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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 Thursday, December 11, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 4455511 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 California BayDelta Authority on December 11, 2003. The agenda for the joint meeting will include recommendations on a Delta Improvements Package, CALFED BayDelta Program implementation and future priorities, the 2003 Annual Report, and grant programs, and a presentation on Southern California Regional Highlights.

SUMMARY: California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

The Committee was established to provide recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior, other participating Federal agencies, the Governor of the State of California, and the California BayDelta Authority 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 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 California BayDelta Authority website at http://calwater.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, Pub. L. 102575.)

Dated: November 7, 2003.
Allan Oto,
Special Projects Officer, MidPacific Region.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Eugenia Laychak, California Bay-Delta Authority, at (916) 4455511, or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, at (916) 9785022.