99-30446. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Policy Group Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65725-65726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Policy Group Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet on December 
14, 1999 to discuss CALFED governance, the water management strategy, 
the draft preferred alternative and implementation issues. The Policy 
Group will meet on December 15, 1999 to discuss CALFED water management 
strategy and CALFED long-term governance. These meetings are open to 
the public. Interested persons may make oral statements to BDAC or 
Policy Group, or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The BDAC meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on 
Tuesday, December 14, 1999. The Policy Group will be held from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The BDAC will meet at the Sterling Hotel, 1300 H Street, 
Sacramento, CA [phone]. The Policy Group will meet at Sacramento 
Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Rooms 302 and 303, Sacramento, CA, 
[phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Bay-Delta Advisory Council 
Meeting, Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at [phone]. 
For the Policy Group Meeting, 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

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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 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 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 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: November 17, 1999.
Lester A. Snow,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-30446 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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