U.S. De artment of the Interior -- Office of the Assistant Secretary -- Water & Science
Meeting Information Request Form
To ensure that the appropriate individual within the Department of the Interior is meeting with you on a given matter and because the Office of the Assistant Secretary - Water & Science is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards, we are requesting the following information in order to proceed with your meeting request.
Please respond to the questions below and send your response or any questions to:
Michael Banton@ios.doi.gov
Requesting individual/organization: (Please identify the person(s) (name and affiliation) requesting the meeting, including any background information on the affiliated organization(s).)
Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Implementation Committee (YBIPIC)
Point of Contact information (Name, Email, Phone): If same as above, just write same.
Have you or has anyone from your organization/group met with anyone from DOPASWS in the past 6 months? If yes, whom? Meeting date (if date is flexible please indicate the range):
Please explain any time sensitivity that impacts the date of the meeting, such as courtordered or statutory deadline:
Tina Dykstra td kstra tf. net.com
Cell: b 6
Yes, Mat Maucieri, David Palumbo and staff.
Week of March 3ra. Monday, March 3 or Tuesday, March 4 or Wednesday, March 5
Proposed meeting location (Virtual or InPerson) (City, State):
In-Person at DOI HQ
Expected meeting participants (name, title, and organizational affiliation):
FINAL YBIPIC ATTENDEES:
1. Urban Eberhart, Manager, Kittitas Reclamation District b 6
2. Sage Park, Policy Director, Roza Irrigation District, spark@roza.org
3. Jason McShane, Kennewick Irrigation District imcshane@kid.org
4. Amanda McKinney, Yakima County Commissioner amanda.mckinney@co.yakima.wa.us
5. Phil Rigdon, Yakama Nation Phil Rigdon@Yakama.com
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6. David Blodgett, Yakama Nation blod@yakamafish-nsn.gov
7. Peter Dykstra, Plauche and Carr peter@plauchecarr.com
8. Brandon Parsons, American Rivers bparsons@americanrivers.org
9. Larry Mattson, Washington State Department of Ecology, lama461@ecy.wa.gov
10. George Waters, George Waters Consulting george@georgewaters.com
11. Dale Learn, Gordon Thomas Honeywell dlearn@gth-gov.com
12. Mark Limbaugh, President, TFG 13. Lane Dickson, Partner, TFG
Are any expected meeting participants registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations, and/or registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? (If yes, please identify.)
Yes, Mark Limbaugh, President, TFG; Dale Learn, Gordon Thomas Honeywell; and George Waters, George Waters Consulting
Are any expected meeting participants a
No.
partisan political candidate, a representative
of a political party or a registered political
action committee (PAC)? (If yes, please
identify.)
Do any expected meeting participants seek or currently have any business interests with the Depth talent such as permits, contracts, litigation, grants, etc.? (If yes, please identify.)
Yes, representatives from Reclamation water contractors in the Yakima River Basin and the Yakama Nation will be in attendance.
Describe the proposed meeting topic/ agenda, provide available briefing materials, and identify desired outcome(s):
Topics: The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Implementation Committee would like to brief the program manager at OMB on the status of their collaborative work on projects across the Yakima River Basin in Washington State and to provide an update on the implementation of the initial development phase of the Integrated Plan authorized in the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019. Those projects include new water storage, irrigation infrastructure improvements, anadromous fish passage, river restoration, fish habitat improvements, and other infrastructure contemplated and planned for in the Yakima Basin
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Integrated Plan, a 30-year collaborative, multistakeholder effort to steadily improve and restore all the natural resource/fisheries/municipal/agricultural/tribal aspects in the entire Yakima River Basin watershed.
Will the meeting involve legislation, broad policy options, or other general matters that involve a large and diverse range of persons and interests? (If yes, please describe.)
Will the meeting involve regulations, rules, or other matters that impact a specific industry, sector of the economy, or group of persons? (If yes, please describe.)
Yes, the group will provide an update on the implementation of the initial development phase of the Integrated Plan authorized in the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of2019. Those projects include anadromous fish passage, water conservation and management improvements, new water storage, river restoration, fish habitat improvements, and other infrastructure contemplated and planned for in the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. No.
Will the meeting involve a litigation matter, a No. permit, a grant, a contract, or any other matter that involves specific parties?
If yes, please identify the matter and list the specific parties.
With which Bureau or Agency does your proposed meeting agenda most align? Please list all, if more than one. (for example: Bureau of Reclamation or USGS)
Reclamation, DOI ASWS, FWS, BLM, BIA, USDA NRCS and Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA NMFS, and DOE BPA.
If the Assistant Secretary is unable to meet, is a surrogate desired? If yes, who specifically?
Any additional notes or information?
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