[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23795-23796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11306]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meetings
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss
several issues including: an update of public workshops on Impact
Assessment and Assurances; descriptions of the draft alternatives and
operating parameters; an overview of the alternatives evaluation
process; an update on the activities of the Ecosystem Restoration
program and the Ecosystem Roundtable subcommittee; and other issues.
The Ecosystem Roundtable (a subcommittee of the BDAC) will meet to
discuss the following issues: project selection criteria, output from
the technical teams, development of the annual workplan, the upcoming
release of the requests for proposals for Category III, public outreach
and funding coordination. Interested persons may make oral statements
to the BDAC or to the Ecosystem Roundtable 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 22, 1997. The Ecosystem Roundtable
will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Sacramento
Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA. The Ecosystem
Roundtable will meet in Room 1131, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For the BDAC meeting, contact Sharon Gross, CALFED Bay-Delta Program,
at (916) 657-2666. For the Ecosystem Roundtable meeting contact 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 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, 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. BDAC
has established a subcommittee called the Ecosystem Roundtable to
provide input on annual work plans to implement
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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: April 25, 1997.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-11306 Filed 4-30-97; 8:45 am]
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