99-21394. Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Restoration Program FY 2000 Priority Public Workshop

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44940-44941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21394]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's 
Ecosystem Restoration Program FY 2000 Priority Public Workshop

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss key 
issues in addressing CALFED critical issues, focusing on Finance, 
Governance, the Draft Preferred Alternative and Restoration 
Coordination. There will also be a site tour of Battle Creek leaving 
from and returning to Wild Bill's Restaurant in Red Bluff. A reception 
and meeting at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center will follow the 
tour.
    CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program will sponsor a FY 2000 
Priority Setting Workshop on August 31, 1999, to discuss priorities for 
FY 2000. This meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may 
make oral statements or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: BDAC will tour Battle Creek in Red Bluff on Thursday, September 
16, 1999. The tour will run from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., leaving from 
and returning to, Wild Bill's Restaurant in Red Bluff. The evening 
reception will be on September 16, 1999 at the Red Bluff Community/
Senior Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    BDAC will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 
1999 at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center.
    The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Restoration Program FY 
2000 Priority Public Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 
Tuesday, August 31, 1999 in the Auditorium at 714 P Street in 
Sacramento.

ADDRESSES: BDAC will rendezvous from Wild Bill's Restaurant, 500 
Riverside, Red Bluff, CA 96080. The BDAC evening reception and meeting 
will be held at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center, 1500 South 
Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080.
    The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Restoration Program FY 
2000 Priority Public Workshop will be held in the auditorium at 714 P 
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the BDAC tour, 
reception and meeting contact Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program 
at [phone].
    For information on the Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem 
Restoration Program FY 2000 Priority Public Workshop, contact Wendy 
Halverson Martin, 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

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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 
to 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 Program 
is exploring the 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 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 
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 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: August 13, 1999.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-21394 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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