NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING - Regulation of Rainy and Namakan Lakes

Date

Regulation of Rainy and Namakan Lakes

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, March 6, 2001; 7:30 p.m. PLACE: Ojibway Room 
La Place Rendez-Vous Hotel 
1201 Idylwild Drive 
Fort Frances, Ontario

This year's public meeting will focus on operations over the past year under the IJC's new January 2000 Order for the regulation of Rainy and Namakan Lakes. Planning and expectations for this spring will also be discussed. There will be ample opportunity for public question and comment. The Board is especially interested in the public reaction to the first full year of regulation with the new rule curves in place.

All members of the public are welcome to attend. Should further information be required, please contact either of the Engineering Advisors listed below.

  CANADA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Members Dale Kimmett 
(819)994-1295 Col. Kenneth Kasprisin 
(651)290-5300 Engineering Advisors Rick Walden 
(819)997-2529 Ed Eaton 
(651)290-5617 Addresses Lake of the Woods 
Secretariat 
Environment Canada 
OTTAWA, ON K1A 0H3 US Army Corps of Engineers 
St. Paul District 
190 Fifth Street East 
ST. PAUL, MN 55101-1638

 


The levels of Rainy and Namakan Lakes are regulated in accordance with lake level operating bands specified by the International Joint Commission (IJC). The operating band levels vary seasonally. Under the IJC Order issued in January 2000, Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Boise Cascade Corp. normally regulate these lakes so as to target for levels in the middle portion of the operating band. The Board monitors the companies' operations and may provide direction from time to time.