[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5227]


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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: additional proposals, 
designated actions, and focused grants for FY 98 funding, revised 
planning process, funding coordination, CVPIA FY 98 budget 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 am to 3:00 pm on Friday, March 13, 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 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 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. 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 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: February 23, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-5227 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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