[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 54 (Monday, March 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15006-15007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6804]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


CALFED Bay-Delta Program Policy Group

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The CALFED Bay-Delta Program Policy Group will meet on April 
19, 2000. The agenda for the Policy Group meeting will include 
discussion of the CALFED Long-Term Water Management Strategy Evaluation 
Framework and the Preferred Program Alternative in the Final 
Programmatic EIS/R. This meeting is open to the public. Interested 
persons may make oral statements to be CALFED Bay-Delta Program Policy 
Group or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The CALFED Bay-Delta Program Policy Group meeting will be held 
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will meet at The Sacramento Convention Center, 
1400 J Street, Room 302-303, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta

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Program, at (916) 657-2666. If reasonable accommodation is needed due 
to a disability, please contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Office 
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 stablize, 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 direction of the CALFED Policy Group. 
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. The CALFED Policy Group 
provides general policy direction on all aspects of the CALFED Program.

Lester A. Snow,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 00-6804 Filed 3-17-00; 8:45 am]
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