97-16479. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34076-34077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16479]


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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 overview and discussion of the process to 
evaluate and narrow the program alternatives; an update on the 
activities of the Ecosystem Restoration program and the Ecosystem 
Roundtable subcommittee; an update from the fact finding BDAC work 
groups (finance, ecosystem restoration and assurances); and other 
issues. The Ecosystem Roundtable (a subcommittee of the BDAC) will meet 
to discuss the following issues: the evaluation and selection process 
for the 1997 Category III Request for Proposals; contract

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administration for the selected proposals; and future priorities and 
schedule for the Restoration Coordination Program. 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 am 
to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 22, 1997. The Ecosystem Roundtable will 
meet from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, July 11, 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 [phone]. For the 
Ecosystem Roundtable meeting contact Kate Hansel, 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 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 avisors 
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. BDAC 
has established a subcommittee called the Ecosystem Roundtable to 
provide input on annual work plans to implement 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: June 18, 1997.
Robert Stackhouse,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-16479 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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