98-407. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1123-1124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-407]


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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: discussion of the proposed CALFED storage and 
conveyance alternatives, discussion of independent peer review and 
public participation process during the EIR comment period, and 
discussion of the draft assurances and finance implementation plan. 
Interested persons may make oral statements to the BDAC or may file 
written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will be held from 9:30 am 
to 5:00 pm on Thursday, January 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will meet at the 
Sacramento Convention Center, 1030 15th Street, Room 204, Sacramento, 
California 95814, [phone].

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta 
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 CALFED 
Bay-Delta 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 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.


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    Dated: January 2, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-407 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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