[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23051]


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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 
December 7, 2005. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include 
discussions with State and Federal agency representatives on the CALFED 
Bay-Delta Program refocusing efforts underway and the 10-Year Action 
Plan, and a final recommendation to the Secretary on the Annual 
Statement of Progress and Balance and Annual Report.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a 
disability, please contact Colleen Kirtlan 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 916-979-5022.

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 authority to implement the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, P.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: November 4, 2005.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 05-23051 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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