[Federal Register: June 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 113)]
[Notices]               
[Page 31875-31876]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

 
Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss key 
issues in addressing CALFED critical issues, focusing on Finance, 
Governance and Restoration Coordination. There will also be a site tour 
of the southern California Water Reclamation facilities and a 
tentatively scheduled evening reception. This meeting is open to the 
public. Interested persons may make oral statements to the BDAC or may 
file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will tour southern California 
Water Reclamation facilities on Thursday, July 8, 1999. The tour will 
run from 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. leaving from and returning to the Town and 
Country Resort and Hotel. The evening reception, if held, will be on 
July 8, 1999 at the Town and Country Resort and Hotel. BDAC will meet 
from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday,

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July 9, 1999 at the Town and Country Resort and Hotel.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Town and 
Country Resort and Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 
(619) 291-7131.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program, at (916) 654-4214. 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 CALFRED 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 CALFRED 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 CALFRED 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 CALFRED staff. BDAC has 
established a subcommittee called the 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: June 8, 1999.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-14967 Filed 6-11-99; 8:45 am]
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