[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 70531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9513]


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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 14, 2006. This meeting will be held jointly with the 
California Bay-Delta Authority. The agenda for the joint meeting will 
include discussions with State and Federal agency representatives on 
end of Stage 1 decisions and planning for Stage 2 actions for the 
CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program); and recommendations on Year 6 
Program Performance and Accomplishments, Year 7 Priorities and Program 
Plans, and Program Performance and Balance. The meeting will also 
include reports form the Lead Scientist and the Independent Science 
Board, along with updates on the Delta Vision, Delta Risk Management 
Strategy, Pelagic Organisms Decline Action Plan, and Program 
Performance and Tracking.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 14, 2006, from 9 
a.m. to 4 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: The meeting will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center 
located at 1400 J Street, Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at (916) 978-5022 or Julie Alvis, California Bay-Delta 
Program, at (916) 445-5551.

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 Program 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: November 14, 2006.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 06-9513 Filed 12-4-06; 8:45 am]
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