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Review of the Draft Federal Long-Term Monitoring Plan for the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam (1994) / Chapter Skim
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4 RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 24-25

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... 2. The objectives of monitoring should be modified to encompass not only a study of responses to the currently preferred alternative for operation of the Dam, but also responses to other hypothetical or actual operations of Glen Canyon Dam and to environmental changes occurring through other causes within the scope of dam operations.
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... It should also deal explicitly with contracting mechanisms and with estimated costs. Proposals for administration and contracting should take into account the advantages of administrative independence and the importance of stability for the monitoring program, as well as the advantages in cost efficiency and programmatic quality that derive from open contracting procedures.
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