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<H2><FONT size=2>I can send anybody a copy of Machado's letter if you send
a private e-mail request to me.</FONT></H2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Stokely <A
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<H2>Officials reschedule meeting on reservoirs</H2>
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<H4>By Stuart Leavenworth<BR><I>Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, October 7,
2004</I></H4><BR>SACRAMENTO - Facing an uproar from fisheries advocates, state
and federal water agencies have changed the time and location of a meeting today
on plans for modifying operations of reservoirs across the state.
<P>Sport fishing groups and environmentalists are angry about plans to ship more
water to Southern California, leaving less in reservoirs for salmon and other
fish.
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width=2> The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the state Department of Water
Resources have been evaluating these changes in a document called the Operations
Criteria and Plan (OCAP).
<P>The bureau and DWR scheduled a public meeting on the plan for this morning at
a Howe Avenue hotel. After hearing that hundreds of people might show up, the
agencies rescheduled it for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the California Bay Delta
Authority, 650 Capitol Mall, fifth floor, in Sacramento.
<P>The Bee reported Saturday that regional administrators for NOAA Fisheries, an
arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ordered staff
biologists to revise initial findings that OCAP could jeopardize endangered
salmon and other fish.
<P>State Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden, sent a letter Wednesday, asking top
officials at the NOAA to investigate.
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