[Federal Register: January 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 20)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

 
Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss 
several issues including: review of the CALFED Programmatic EIR/EIS, a 
presentation by members of the Southern California business community 
on their perspective on CALFED, updates on proposals for further 
analysis of the Program, and updates on the progress of the BDAC Work 
Groups on Ecosystem Restoration, Water Transfers, Finances, and 
Assurances. The Ecosystem Roundtable (a subcommittee of the BDAC) will 
meet to discuss several issues including: additional proposals, 
designated actions, and focused grants for FY 98 funding, revised 
planning process, funding coordination, and other issues. These 
meetings are open to the public. Interested persons may make oral 
statements to the BDAC or to the Ecosystem Roundtable or may file 
written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council meeting will be held from 9:30 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 1998 and from 9:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 1998. The Ecosystem Roundtable meeting 
will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 
1998.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Burbank 
Airport Hilton, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA. The Ecosystem 
Roundtable will meet at the State Water Resources Control Board, 901 P 
Street, Room 102, Sacramento, CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For the BDAC meeting, contact Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 
at (916) 657-2666. For the Ecosystem Roundtable meeting, contact Cindy 
Darling, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at (916) 657-2666. If reasonable 
accommodation is needed due to a disability, please contact the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Office at (916) 653-6952 or TDD (916) 653-6934 
at least one week prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin 
Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a critically important part of 
California's natural environment and economy. In recognition of the 
serious problems facing the region and the complex resource management 
decisions that must be made, the state of California and the Federal 
government are working together to stabilize, protect, restore, and 
enhance the Bay-Delta system. The State and Federal agencies with 
management and regulatory responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system are 
working together as CALFED to provide policy direction and oversight 
for the process.
    One area of Bay-Delta management includes the establishment of a 
joint State-Federal process to develop long-term solutions to problems 
in the Bay-Delta system related to fish and wildlife, water supply 
reliability, natural disasters, and water quality. The intent is to 
develop a comprehensive and balanced plan which addresses all of the 
resource problems. This effort, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program), 
is being carried out under the policy direction of CALFED. The Program 
is exploring and developing a long-term solution for a cooperative 
planning process that will determine the most appropriate strategy and 
actions necessary to improve water quality, restore health to the Bay-
Delta ecosystem, provide for a variety of beneficial uses, and minimize 
Bay-Delta system vulnerability. A group of citizen advisors 
representing California's agricultural, environmental, urban, business, 
fishing, and other interests who have a stake in finding long-term 
solutions for the problems affecting the Bay-Delta system has been 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) as the Bay-
Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on the program mission, 
problems to be addressed, and objectives for the Program. BDAC provides 
a forum to help ensure public participation, and will review reports 
and other materials prepared by CALFED staff. BDAC has established a 
subcommittee called Ecosystem Roundtable to provide input on annual 
workplans to implement ecosystem restoration projects and programs.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, Suite 
1155, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: January 26, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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