[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1416-1417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-447]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Delta Drinking Water Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Delta Drinking Water 
Council will meet on January 27, 2000, to discuss several issues 
including Fiscal Year 2000 drinking water quality actions and studies. 
This meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may make oral 
statements to the Delta Drinking Water Council or may file written 
statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Delta Drinking Water Council 
meeting will be held from 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 
27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will meet at the Resources Building, 1416 Ninth 
Street, Room 1131, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Hutton, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 
at (916) 653-9715. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a 
disability, please contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Office at 
(916) 653-6952 or TDD (916) 653-6935 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 
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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). The BDAC 
provides advice to CALFED on the program mission, problems to be 
addressed, and objectives of 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 Delta Drinking Water Council to advise the CALFED Program 
and the CALFED Policy Group through BDAC on necessary adaptations to 
the Program's Drinking Water Quality Improvement Strategy to achieve 
CALFED's drinking water objectives.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, 1416 
Ninth Street, Suite 1155, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: January 4, 2000.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-447 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]
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