[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26980]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Ecosystem Roundtable (a subcommittee of the Bay-Delta
Advisory Council) (BDAC) will meet to discuss the following issues: a
summary of the proposed funding package for the 1997 Category III
funds; and the process and schedule for the Restoration Coordination
Program and Category III funds in the future. Interested persons may
make oral statements to the Ecosystem Roundtable or may file written
statements for consideration.
DATES: The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on
Tuesday, October 28, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet in Room 1131, 1416 Ninth
Street, Sacramento, CA.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For the Ecosystem Roundtable meeting contact Kate Hansel, CALFED 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.
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 sake 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 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. BDAC has established a subcommittee
called the Ecosystem Roundtable to provide input on annual work plans
to implement ecosystem restoration projects and programs.
Minutes of the meetings 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: October 6, 1997.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-26980 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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