[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25626-25627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11875]


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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 June 5, 
2003. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include discussion on 
the Bay-Delta Program Plans and related recommendations, summary of 
water operations issues and integrated key milestones, Colorado River 
negotiations and related legal and water transfers issues, Committee 
priorities for 2003, and implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program 
with State and Federal officials.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, June 5, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 
6 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, 
please contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 445-7297 or TDD (800) 735-2929 
at least 1 week prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the John E. Moss Federal 
Building located at 650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor, Sacramento, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia Laychak, California Bay-Delta 
Authority, at (916) 445-0524, or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at (916) 978-5022.

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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://calwater.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: April 24, 2003.
Nan M. Yoder,
Acting Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 03-11875 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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