[Federal Register: November 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 224)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

 
Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Issues 
Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Ecosystem Roundtable 
Issues Subcommittee will meet on December 8, 1999 to discuss revisions 
to next years proposal solicitation package. Focus will be on local 
involvement, public access, and minimum requirements for applicants. 
This meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may make oral 
statements to the Ecosystem Roundtable or may file written statements 
for consideration.

DATES: The BDAC's Ecosystem Roundtable meeting will be held from 9:30 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet at the Resources 
Building, Room 1118, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Halverson Martin, 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 efforts, 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). The 
BDAC provides advise to 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 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: November 16, 1999.
Lester A. Snow,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-30343 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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