California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting, 50465 [06-7158]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Reclamation Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7158]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet on 
September 13, 2006. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include 
discussions with State and Federal agency representatives on the end of 
Stage 1 decisions and the planning for State 2 of the CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program, Program Plans, and the restructuring of the Committee 
subcommittees. The meeting will also include updates on science, Delta 
Vision, Delta Risk Management Strategy, and the Bay-Delta Conservation 
Plan.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, from 
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a 
disability, please contact Colleen Kirtlan at (916) 445-5511 or TDD 
(800) 735-2929 at least 1 week prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the John E. Moss Federal 
Building located at 650 Capitol Mall, 5th Floor, Sacramento, 
California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, at 916-978-5022 or Julie Alvis, California Bay-Delta 
Authority, at 916-445-5551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was established to provide 
advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior on 
implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. The Committee makes 
recommendations on annual priorities, integration of the eleven Program 
elements, and overall balancing of the four Program objectives of 
ecosystem restoration, water quality, levee system integrity, and water 
supply reliability. The Program is a consortium of State and Federal 
agencies with the mission to develop and implement a long-term 
comprehensive plan that will restore ecological health and improve 
water management for beneficial uses of the San Francisco/Sacramento 
and San Joaquin Bay Delta.
    Committee agendas and meeting materials will be available prior to 
all meetings on the California Bay-Delta Authority Web site at https://
calwater.ca.gov and at the meetings. These meetings are open to the 
public. Oral comments will be accepted from members of the public at 
each meeting and will be limited to 3-5 minutes.

    Authority: The Committee was established pursuant to the 
Department of the Interior's authority to implement the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, P.L. 108-
361; the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.; 
the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.; and the 
Reclamation Act of 1902, 43 U.S.C. 391 et seq. and the acts 
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, all collectively 
referred to as the Federal Reclamation laws, and in particular, the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, 34 U.S.C. 3401.

    Dated: August 3, 2006.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 06-7158 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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