[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56969-56970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28398]
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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: follow-up from items from the previous
meeting; presentation and discussion of an example of component
integration in developing an alternative; an overview of the Ecosystem
Restoration target setting process and workshop held on November 19;
discussion of the Phase II timeline; and updates on several of the
program components. The BDAC meeting is open to the public. 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 9:00 am
to 4:00 pm on Thursday, November 21, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will meet at the
Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way,
Burbank, CA 91505 at (818) 843-6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Gross, 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
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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.
Dated: October 29, 1996.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-28398 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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