94-25496. International Joint Commission; Notice of Public Hearing

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2099]

 

International Joint Commission; Notice of Public Hearing

    In the matter of a request from the Governments of the United 
States and Canada that the international joint commission examine into 
and report upon the regulation of the levels of Rainy and Namakan Lakes
    The International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, will 
hold a public hearing in International Falls, Minnesota on November 10, 
1994, with sessions at two p.m. and seven p.m. local time on the 
regulation of the levels of Rainy and Namakan Lakes to prevent the 
occurrence of emergency conditions in the Rainy Lake watershed. The 
public hearing will take place in the theater of the Rainy River 
Community College, 1501 Highway 71, International Falls, Minnesota.
    The 1938 Rainy Lake Convention between the United States and Canada 
granted the International Joint Commission the power to determine when 
emergency conditions exist in the Rainy Lake watershed, whether by 
reason of high or low water, and empowered it to adopt measures of 
control as may seem proper with respect to existing dams at Kettle 
Falls and International Falls and any other works or dams in the 
boundary waters of the Rainy Lake watershed in the event the Commission 
shall determine that such emergency conditions exist. Pursuant to the 
Convention, the International Joint Commission issued Orders in 1949, 
1957 and 1970 setting forth Rule Curves for the regulation of Rainy and 
Namakan Lakes so as to avoid emergency high or low levels.
    Requests have been made for the International Joint Commission to 
revise the current Rule Curve, most recently by the Rainy Lake and 
Namakan Reservoir Water Level International Steering Committee in its 
Final Report dated November 1993. The Commission is considering what, 
if any, action it can appropriately take under the Convention.
    At the hearing, the Commission would welcome the views of all 
interested parties on whether the Commission's Orders fulfill the 
mandate of the Rainy Lake Convention to avoid emergency conditions.
    The hearing is an international hearing, and citizens of both the 
United States and Canada are encouraged to attend and participate. All 
interested persons will be given opportunity to express their views 
orally or in writing. The Commission encourages hearing participants to 
submit written statements as the time available for each speaker may be 
limited. The record of the hearing will remain open until January 10, 
1995 for the receipt of written statements. Please send statements to 
either address below:

Secretary, United States Section, International Joint Commission, 1250 
23rd Street, NW., Washington, DC 20440, Telephone: [phone], Fax: 
[phone]
Secretary, Canadian Section, International Joint Commission, 100 
Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5M1, Telephone: [phone], Fax: 
[phone]

    Dated: October 6, 1994.
David A. LaRoche,
Secretary, United States Section.
[FR Doc. 94-25496 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]
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