[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56969-56970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28398]


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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: follow-up from items from the previous 
meeting; presentation and discussion of an example of component 
integration in developing an alternative; an overview of the Ecosystem 
Restoration target setting process and workshop held on November 19; 
discussion of the Phase II timeline; and updates on several of the 
program components. The BDAC meeting is open to the public. Interested 
persons may make oral statements to the BDAC or may file written 
statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will be held from 9:00 am 
to 4:00 pm on Thursday, November 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will meet at the 
Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way, 
Burbank, CA 91505 at (818) 843-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Gross, 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

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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, 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.
    Minutes of the meeting 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: October 29, 1996.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-28398 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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