NOTICES

Proposed Draft Great Lakes Annex 2001; Public Information Meeting

[30 Pa.B. 6650]

   The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) will be conducting a public information meeting on the Draft Annex 2001, a proposed amendment to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985, on January 16, 2001, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Erie County Courthouse, 140 West Sixth Street, Courtroom H, Erie, PA.

   The proposed draft Annex 2001 is an amendment to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985. The Great Lakes Charter of 1985 is a nonbinding agreement signed by the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec. The proposed draft Annex 2001 would forge a new binding agreement to: manage the Great Lakes waters; create a new standard requiring an improvement to the water and water dependent natural resources of the Great Lakes before allowing new water uses; implement the new standard for interim decisions under the United States Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986; include the Premiers in reviewing and consulting on all new proposed diversions and exports subject to WRDA; and obtain better information for the better management of Great Lakes waters.

   Comments on the Annex 2001 should be submitted to by February 16, 2001 to:

               Irene B. Brooks
               Executive Director
               Office for River Basin Cooperation
               Department of Environmental Protection
               Box 2063
               400 Market Street
               Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063

               or

               Jeff Edstrom
               Senior Policy Director
               Council of Great Lakes Governors
               35 East Wacker Drive
               Suite 1850
               Chicago, Il 60601

   Copies of the draft Annex 2001 can be obtained contacting the Office for River Basin Cooperation at (717) 772-4785 or email hines.john@dep.state.pa.us or visit the Department's website at www.dep.state.pa.us (direct link: Annex 2001).

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-2222. Filed for public inspection December 22, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]

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