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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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... The committee's review deals with all aspects of the draft monitoring plan, including scope of work, protocols for acquisition and archiving of environmental data, organization, justification, and implementation. The NRC committee believes that the draft monitoring plan will be of great importance in providing a rational basis for protection of environmental resources in the Grand Canyon.
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From page 2...
... The plan is tied specifically to the preferred alternative for operation of the Dam as derived from the Environmental Impact Statement. The NRC committee believes that the program should extend beyond this to include information that would be relevant to analysis of other potential operations of Glen Canyon Dam that might arise as the preferred alternative is revised or changed due to other causes within the scope of dam operations.
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... If the plan does not include a specific proposal for administration, then criteria that must be satisfied by any proposed administrative scheme should be specified. The authors of the plan should consider the advantages of requiring administrative independence for the long-term monitoring program, and open contracting procedures that wait allow the managers of the program to maximize cost efficiency and maintain direct control over the scope and quality of data collection in the Grand Canyon.
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Key Terms

  • glen canyon
  • canyon dam
  • draft monitoring
  • grand canyon
  • colorado river

  • below glen
  • environmental resources
  • monitoring program
  • river below
  • environmental studies

  • canyon environmental
  • draft federal
  • riverine ecosystem
  • scientific evaluation
  • various resource

  • maximize cost
  • contracting procedures
  • extend beyond
  • cost efficiency
  • include information

  • gces reports
  • maintain direct
  • firm recommendations
  • subordinates specific
  • administrative initiatives

  • including scope
  • monitoring plans
  • operating rules
  • complement monitoring
  • administrative independence


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