[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10535]


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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 (Committee) will meet on 
June 8, 2005. The second half of the meeting will be held jointly with 
the California Bay-Delta Authority. The agenda for the Committee 
meeting will include an orientation for the new Committee members and 
reports from several of its Subcommittees. The agenda for the joint 
meeting will include reports from the Director and the Lead Scientist 
and discussions on short- and long-term funding for the CALFED Bay-
Delta Program with State and Federal agency representatives.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8, 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 Holiday Inn, 300 J Street, 
Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Gidding, California Bay-Delta 
Authority, at 916-445-5511, or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at 916-978-5022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior 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, 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, 
Pub. L. 102-575.)

    Dated: May 12, 2005.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 05-10535 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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