[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18798-18799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9901]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Ecosystem Roundtable
will meet to discuss several issues including: project selection
criteria, output from the technical teams, development of the annual
workplan, public outreach and funding coordination. This meeting is
open to the public. Interested persons may make oral statements to the
Ecosystem Roundtable or may file written statements for consideration.
DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable meeting
will be held from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1997.
ADDRESS: The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet in Room 1131, Resources
Building, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Cindy Darling, 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
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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,
will review reports and other materials prepared by CALFED staff. BDAC
has established a subcommittee called the Ecosystem Roundtable to
provide input on annual workplans to implement ecosystem restoration
projects and programs.
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: April 9, 1997.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-9901 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]
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