# California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee Public Meeting
**AGENCY:**
Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee will meet on December 5, 2001. The agenda for the Committee meeting will include discussions about the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program with State and Federal agency representatives and the Executive Director of the Program and set up Committee operations.
**DATES:**
The meeting will be held Wednesday, December 5, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If reasonable accommodation is needed due to a disability, please contact Pauline Nevins at (916) 657-2666 or TDD (800) 735-2929 at least 1 week prior to the meeting.
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at the Library Galleria located at 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Eugenia Laychak, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, at (916) 654-4214. Nan Yoder or Diane Buzzard, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, at (916) 978-5022.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Committee was established to provide assistance and recommendations to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and California 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 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 and meeting materials will be available on the CALFED Bay-Delta 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 5 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 Implementation Act, Title 34 of Pub. L. 102-575.
Dated: November 16, 2001.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.