[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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