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MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 13, 2008

CONTACT: Diane Simmons, Public Information Officer
Phone: 801-524-3160

SUBJECT: Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Meeting

Salt Lake City, UT - The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission will meet Thursday, November 20 at 10 a.m. in the Commission office conference room on 230 South 500 East, Suite 230.

Six items will be proposed for Commission action consisting of modifications to several existing agreements with Federal and State partners. The Commission will not meet again until January 2009.

The Mitigation Commission is an independent Federal agency established by the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992. The Commission is responsible for planning, funding, and implementing projects that benefit fish, wildlife, and related recreation resources in order to offset impacts caused by the Central Utah Project, and other Federal water reclamation projects in Utah. The Commission meets publicly to consider and act on agreements to carry out mitigation projects with various partners, including State and Federal natural resource agencies and non-profit groups.

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