99-968. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2918-2919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's 
Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss the 
recently released Phase II Report, and to discuss assessment of the 
Council for 1999.
    The BDAC Ecosystem Roundtable will meet to discuss several issues 
including: an implementation and tracking system update, the designated 
actions and proposal solicitation package for FY 99, budget issues, 
funding coordination and other issues. This meeting is open to the 
public. Interested persons may make oral statements to the Ecosystem 
Roundtable or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will be held on Thursday, 
January 21, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Bay-Delta Advisory 
Council's Ecosystem Roundtable meeting will be held on Wednesday, 
February 3, 1999, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Grand 
Capitol Plaza, Fraternity Room, 1025 Ninth Street, Sacramento, 
California [phone]. The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet at the 
Resources Building, 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1131, Sacramento, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Bay-Delta Advisory Council 
Meeting, Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at [phone]. For 
the Ecosystem Roundtable, Wendy Halverson Martin, CALFED Bay-Delta

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Program, at [phone]. If reasonable accommodation is needed due 
to a disability, please contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Office 
at [phone] or TDD [phone] at least one week prior to the 
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin 
Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a critically important part of 
California's natural environment and economy. In recognition of the 
serious problems facing the region and the complex resource management 
decisions that must be made, the State of California and the Federal 
government are working together to stabilize, protect, restore, and 
enhance the Bay-Delta system. The State and Federal agencies with 
management and regulatory responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system are 
working together as CALFED to provide policy direction and oversight 
for the process.
    One area of Bay-Delta management includes the establishment of a 
joint State-Federal process to develop long-term solutions to problems 
in the Bay-Delta system related to fish and wildlife, water supply 
reliability, natural disasters, and water quality. The intent is to 
develop a comprehensive and balanced plan which addresses all of the 
resource problems. This effort, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program), 
is being carried out under the policy direction of CALFED. The Program 
is exploring and developing a long-term solution for a cooperative 
planning process that will determine the most appropriate strategy and 
actions necessary to improve water quality, restore health to the Bay-
Delta ecosystem, provide for a variety of beneficial uses, and minimize 
Bay-Delta system vulnerability. A group of citizen advisors 
representing California's agricultural, environmental, urban, business, 
fishing, and other interests who have a stake in finding long-term 
solutions for the problems affecting the Bay-Delta system. This group, 
known as the Bay-Delta Advisory Council has been chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The BDAC provides advice to 
CALFED on the program mission, problems to be addressed, and objectives 
for the CALFED Program. BDAC provides a forum to help ensure public 
participation, and will review reports and other materials prepared by 
CALFED staff. BDAC has established a subcommittee called the Ecosystem 
Roundtable to provide input on annual workplans to implement ecosystem 
restoration projects and programs.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, Suite 
1155, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, California 95814, and will be 
available for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday 
through Friday within 30 days following the meeting.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-968 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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