[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42588-42589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14577]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet on 
August 10, September 7, October 12, and November 9, 2005. These 
meetings will focus on the State's intense effort to fulfill the 
Governor's mandate for an independent fiscal and management review of 
the CALFED Bay-Delta Program by the end of 2005. Discussions will 
include a refocus of CALFED on resolving conflicts in the Delta, 
priority setting, and development of an action plan to finance CALFED 
over the next 10 years.

DATES: The next four Committee meetings will be held on Wednesday, 
August 10, 2005; Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Wednesday, October 12, 
2005; and Wednesday, November 9, 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: These meetings will be held at the John E. Moss Federal 
Building located at 650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor, Sacramento, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Coolidge, California Bay-Delta 
Authority, at 916-445-0092, or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at 916-978-5022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
advice and 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 agendas and meeting materials will be available prior to 
all meetings on the California Bay-Delta Authority Web site at http://calwater.ca.gov and at the meetings. These meetings are open to the 
public. Oral comments will be accepted from members of the public at 
each meeting and will be limited to 3-5 minutes.

(Authority: The Committee was established pursuant to the Department 
of the Interior's

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authority to implement the Water Supply, Reliability, and 
Environmental Improvement Act, Pub. L. 108-361; 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. 391 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, 34 U.S.C. 3401.)

    Dated: July 7, 2005.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 05-14577 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]
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