[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3727-3728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1490]


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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 jointly with 
the California Bay-Delta Authority on February 9 and 10, 2005. The 
agenda for the joint meeting will include reports from the Director, 
the Lead Scientist, the Independent Science Board, and the BDPAC 
Subcommittees; information on proposed State legislation and the 
Environmental Water Account Technical Review Panel Report; updates on 
the Delta levees and the Delta Improvements Package; and discussions on 
the Finance Plan Framework Implementation Strategy and the Multi-Year 
Program Plans with State and Federal agency representatives.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2005, from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Thursday, February 10, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 4 
p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please 
contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 445-5511 or TDD (800) 735-2929 at least 
1 week prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sacramento Convention 
Center, 1400 J Street, Room 315, Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Cameron-Harley, California Bay-
Delta Authority, at (916) 445-5511, or Diane Buzzard, Bureau of 
Reclamation, at (916) 978-5022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior, other participating 
Federal agencies, the Governor of the State of California, and the 
California Bay-Delta Authority on implementation of the CALFED Bay-
Delta Program. The Committee makes recommendations 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 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 California 
Bay-Delta Authority Web site at 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, 
Public Law 102-575.)


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    Dated: January 12, 2005.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-1490 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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