[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30253-30254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14672]


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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: the CALFED Water Use Efficiency and Water 
Quality programs. Several panels and presentations will focus on 
progressive water management approaches in agriculture. BDAC members 
will also discuss the CALFED Program implementation strategy and 
finance issues. 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 meeting will be held from 2 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 1998, and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Thursday, June 18, 1998. The public meeting will be preceded on 
Wednesday, June 17, 1998 by a tour of several farms on the west side of 
the San Joaquin Valley.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council will meet at the Doubletree 
Hotel, 1055 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, California (209) 485-9000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Selkirk, 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

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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) as the Bay-Delta 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: May 27, 1998.
Roger Patterson,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 98-14672 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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