98-9325. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17442-17443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9325]


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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: watershed management strategy and proposals 
for phased and staged program implementation in Phase III. In addition, 
a panel of representatives from Northern California will present their 
comments to BDAC on the CALFED Program from the Northern California and 
upper watershed perspectives. BDAC members will also discuss Program 
financing principles and are invited to participate in a tour of local 
restoration efforts on Friday, May 15, 1998. This meeting is open to 
the public. Interested persons may 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 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Doubletree 
Hotel, 1830 Hilltop Drive, Redding, CA [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program, at [phone]. If reasonable accommodation is needed due 
to a disability, please contact that Equal Employment Opportunity 
Office at [phone] or TDD [phone] at least one week prior 
to 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 disaster, 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 or 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 Program. BDAC provides 
a forum to help ensure public participation, and will review reports 
and other material prepared by CALFED staff, BDAC has established a 
subcommittee called the

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Ecosystem Roundtable to provide input on annual workplans to implement 
ecosystem restoration projects and programs.
    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: April 2, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-9325 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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