Federal Register: November 12, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 218)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-28614
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Reclamation Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting
DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, December 4, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and if needed, the meeting will resume on Thursday, December 5, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 6572666 or TDD (800) 7352929 at least 1 week prior to the meeting.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the California BayDelta Public Advisory Committee will meet jointly with the CALFED BayDelta Program Policy Group on December 4 and 5, 2002. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include a summary of CALFED BayDelta Program progress and balance, the lead scientist's report, discussion of annual work plans and subcommittee recommendations, Committee priorities for 2003, and implementation of the CALFED Bay Delta Program with State and Federal officials.
SUMMARY:
California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Committee was established to provide assistance and recommendations to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and California Governor Gray Davis on implementation of the CALFED Bay Delta Program. The Committee will advise 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 23 State and Federal agencies with the mission to develop and implement a longterm 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 and meeting materials will be available on the CALFED
BayDelta Web site: http://calfed.ca.gov and at the meeting. This
meeting is open to the public. Oral comments will be accepted from
members of the public at the meeting and will be limited to 35 minutes.
(Authority: The Committee was established pursuant to the
Department of the Interior's authority to implement 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. 371 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, Title 34 of Public Law 102575.)
Dated: October 28, 2002.
Nan M. Yoder,
Acting Special Projects Officer, MidPacific Region.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at (916) 6544214, or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, at (916) 9785022.