[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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