96-29406. International Joint Commission; Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909; an Invitation To Comment on the 1996 Progress Report of the Air Quality Committee Under the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58728-58729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29406]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[PN 2468]


International Joint Commission; Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909; 
an Invitation To Comment on the 1996 Progress Report of the Air Quality 
Committee Under the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement

    The International Joint Commission invites public comment on 
progress by the United States and Canada in reducing transboundary air 
pollution under the 1991 Agreement on Air Quality. The Commission will 
provide a synthesis of the comments to the two governments and the 
public as directed by the Agreement.
    The Governments of the United States and Canada signed an Agreement 
on Air Quality on March 13, 1991. The purpose of the Agreement was to 
establish a practical and effective instrument to address shared 
concerns on transboundary air pollution. The 1996 Progress Report 
reviews acid rain control programs, monitoring, emission inventories, 
visibility protection, scientific and technical cooperation, and 
includes the first five-year review of the Agreement.
    Under the terms of the Agreement, the Governments established a 
bilateral Air Quality Committee. This Committee is responsible for 
reviewing progress made in the implementation of the Agreement, 
preparing and submitting periodic progress reports to the Governments, 
referring each progress

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report to the International Joint Commission, and releasing those 
reports to the public. The 1996 Progress Report of the Committee is now 
available and may be obtained from:

Acid Rain Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 
6204J, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Acid Rain Hotline: 
[phone]
Environment Canada, Enquiry Centre, 351 St. Joseph Blvd., Hull, Quebec, 
K1A 0H3, [phone].

    The Executive Summary is available on Environment Canada's World 
Wide Web site: http//www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/doe.html
    Under the Agreement, the Governments assigned the International 
Joint Commission the responsibility of inviting comments on each 
progress report of the Air Quality Committee. The International Joint 
Commission invites comment on any aspect of the 1996 Progress Report. 
Please send comments in writing by January 15, 1997 to either address 
below, or contact us if you have any questions about the comment 
process.

International Joint Commission, United States Section, 1250 23rd 
Street, NW., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440; Telephone: (202) 736-
9000; Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail]
International Joint Commission, Canada Section, 100 Metcalfe Street, 
18th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5M1; Telephone: [phone]; Fax: (613) 
993-5583; Email:[e-mail]

    Dated: November 6, 1996.
James Chandler,
Acting Secretary, United States Section.
[FR Doc. 96-29406 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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