[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49368-49369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24655]
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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: an implementation and
tracking system update, status of the 1998 Proposal Solicitation
Package recommended projects, the development of other directed funding
programs, the planning process for FY99, water acquisition, funding
coordination, and other issues. 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 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 1998.
ADDRESSES: the Ecosystem Roundtable will meet at the Resources
Building, 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1131, Sacramento, CA 95814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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
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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-germ 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 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 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: September 4, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-24655 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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