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i J.. AlCElVED. ~\ '" -' UPDATE MAY 3 0 'e9 QOL.ORAou WATER CON$ERVA'nON BOARD May 1989 Reclamation Appoints Senior Scientist to Assist Glen Canyon Environmental Studies The Bureau of Reclamation <Recla- mation) has selected Duncan Pat- ten, Arizona State University (ASU) , to serve as the Senior Scien- tist for the continuing Glen Canyon Environmental Studies (GeES). Dr. Duncan Patten's appointment was effective April 3, 1989, and he will be available to the GeES pro- gram on a 40 percent time basis. He has been hired through an Intergov- ernmental Personnel Action. Dr. Patten is currently the Director of the Center for Envu:onmelltal Studies at ABU. Dr. Patten's role will be to ensure that all technical studies complement each other, that proper procedures are fol- lowed, and that accepted practices of reporting and review take place. 'l'he primary focus of his work will be directing the design of the GeES Integrated Research Plan. Dr. Pat- ten will be coordinating his program with David L. Wegner and the Ex- ecutive Review Committee (ERC). He will be selecting a core "working group" of scientists who will provide the primary work force for the de- sign, development, and integration of the GeES tecbnical studies. Dr. Patten's appointment is a result of a review of the original GCES studies by the National Academy of Sciences (NAB). That review identi- ~ed that there was no clear separa- tIOn of administrative and scientific oversight for the GeES. The NAB concluded that the lack of a science advisor in t~e early plannil1g and in dataanalyslB, reduced the effective- ness of the overall GeES effort. The NAB recommended that a senior scientist could greatly benefit the GeES technical program. In addition to serving lIB Director of the Center for Environmental Stud- ies at ABU, Dr. Patten has con- sulted to a number of organizations in both the environmental and re- source development areas, and a partial listing includes: consulta- tion to ABARCO on mining issues, consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency on increased coal burning, scientific consultant to the National Science Foundation con- , sultant to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Recl.amation projects, consultant to PaCific Gas and Elec- tric Company, and consultant to Southem California Edison Com- pany on effects of management of instream flow in Sierra streams on riparian communities. Dr. Patten has served on several boards for the NAB. Dr. Patten received his Ph.D, in bot- any from Duke University. Prior to his present position at ABU, he was a professor of Botany at ABU, Assis- tant Academic Vice President and Assistant Professor at the Virg;nia Polytechnic Institute. Meeting Summaries Environmental Study Team The Environmental Study Team met on March 20. 1989. in Las ,,:"egas, Nevada. Over 20 representa- tives attended the meeting which focused on the review of the draft technical study plan, tbe review process for the fiscal year 1990 and 1991 technical studies, review ofthe economic and environmental inte- gration process, and refinement of the study team process. After an active discussion on study direction, the meeting focused on the review of the specific studies identified in the draft technical study plan. Further refmement and clarification of the fiscal year 1989 work was made. The technical study team discussed the develop- ment of the fiscal year 1990 work plan, and the role that the Senior ~cienti~t and w,?rk groups will play tn the mtegratlon of the environ- mental and economic data. . The meeting ended with a discus- sion of the Colorado River Annual Operating Plan and the protocol to follow in the organization of the GeES Phase II field work. Economic Study Team The Economic Study Team met on March 21, 1989, ill Las Vegas Ne- vada. Representatives of the p~wer and water groups, agency person- nel, and the Department of the in- terior bureaus met to discuss the economic studies of the GeES Phase II program. Key areas of dis- cussion centered on the reorganiza- tion and membership of the economic study team, discussion of the Phll':'e II technical study plan, and reVIew of the recreation/eco- nomics work completed under the i1litial segment of the GeES pro- gram. The discussion of the economic study ptans brought out the need to establish well defined criteria for evaluation of the power modeling ~ethodologies. Additionally, a sig- mficant effort will be required to determine the hydrologic input and the definition of "normal opera- tions." The group reviewed the three proposed power marketing