[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 75163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29212]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6447]


Public Hearings on Study of Critical Sources of Phosphorus 
Loadings to Missisquoi Bay

    The International Joint Commission (the Commission) will launch its 
study of phosphorus loadings to Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain by 
holding public hearings, at the times and locations listed below.
    In August of this year, the Canadian and United States federal 
governments asked the Commission to help them coordinate initiatives in 
both countries to reduce phosphorus loadings to Missisquoi Bay. 
Recognizing the recent advances made by the Province of Quebec, the 
governments asked the Commission to help develop complementary measures 
in the U.S. portion of the basin, in close partnership with the Lake 
Champlain Basin Program.
    In October, the Commission appointed the International Missisquoi 
Bay Study Board to help it carry out this request. The public is 
invited to meet the members of the Study Board and provide comments on 
sources of phosphorus loadings and any other matters that the Study 
Board should consider.
    The hearings will be held at the following times and locations:

    December 15, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Village of Swanton Office, 120 
First Street, Swanton, Vermont.
    December 16, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Centre des loisirs, 1 
Tourangeau Street, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Quebec.
    Written comments may also be submitted for receipt by January 5, 
2009, at either address below:
    U.S. Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 2401 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
    Canadian Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 234 
Laurier Avenue, NW.
    4th Floor, Washington, DC 20440, Fax: 202-254-4562, E-mail: 
[email protected].
    22nd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6K6, Fax: 613-993-5583, E-mail: 
[email protected].
    The International Joint Commission is an international Canada-
United States organization established by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 
1909. It assists the governments in managing waters along the border 
for the benefit of both countries in a variety of ways including 
examining issues referred to it by the two federal governments.
    The full text of the letter of reference from the governments to 
the Commission and the directive from the Commission to its Study Board 
may be found on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ijc.org.

    Dated: December 3, 2008.
Charles A. Lawson,
Secretary, United States Section, International Joint Commission, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-29212 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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