[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7948]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Ecosystem Restoration Program Pre-Submittal Workshop for the 2001 
Proposal Solicitation Package

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION:  Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The CALFED Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program will hold a 
Pre-Submittal Workshop for the 2001 Proposal Solicitation Package 
(PSP). This workshop is an opportunity for the public to ask questions 
regarding the PSP. Adaptive management and conceptual models will be 
discussed. Shortly after the workshop, CALFED staff will provide a 
written response to common questions from all attendees at the workshop 
and those who have received this proposal solicitation package via 
mail. This will also be posted on the CALFED website at calfed.ca.gov.

DATES: The Pre-Submittal Workshop will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on 
Wednesday, April 12, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Pre-Submittal Workshop will meet at the Resources 
Building Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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. The Ecosystem Restoration Program is a 
program element of CALFED which is currently soliciting proposals for 
ecosystem restoration activities.

    Dated: March 27, 2000.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 00-7948 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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