[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17643]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice number 2564]


International Joint Commission; Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909

    Receipt of a Reference on means to reduce, mitigate and prevent 
harm from future flooding in the Red River basin.
    The Governments of Canada and the United States of America have 
asked the International Joint Commission, pursuant to Article IX of the 
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, and in consideration of the devastation 
of the flood of 1997, to examine and report on the causes and effects 
of damaging floods in the Red River basin, and to make recommendations 
on means to reduce, mitigate and prevent harm from future flooding in 
the Red River basin.
    The Commission invites interested persons to provide it with 
information about the nature of their interest in this matter and will 
provide them with an opportunity to be heard in the course of its 
inquiry.
    The text of the request from the governments is available at the 
Commission's internet website at: http//www.ijc.org(.)
    For further information or clarification, please contact one of the 
Commission's Secretaries:

Murray Clamen, Secretary, Canadian Section, International Joint 
Commission, 100 Metcalfe Street, 18th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5M1, 
Telephone (613) 995-2984, Fax (613) 993-5583, Email 
clamenm(@)ijc.achilles.net
Kathy Prosser, Secretary, United States Section, International Joint 
Commission, 1250 23rd Street NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440, 
Telephone (202) 736-9000, Fax (202) 736-9015, Email 
chandlerj(@)ijc.achilles.net

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Kathy Prosser,
Secretary, United States Section.
[FR Doc. 97-17643 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]
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