serving as Deputy Commissioner for Operations at Reclamation, <br />will serve as acting until the President nominates and the Senate confinns a new commissioner. <br />Rinne has served as Deputy Commissioner, Director of Operations, since June 2003. He has primary <br />responsibility for operational issues facing Reclamation throughout the 17 western states. He has more <br />than 28 years of federal service and previously served as Deputy Regional Director of Reclamation's <br />Lower Colorado Region in Boulder City, Nev. <br /> <br />Timothy R. Petty Named as New Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science: On Apri16, <br />Acting Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh <br />announced the appointment of Timothy R. Petty as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. <br />Petty, a hydrogeologist with private and public sector experience, fills a vacancy left by Tom Weimer, <br />who now serves as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget. In his new position, effective <br />immediately, Petty will assist the assistant secretary with his oversight of the U.S. Geological Survey. <br /> <br />Acting Secretary Scarlett Annoum:es Reopening OfFish Passage On 811 Miles Of Waterways: On <br />April 22, Acting Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett annOlUlced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a <br />variety of partners will spend more than $8 million this year to remove or bypass 98 barriers to fish <br />passage in 26 states. <br /> <br />Administered by the Service's Fisheries Program, the popular Fish Passage Program enlists municipal, <br />state, tribal and other federal agencies, as well as non-governmental organizations, to reopen historic <br />habitat in the nation' s streams and rivers by removing or bypassing abandoned dams or other obstructions <br />as well as improving or replacing culverts under roads or railroad tracks. Partner participation is <br />voluntary. <br /> <br />The Service will spend $3 million in federal dollars on the 2006 projects, which will be matched by $5.6 <br />million from partners. Completion of all the 2006 projects will open a total of 811 miles of additional <br />habitat in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado. Florida, Georgia, Idaho. Massachusetts, <br />Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma. <br /> <br />5 <br />