FRIDAY: United States and Canada to Announce Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

Press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 5, 2012
FRIDAY: United States and Canada to Announce Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent will sign an updated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement on Friday, September 7th. 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 two governments began negotiations in 2009 to strengthen the agreement.

WHO:               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
                        Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent

WHAT:              Signing ceremony and press availability

WHEN:             2 p.m. EDT, Friday, September 7, 2012

WHERE:           Embassy of Canada, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.

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