[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2262-2263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1226]



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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 
several issues including: review and status of the CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program; financial strategy for the long-term program and for 
implementation of specific actions in the short-term; and formulation 
and development of alternatives for the long-term program. BDAC members 
are also invited to attend an informal educational session to discuss 
the financial strategy for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Both the 
informal educational and the meeting are open to the public. For the 
meeting, interested persons may make oral statements to the BDAC or may 
file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council informal educational session will 
be held from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Wednesday, February 14, 1996. The 
BDAC meeting will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Thursday, February 
15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council educational session and 
meeting will be held at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton and Towers, 5711 
West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045.

contact person FOR more INFORMATION: Sharon Gross, BDAC 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.


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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 is being carried out under the policy 
direction of CALFED. A group of citizen advisors representing 
California's agricultural, environmental, urban, business, fishing, and 
other interests who have a stake in finding the 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 CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC 
provides a forum to help ensure public participation, and will review 
reports and other materials prepared by CALFED staff.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the CALFED Bay-Delta 
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 17, 1996.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 96-1226 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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