[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 30131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11651]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Delta Drinking Water Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Delta Drinking Water 
council will meet on May 31, 2000 to discuss several issues including 
the CALFED Drinking Water Improvement Strategy and projects related to 
the Strategy. This meeting is open to the public. Interested persons 
may make oral statements to the Delta Drinking Water Council or may 
file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Delta Drinking Water Council 
meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, may 31, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Resources Building, 1416 
Ninth Street, Room 1206, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Health, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 
at (916) 653-2994. 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 are 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). The BDAC 
provides advice 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 Delta Drinking Water Council to advise the CALFED Program 
and the CALFED Policy Group through BDAC on necessary adaptions to the 
Program's Drinking Water Quality Improvement Strategy to achieve 
CALFED's drinking water objectives.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, 1416 
Ninth Street, Suite 1155, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday, within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: May 4, 2000.
Lester A. Snow,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-11651 Filed 5-9-00; 8:45 am]
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