[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11038-11039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5564]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's 
Ecosystem Roundtable Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss key 
issues in the southern San Joaquin Valley and to begin addressing key 
CALFED critical issues, focusing on the Water Management Strategy, 
Governance and Stage I actions. There will also be a farm and 
groundwater banking site tour that the public is invited to 
participate.
    The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Ecosystem Roundtable will 
meet on March 16, 1999, to discuss several issues including: the 
project selection process for the February 1999 proposal solicitation 
package, administrative costs, funding coordination, an implementation 
and tracking system update, and other issues. These meetings are open 
to the public. Interested persons may make oral statements to the BDAC 
and Ecosystem Roundtable or may file written statements for 
consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will tour farms and groundwater 
banking sites on Wednesday, March 24, 1999. The tour will begin at 1:30 
p.m from the Arvin-Edison Water District, 20401 Bear Mountain 
Boulevard, Arvin. BDAC will meet from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday, 
March 25, 1999 at the Holiday Inn Select, 801 Truxtun Avenue, 
Bakersfield. The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable 
meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Holiday Inn 
Select, 801 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301. The Ecosystem 
Roundtable will meet at the Energy Commission Building, Hearing Room A, 
at 1516 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Bay-Delta Advisory Council 
Meeting, Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at (916) 657-2666.

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For the Ecosystem Roundtable, Wendy Halverson Martin, 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. This group, 
known as the Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC), has been chartered 
under the Federal Advisory Committee (FACA). The BDAC provides advice 
to 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: March 1, 1999.
Rick L. Gold,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-5564 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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