99-15552. International Joint Commission; Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 32915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15552]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3063]


International Joint Commission; Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909

    The International Joint Commission (IJC) will hold a public hearing 
to receive comment on the review of its Orders for the management of 
dams on Rainy and Namakan lakes prior to deciding on whether to amend 
the Orders.
    The public hearing will be held at the following time and place: 
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, 1999, La Place Rendez-Vous 
Hotel, 1201 Idylwild Dr., Fort Frances, Ontario.
    A draft final report from the IJC's International Rainy Lake Board 
of Control making recommendations on the management of Rainy and 
Namakan Lake water levels is available at the following address on the 
Internet: 
http://www.mvp-wc.usace.army.mil/ijc/rainylake/reports.html.
    Written comments may also be submitted by July 30, 1999 to either 
of the following addresses:

Secretary, Canadian Section, 100 Metcalfe Street, 18th Floor, Ottawa, 
Ontario K1P 5M1, Fax [phone], Email [e-mail]
Secretary, United States Section, 1250 23rd Street NW, Suite 100, 
Washington, DC 20440, Fax [phone], Email 
[e-mail]

    The International Joint Commission is an independent international 
organization established under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. 
Three members are appointed by the President of the United States and 
three by the Canadian Governor General in Council. The IJC's Orders for 
Rainy and Namakan Lakes were issued pursuant to the 1938 Rainy Lake 
Convention.

    Dated: June 14, 1999.
James G. Chandler,
Legal Advisor, United States Section.
[FR Doc. 99-15552 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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