[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3875]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee will meet on March 12, 
2002. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include discussions on 
future governance, funding update, regional reports, and implementation 
of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program with State and Federal officials.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 
4 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, 
please contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 657-2666 or TDD (800) 735-2929 
at least 1 week prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center 
located at 1400 J Street, Room 306, Sacramento, CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program, at (916) 654-4214. Nan Yoder or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at (916) 978-5022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
assistance and recommendations to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton 
and California Governor Gray Davis on implementation of the CALFED Bay-
Delta Program. The Committee will advise on annual priorities, 
integration of the eleven Program elements, and overall balancing of 
the four Program objectives of ecosystem restoration, water quality, 
levee system integrity, and water supply reliability. The Program is a 
consortium of 23 State and Federal agencies with the mission to develop 
and implement a long-term comprehensive plan that will restore 
ecological health and improve water management for beneficial uses of 
the San Francisco/Sacramento and San Joaquin Bay Delta.
    Committee and meeting materials will be available on the CALFED 
Bay-Delta web site: http://calfed.ca.gov and at the meeting. This 
meeting is open to the public. Oral comments will be accepted from 
members of the public at the meeting and will be limited to 3-5 
minutes.

(Authority: The Committee was established pursuant to the Department 
of the Interior's authority to implement the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 et. seq., the Endangered Species 
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., and the Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 
U.S.C. 371 et seq., and the acts amendatory thereof or supplementary 
thereto, all collectively referred to as the Federal Reclamation 
laws, and in particular, the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 
Title 34 of Pub. L. 102-575.)

    Dated: February 5, 2002.
Elizabeth Ann Rieke,
Acting Deputy Regional Director Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 02-3875 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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