TODAY: U.S. and Canada to Declare Great Lakes Water Quality Arrangement
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Category: InternationalType: News
Source: EPA
Date: Friday, September 7th, 2012
WASHINGTON - E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent will sign an updated Great Lakes Water Quality Arrangement this afternoon. Administrator Jackson and Minister Kent will hold a short press availability following the signing ceremony.
The agreement, last updated in 1987, addresses critical health issues in the Great Lakes region and is a model of binational cooperation to protect water quality. The 2 governments began negotiations in 2009 to strengthen the agreement.
A live webcast of the event will be accessible for those not able to attend in person: http://www.epa.gov/live/
WHO: E.P.A. Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent
WHAT: Signing ceremony and press availability
WHEN: two p.m. EDT, Friday, September 7, 2012
WHERE: Embassy of Canada, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
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