[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44940-44941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21394]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting; Bay-Delta Advisory Council's
Ecosystem Restoration Program FY 2000 Priority Public Workshop
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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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, the Draft Preferred Alternative and Restoration
Coordination. There will also be a site tour of Battle Creek leaving
from and returning to Wild Bill's Restaurant in Red Bluff. A reception
and meeting at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center will follow the
tour.
CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program will sponsor a FY 2000
Priority Setting Workshop on August 31, 1999, to discuss priorities for
FY 2000. This meeting is open to the public. Interested persons may
make oral statements or may file written statements for consideration.
DATES: BDAC will tour Battle Creek in Red Bluff on Thursday, September
16, 1999. The tour will run from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., leaving from
and returning to, Wild Bill's Restaurant in Red Bluff. The evening
reception will be on September 16, 1999 at the Red Bluff Community/
Senior Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
BDAC will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, September 17,
1999 at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center.
The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Restoration Program FY
2000 Priority Public Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Tuesday, August 31, 1999 in the Auditorium at 714 P Street in
Sacramento.
ADDRESSES: BDAC will rendezvous from Wild Bill's Restaurant, 500
Riverside, Red Bluff, CA 96080. The BDAC evening reception and meeting
will be held at the Red Bluff Community/Senior Center, 1500 South
Jackson Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080.
The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Restoration Program FY
2000 Priority Public Workshop will be held in the auditorium at 714 P
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the BDAC tour,
reception and meeting contact Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program
at (916) 657-2666.
For information on the Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem
Restoration Program FY 2000 Priority Public Workshop, 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
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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
to 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 the 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 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 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: August 13, 1999.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 99-21394 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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