Vol. 132, No. 48 — November 28, 1998

COMMISSIONS

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

ORDER

Preformed Fiberglass Pipe Insulation with a Vapour Barrier

In the matter of a review (No. RR-98-001), under subsection 76(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on November 19, 1993, in Inquiry No. NQ-93-002, concerning preformed fibreglass pipe insulation with a vapour barrier originating in or exported from the United States of America

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of subsection 76(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, has conducted a review of its finding made on November 19, 1993, in Inquiry No. NQ-93-002.

Pursuant to subsection 76(4) of the Special Import Measures Act, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal hereby continues the above-mentioned finding without amendment.

Ottawa, November 18, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION ANDTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES

The following notices are abridged versions of the Commission's original notices bearing the same number. The original notices contain a more detailed outline of the applications, including additional locations and addresses where the complete files may be examined. The relevant material, including the notices and applications, is available for viewing during normal business hours at the following offices of the Commission:

— Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Examination Room, 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 201, Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2, (819) 997-2429 (Telephone), (819) 994-0218 (Facsimile), (819) 994-0423 (TDD);

— Bank of Commerce Building, 10th Floor, Suite 1007, 1809 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8, (902) 426-7997 (Telephone), (902) 426-2721 (Facsimile), (902) 426-6997 (TDD);

— Place Montréal Trust, Suite 1920, 1800 McGill College Avenue, Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J6, (514) 283-6607 (Telephone), (514) 283-3689 (Facsimile), (514) 283-8316 (TDD);

— The Kensington Building, 1810-275 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3, (204) 983-6306 (Telephone), (204) 983-6317 (Facsimile), (204) 983-8274 (TDD);

— 580 Hornby Street, Suite 530, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, (604) 666-2111 (Telephone), (604) 666-8322 (Facsimile), (604) 666-0778 (TDD).

Interventions must be filed with the Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2, together with proof that a true copy of the intervention has been served upon the applicant, on or before the deadline given in the notice.

LAURA M. TALBOT-ALLAN
Secretary General

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 1998-7-2

Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-7 dated October 2, 1998, relating to its public hearing which will be held on December 7, 1998, at the Guy-Favreau Complex, 200 René-Lévesque Boulevard W, Montréal, Quebec, at 9 a.m., the Commission announces that it wishes to advise the applicants and interveners who will participate in the proceedings for specialty television services of the revised procedure it intends to follow. The modifications are underlined.

During Phase I, the representatives for each application on the agenda will have 20 minutes to make a presentation of their application. Each presentation will be followed by a question period from the Commission.

Phase II will now consist of the oral presentations from the public who will each be permitted a maximum of 15 minutes.

In Phase III, the representatives for each application will be permitted a maximum of 15 minutes to present their oral interventions to all other applications.

All appearing interveners may also file a written submission of up to 20 pages concerning all specialty television service applications. This document must be filed no later than at the completion of the presentation of their intervention.

In Phase IV, the representatives for each application will be permitted a maximum of 10 minutes to reply in the reverse order of appearance to all interventions made to their application.

Applicants may also file a written reply of up to 10 pages concerning interventions to their applications no later than December 23, 1998.

Appearing parties are reminded that the additional written submissions and replies must be served on all parties of record.

The Commission also wishes to advise the parties taking part in these proceedings that it will also sit on the following days: Saturday, December 12, 1998 (in the morning); Monday, December 14, 1998; and, if necessary, on Tuesday, December 15, 1998.

The Commission also wishes to advise each applicant that it intends at the hearing to discuss, among others, the following matters:

— The demand for the proposed service, the capacity of the French-language advertising market to support more services.

— The marketing strategy of the proposed service, including packaging scenarios and retail costs.

— The impact the proposed service could have on the existing conventional and specialty television services.

— The impact of the proposed services on the cost of programming and the public funding mechanisms.

— The appropriateness of granting licences to applicants having an interest (direct or indirect) in distribution undertakings in view of the concerns raised by the Commission concerning access and the potential of undue preference.

November 16, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 1998-7-3

Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-7 dated October 2, 1998, relating to its public hearing which will be held on December 7, 1998, at 9 a.m., at the Guy-Favreau Complex, 200 René-Lévesque Boulevard W, Montréal, Quebec, the Commission announces that, at the request of the applicant, the following item is withdrawn from the public hearing:

Issue No. 1 — Item 10
Premier Choix Networks Inc. — Service to be called
"Canal 7-77"
Premier Choix Networks Inc.

For a broadcasting licence to carry on a French-language national programming undertaking (television specialty service) to be distributed via satellite to broadcasting distribution undertakings. The service would provide entertainment programs for all family members.

November 16, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

TELECOM PUBLIC NOTICE 98-34

Proposed Amendments to Regulations Respecting Telecommunications Fees

I General

1. On April 1, 1995, the Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 1995 (the 1995 Regulations) came into effect. In announcing the 1995 Regulations in Telecom Public Notice CRTC 95-20, Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 1995, April 25, 1995, the Commission noted that it may, if warranted, review the 1995 Regulations within a three-year time-frame.

2. Section 68 of the Telecommunications Act (the Act) states that the Commission may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, make regulations prescribing fees, and respecting their calculation and payment, for the purpose of recovering all or a portion of the costs that the Commission determines to be attributable to its responsibilities under the Act or any special Act. The Commission proposes to amend the 1995 Regulations pursuant to this section of the Act, effective April 1, 1999. The amended Regulations will continue to ensure that the fees collected by the Commission recover its costs. A copy of the proposed Regulations is appended to this public notice.

3. The Commission notes that it is not solely the Canadian carriers that file tariffs that cause the Commission's costs. Increasingly, Commission resources are spent not only on processing tariff applications, but also on such activities as establishing and monitoring a regulatory framework designed to ensure that there is sustainable competition.

4. In the Commission's view, the proposed new regulations provide for a more appropriate and equitable means of recovering the Commission's telecommunications costs. The existing 1995 Regulations provide for the payment of telecommunications fees by those Canadian carriers that file tariffs, whereas the proposed amendments provide for the payment of telecommunications fees by all Canadian carriers, whether they file tariffs or not, unless their telecommunications operating revenues are less than the proposed threshold identified in Part II below.

5. The 1995 Regulations require Canadian carriers that file tariffs to pay fees, even with regard to services which do not require tariffs. At the same time, other Canadian carriers pay no fees although the Commission has retained some regulation of these carriers. Consequently, even though all Canadian carriers cause regulatory costs, in a competitive era where all carriers must cut costs, some must pay fees, while their competitors do not. It is also to be noted that regulation by the Commission benefits not only those that file tariffs, but all Canadian carriers, by providing a body which seeks, among other objectives, to ensure that there is sustainable competition.

6. The Commission proposes to continue the fee calculation mechanism implemented in the 1995 Regulations which requires that the fees to be paid by a Canadian carrier be calculated as a pro rata share based on operating revenues earned by the carrier from the provision of telecommunications services in the previous year.

7. The Commission is of the view that the fee calculation mechanism provides a practical and efficient means of cost recovery, and it considers still valid the principles underlying the existing regulations. These principles were initially expressed in CRTC Telecom Public Notice 1987-30, Regulations Respecting Telecommunications Fees, June 16, 1987, as follows:

The Commission considers this [fee calculation] method to be fair, and to be relatively straightforward and inexpensive to apply. In this regard, the Commission notes that all services, including competitive services, contribute to regulatory activity and costs and it considers, therefore, that all services should contribute to the recovery of costs.

8. Consistent with the above, the Commission will require all Canadian carriers to file their most recent annual financial statements with the Commission on or before March 31 of each year.

II Introduction of a Fee-paying Threshold

9. The Commission proposes to introduce a threshold of $1 million per annum in telecommunications operating revenues, below which Canadian carriers would not be required to pay telecommunications fees.

10. The Commission notes that, for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, approximately 30 percent of the current fee-payers representing 0.04 percent of total telecommunications fees had telecommunications revenues below the proposed threshold. Such a threshold would lighten the regulatory burden on the smaller carriers and increase administrative efficiency without materially increasing the burden on the remaining fee-paying companies.

III International Telecommunications Licences

11. An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act and the Teleglobe Canada Reorganization and Divestiture Act, S.C., 1998, Chapter 8, was passed by Parliament which added, among other things, sections 16.1 and 16.2 to the Act:

12. Subsection 16.1(2) of the Act provides that:

No telecommunications service provider shall, except in accordance with an international telecommunications service licence, provide international telecommunications services that are within a class of telecommunications services specified by the Commission.

13. Section 16.2 provides that:

An application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of an international telecommunications service licence must be made in the form and manner and with the information specified by the Commission, and be accompanied by the fee prescribed [by the Commission] under subsection 68(1).

14. In Regulatory Regime for the Provision of International Telecommunications Services, Telecom Decision CRTC 98-17, October 1, 1998, the Commission has established two sets of classes of international licence, i.e. Class A and Class B.

15. The Commission proposes that an application for the issuance of an international telecommunications service licence be accompanied by a licence fee in the amount of $1,000 and that the first renewal of an international telecommunications licence be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $1,250, less the amount paid for the issuance of that licence. For any subsequent renewals, the fee will be $250. For any amendment to the licences, the fee will be $250. The above fees will apply to both class A and B international licences.

16. The amount of the licence fees recovered in respect of any fiscal year will be applied to reduce the actual expenditures of the Commission for its Telecommunications Activity and its other expenditures attributable to its Telecommunications Activity in respect of that year that are recovered through the annual telecommunications fee payable by Canadian carriers.

IV Procedure

17. Interested parties wishing to comment on the proposed regulations must send their submissions to the Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2, (819) 953-0795 (Facsimile), by January 28, 1999. Any such submissions must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.

18. Any submissions filed may be examined, or will be made available promptly upon request, at the CRTC offices.

19. In addition to hard copy filings, parties are encouraged to file with the Commission electronic versions of their submissions in accordance with the Commission's Interim Telecom Guidelines for the Handling of Machine-Readable Files, dated November 30, 1995. The Commission's Internet electronic mail address for electronically filed documents is public.telecom@crtc.gc.ca. Electronically filed documents can be accessed at the Commission's Internet site at http://www.crtc.gc.ca.

November 20, 1998

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEES REGULATIONS, 1995

AMENDMENTS

1. Subsection 3(1) of the Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 1995 (see footnote a) is replaced by the following:

3. (1) A Canadian carrier that reports operating revenues, derived from the provision of telecommunications services, in excess of $1 million in that Canadian carrier's most recent annual financial statements, shall pay to the Commission, on receipt of an invoice sent by the Commission, an annual telecommunications fee calculated in the manner set out in section 4.

2. Subsection 4(5) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(5) An application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of an international telecommunications service licence shall be accompanied by a licence fee in the amount of

(a) in the case of the issuance of a licence, $1,000;

(b) in the case of the first renewal of a licence, $1,250 less the amount paid for the issuance of that licence; and

(c) in the case of any subsequent renewal of a licence or the amendment of a licence, $250.

(6) The total annual adjustment amount in respect of any fiscal year of the Commission is the amount by which the fees recovered in accordance with this section for that fiscal year are greater or less, as the case may be, than the actual expenditures of the Commission for its Telecommunications Activity and its other expenditures attributable to its Telecommunications Activity in respect of that year.

COMING INTO FORCE

3. These Regulations come into force on April 1, 1999.

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-119

Western Canada and Territories Region

1. Cranberry Portage, Manitoba
Native Communication Inc.

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CINC-FM Thompson, by adding an FM transmitter at Cranberry Portage, operating on the frequency 96.9 MHz (channel 245LP) with an effective radiated power of 17.6 watts.

2. Quill Lake, Saskatchewan
Quill Lake Satellite Association

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radiocommunication) distribution undertaking serving Quill Lake, by adding the distribution of The Discovery Channel received via satellite, on channel 27 with a transmitter power of 20 watts.

3. Lone Prairie, British Columbia
Peace River Regional District

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radiocommunication) distribution undertaking at Lone Prairie, by adding a low power television transmitter, to rebroadcast in non-encrypted mode, the programming service of CHAN-TV (CTV) Vancouver, British Columbia, on channel 8 with a transmitter power of 10 watts.

4. Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Northwest Territories
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CFFB Iqaluit, Northwest Territories, by adding certain FM transmitters.

Deadline for intervention: December 22, 1998

November 16, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-120

Shaw Communications Inc.; 3479652 Canada Inc.; 3247236 Canada Inc. (Country Music Television); Shaw Radio Ltd.; YTV
Canada, Inc.; 3429873 Canada Inc. (Treehouse TV); DMX
Canada (1995) Ltd.; The Comedy Network Inc.; Teletoon Canada
Inc.; Telelatino Network Inc.

The Commission announces that it has approved, by Letter of Authority A98-0139 dated October 29, 1998, a corporate reorganisation involving Shaw Communications Inc.'s holdings in various broadcasting undertakings.

November 17, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-121

Western Canada and Territories Region

1. Riske Creek (Toosey Indian Reserve),
British Columbia
Francis Laceese

To renew the broadcasting licence of the (radiocommunication) distribution undertaking serving Riske Creek (Toosey Indian Reserve) expiring February 28, 1999; to amend the broadcasting licence, by adding a low power television transmitter, to provide in non-encrypted mode, the programming service of CITV-TV (IND) Edmonton, Alberta, operating on channel 7 with a transmitter power of 1 watt, and by relocating the transmitter to a location approximately 0.08 kilometre southeast of the presently authorized site.

Deadline for intervention: December 29, 1998

November 19, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-122

Atlantic and Quebec Region

1. Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Cogeco Câble Canada inc.

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Trois-Rivières, by being authorized to distribute the distant Canadian signal CKMI-TV-1 (Global) Montréal, Quebec, received via fibre optic, on the discretionary tier.

Deadline for intervention: December 29, 1998

November 20, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-123

Denial of a Request by The Sports Network Inc. for an Amendment to the Distribution and Linkage Requirements

Summary of the request and of the Commission's determination

1. In a letter dated August 17, 1998, The Sports Network Inc. (TSN) requested that the Commission amend the Distribution and Linkage Requirements set out in Public Notice CRTC 1997-151. The proposed amendment would confer "modified dual status" upon TSN's sports specialty service, instead of its present "dual status", in respect of its carriage on both Class 1 and Class 2 broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs). The amendment would be effected by moving TSN from section 4 (e) of the Distribution and Linkage Requirements to section 5.

2. As explained in section 4 of the Distribution and Linkage Requirements, when a Class 1 or Class 2 BDU carries a specialty service having "dual status", such as TSN, it must distribute that service as part of the basic service, unless the specialty programming undertaking consents to its distribution on a discretionary tier.

3. In contrast, services having "modified dual status" must be distributed on a discretionary basis unless the BDU and specialty programming undertaking agree to distribution as part of the basic service.

4. The proposed amendment would give TSN the right to insist on distribution of its service by Class 1 and Class 2 BDUs on a discretionary basis. The service could be distributed as part of the basic service on any such system, but only with TSN's consent.

5. The Commission considers that it would be best to review the carriage status of specialty services as a group, within the context of a general review of the licensing and distribution framework for both existing and new specialty services. The Commission intends to undertake such a review in 1999. For this reason, as explained further below, it has decided to deny TSN's request at this time.

Discussion

6. In its August 17, 1998, letter, TSN stated that the Commission's 1987 decision to accord "dual status" to TSN and other specialty services was critical to their evolution. According to TSN, it was important that its service be carried on the basic service in its early years. It noted that there were only 294 600 extended basic (specialty tier) subscribers in 1987, as compared to ten years later when the number had increased to 6.5 million subscribers.

7. In the time since TSN's service was first designated as having "dual status" in 1987, the vast majority of its subscribers (92 percent) have come to receive the service as part of a discretionary tier. TSN also noted that the service has a penetration rate of 89 percent among English language cable households. TSN submitted that "dual status" for its service is no longer appropriate, and that the service should now be accorded "modified dual status" to reflect these changed circumstances.

8. The Commission intends to conduct a review of a number of important issues relating to access matters and to the licensing and distribution framework for pay and specialty programming services. The review of the carriage status of all specialty programming undertakings, including TSN, would be an integral part of this process.

9. In light of the above, the Commission considers that it would be inappropriate to review TSN's carriage status at this time. The Commission intends to issue, early in 1999, a public notice seeking comment on issues relating to access and to the general licensing and distribution framework for both existing and new services.

10. In the meantime, the Commission understands that one or more large Class 1 licensees may have made or may be contemplating changes to their channel line-ups in order to accommodate new Canadian specialty services. Such changes could involve moving licensed specialty programming services from one discretionary tier to another, or from a discretionary tier to the basic service. In those cases where a BDU elects to remove a programming service from a tier, it is the Commission's strong expectation that the licensee of the BDU pass on to its subscribers any net savings in the affiliation payments that it makes to the remaining program service providers within that tier.

November 20, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DECISIONS

The complete texts of the decisions summarized below are available from the offices of the CRTC.

98-495 November 17, 1998

Vidéotron ltée
CF Cable TV Inc.
Montréal and Laval, Quebec

Approved in part — Relief from the requirement to distribute CKOD-FM Valleyfield, CFEI-FM Saint-Hyacinthe, CJSO-FM Sorel and CIMO-FM Magog throughout its authorized service area for Vidéotron ltée and relief from the requirement to distribute CKOD-FM Valleyfield and CFLG-FM Cornwall for CF Cable TV Inc.

Denied — Relief from the requirement to distribute CHAA-FM Longueuil and CHAI-FM Châteauguay for Vidéotron ltée and CHAA-FM for CF Cable TV Inc.

98-496 November 17, 1998

Peace River Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.
Peace River and High Level, Alberta

Approved — Licence amendment for CKKX-FM Peace River; and addition of an FM transmitter at High Level.

98-497 November 17, 1998

Star-FM Radio Inc.
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Approved — Condition of licence with respect to station format for CKSR-FM.

98-498 November 19, 1998

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CHUM Limited
Télémédia Communications inc.
Les Entreprises Radiomédia inc.
Radiomutuel inc.
Montréal, Quebec

Approved — Operation of new transitional digital radio undertakings in Montréal. The licences will expire August 31, 2001.

98-499 November 19, 1998

Bell Canada
Repentigny, Quebec; and London, Ontario

Revocation of the licences for the broadcasting distribution undertakings for the purpose of conducting technical and market trials, one in part of Repentigny and the other in part of London.

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INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION

BOUNDARY WATERS TREATY OF 1909

International Watershed Boards

The United States and Canadian federal governments have asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to further examine the international watershed approach as a mechanism to anticipate and respond to the range of water-related and other environmental challenges that are expected to occur as we enter the 21st century.

In its report to governments The IJC and the 21st century, the IJC proposed the international watershed board concept to build on cooperative efforts and successes achieved in the Great Lakes by offering to provide similar opportunities to other major transboundary basins through the establishment of permanent IJC international watershed boards. These boards would provide a much improved mechanism for avoiding and resolving transboundary disputes by building a capacity at the watershed level to anticipate and respond to the full range of water-related and other environmental challenges that may be foreseen for the 21st century.

Specifically, the governments have asked the IJC to:

— Define the general framework under which watershed boards would operate, which includes the definition of the scope of activities of the watershed boards and the definition of the operating principles of such boards;

— Recommend the location of the first watershed board;

— Recommend the structure, composition and terms of reference of the first international watershed board, including the priority issues that it would address;

— Develop cost projections and possible sources of funding, including innovative funding mechanisms, for the formation and operation of the first international watershed board and for special studies that would be projected for its first few years of operation; and

— Consult provinces, states and both federal governments on the identification of locations and the development, planning and establishment of additional international watershed boards at appropriate times.

The IJC will undertake broad consultations with all interested parties as part of its examination of the watershed approach.

The International Joint Commission is a binational 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.

November 21, 1998

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INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION

BOUNDARY WATERS TREATY OF 1909

Reduction of Transboundary Air Pollution

The International Joint Commission invites public comment on progress by the United States and Canada in reducing transboundary air pollution under the 1991 Agreement on Air Quality. The Commission will provide a synthesis of the comments to the two governments and the publics as directed by the Agreement.

The governments of the United States and Canada signed the Agreement on Air Quality on March 13, 1991. The purpose of the Agreement was to establish a practical and effective instrument to address shared concerns on transboundary air pollution. The 1998 Progress Report reviews acid rain control programs, monitoring, prevention of air quality deterioration and visibility protection, notification of significant transboundary air pollution, cooperation on ground-level ozone and particulate matter, and scientific and technical cooperation.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the Governments established a bilateral Air Quality Committee. This Committee is responsible for reviewing progress made in the implementation of the Agreement, preparing and submitting periodic progress reports to the Governments, referring each progress report to the International Joint Commission, and releasing those reports to the public. The 1998 Progress Report of the Committee is now available and may be obtained from: Acid Rain Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 6204J, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, United States, (202) 564-9620 (Acid Rain Hotline); or Environment Canada, Inquiry Centre, Place Vincent Massey, 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3, (819) 997-2800.

The full report is also available at the following sites on the World Wide Web:

http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/lawsregs/airus.pdf

http://www.ec.gc.ca/special/airqual.html

Under the Agreement, the Governments assigned the International Joint Commission the responsibility of inviting comments on each progress report of the Air Quality Committee. The International Joint Commission invites comment on any aspect of the 1998 Progress Report. Please send comments in writing by February 26, 1999, to either address below, or contact us at the following address if you have any questions about the comment process: International Joint Commission, United States Section, 1250 23rd Street NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440, United States, (202) 736-9000 (Telephone), (202) 736-9015 (Facsimile), commission@washington.ijc.org (Electronic mail); or Murray Clamen, Secretary, International Joint Commission, Canadian Section, 100 Metcalfe Street, 18th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M1, (613) 995-2984 (Telephone), (613) 993-5583 (Facsimile), commission@ottawa.ijc.org (Electronic mail).

November 12, 1998

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Footnote a

SOR/95-157

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