[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2262-2263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss
several issues including: review and status of the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program; financial strategy for the long-term program and for
implementation of specific actions in the short-term; and formulation
and development of alternatives for the long-term program. BDAC members
are also invited to attend an informal educational session to discuss
the financial strategy for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Both the
informal educational and the meeting are open to the public. For the
meeting, interested persons may make oral statements to the BDAC or may
file written statements for consideration.
DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council informal educational session will
be held from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Wednesday, February 14, 1996. The
BDAC meeting will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Thursday, February
15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council educational session and
meeting will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton and Towers, 5711
West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045.
contact person FOR more INFORMATION: Sharon Gross, BDAC Bay-Delta
Program, at (916) 657-2666. If reasonable accommodation is needed due
to a disability, please contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Office
at (916) 653-6952 or TDD (916) 653-6934 at least one week prior to the
meeting.
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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 is being carried out under the policy
direction of CALFED. A group of citizen advisors representing
California's agricultural, environmental, urban, business, fishing, and
other interests who have a stake in finding the long term solutions for
the problems affecting the Bay-Delta system has been chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) as the Bay-Delta Advisory
Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on the program mission, problems to be
addressed, and objectives for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC
provides a forum to help ensure public participation, and will review
reports and other materials prepared by CALFED staff.
Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program, Suite 1155, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will
be available for public inspection during regular business hours,
Monday through Friday within 30 days following the meeting.
Dated: January 17, 1996.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-1226 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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