[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10551-10552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1904]


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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 
March 15, 2006. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include 
discussions with State and Federal agency representatives on the status 
of the revitalization of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program including the 10-
Year Action Plan, priority setting, and the changing roles of the 
CALFED agencies.

DATES: The Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 15, 2006. 
If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please 
contact Colleen Kirtlan at (916) 445-5511 or TDD (800) 735-2929 at 
least one 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: Jason Phillips, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at 916-978-5033, or Yating Campbell, California Bay-Delta 
Authority, at 916-445-5511.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior on 
implementation of the CALFED By-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

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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 By 
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, 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: February 8, 2006.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 06-1904 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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