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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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