Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 136 / Monday, July 16, 2012 / Notices 41877 

Dated: July 11, 2012. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Director, Office of 

Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17244 Filed 7–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7955] 

Advisory Committee on International 

Postal and Delivery Services 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice, FACA Committee 

meeting announcement. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Department of State gives 

notice of a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on International Postal and 

Delivery Services (the Advisory 

Committee). This Committee has been 

formed in fulfillment of the provisions 

of the 2006 Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 109–435) and 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on Thursday, August 2, 2012, from 

10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and is open to the 

public. 

Location: The American Institute of 

Architects, 1735 New York Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. 

Purpose and Summary of Agenda: 

The meeting will discuss the U.S. 

government’s participation for the 25th 

Congress of the Universal Postal Union 

which will be held in Doha, Qatar 

beginning September 24, 2012. The 

public and members of the Advisory 

Committee will be briefed on 

preparations for the Congress, including 

the official U.S. delegation, and on 

policy initiatives. The Committee 

members, and subsequently members of 

the public, will be invited to provide 

additional input regarding policy issues 

related to the Doha Congress and to 

other international postal and delivery 

matters. 

Public input: Any member of the 

public interested in providing public 

input to the meeting should contact Ms. 

Helen Grove, whose contact information 

is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. Each 

individual providing oral input is 

requested to limit his or her comments 

to five minutes. Requests to be added to 

the speaker list must be received in 

writing (letter, email or fax) prior to the 

close of business on July 27, 2012; 

written comments from members of the 

public for distribution at this meeting 

must reach Ms. Grove by letter, email or 

fax by this same date. A member of the 

public requesting reasonable 

accommodation should make the 

request to Ms. Grove by that same date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Helen Grove, Office of 

Global Systems (IO/GS), Bureau of 

International Organization Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, at (202) 647–1044, 

GroveHA@State.gov. 

Dated: July 9, 2012. 

Robert Richard Downes, 

Designated Federal Officer, Advisory 

Committee on International Postal and 

Delivery Services, Bureau of International 

Organization Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17259 Filed 7–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 7956] 

International Joint Commission; 

International Joint Commission To 

Hold Public Hearings on Lake Osoyoos 

The International Joint Commission 

(IJC) is inviting the public to comment 

on recommendations for the renewal of 

its Lake Osoyoos order. The order 

provides for the regulation of water 

levels of Lake Osoyoos for the benefit of 

agriculture, tourism, municipal 

interests, and fisheries protection. 

Water levels of Lake Osooyos have 

been regulated by the IJC since 1946, 

when it approved alterations to an 

existing dam downstream from the lake. 

Under orders of the IJC, a new structure 

was constructed in 1987 to replace the 

dam. The orders set maximum and 

minimum lake elevations of 911.5 and 

909 feet during normal years. During a 

drought year, water may be stored to 

lake elevations as high as 913.0 feet. 

The current Orders of Approval for 

Lake Osoyoos are set to expire on 

February 22, 2013, unless renewed. The 

IJC asked its International Osoyoos Lake 

Board of Control (the Board) to present 

a report of recommendations for 

renewing the Osoyoos Lake Orders. 

Drawing on the results of eight studies 

commissioned by IJC, the Board 

recommends that the scope of a 

renewed Order remain limited to the 

management of lake levels with only 

minor modifications that are primarily 

related to a revised lake-level rule curve 

(i.e. prescribed lake water level 

elevation limits over time per an IJC 

Order). The Board also recommends that 

the Commission should encourage the 

continued cooperation between British 

Columbia and the State of Washington 

to balance flow needs across the 

International Border and downstream of 

the dam, while respecting goals for 

Osoyoos Lake elevations and limits on 

releases that are possible from Okanagan 

Lake. 

The Board recommends a public 

review of the proposed rule curve. The 

proposed rule curve would provide 

additional seasonal flexibility in 

achieving targeted lake levels, and 

would accommodate multiple uses and 

users of the lake. The proposed rule 

curve would also eliminate drought/ 

non-drought declarations and would 

limit the maximum lake levels to 912.5 

ft in the summer. More detailed 

discussion of the proposed rule curve 

and the Board’s recommendations on 

renewal of the Order are contained in 

the Board’s Report entitled 

Recommendations for Renewal of the 

International Joint Commission’s 

Osoyoos Lake Order now posted on the 

IJC Web site at www.ijc.org. 

Commissioners invite the public to 

comment on the report at the following 

times and locations: 

July 24, 2012—7 p.m. 

Oroville High School Commons, 1008 

Ironwood St., Oroville, WA. 

July 25, 2012—7 p.m. 

Best Western Plus Sunrise Inn, 5506 

Main Street, Osoyoos, BC. 

Comments may also be submitted at 

the hearings, by mail or by email at 

either address below: 

U.S. Section Secretary, International 

Joint Commission, 2000 L Street NW., 

Suite #615, Washington, DC 20036, 

Fax: 202–632–2007. Email: 

Commission@washington.ijc.org. 

Canadian Section Secretary, 

International Joint Commission, 234 

Laurier Avenue West, 22nd Floor, 

Ottawa, ON K1P 6K6, Fax: 613–993– 

5583, Email: 

Commission@ottawa.ijc.org. 

The IJC will receive comments until 

August 31, 2012. The IJC will then 

consider public comments and review 

the report before making a decision on 

renewing the order. 

The IJC prevents and resolves 

disputes between Canada and the 

United States under the 1909 Boundary 

Waters Treaty and pursues the common 

good of both countries as an 

independent and objective advisor to 

the two governments. 

Contacts: 

Washington, Frank Bevacqua, 202–736– 

9024. 

Ottawa, Bernard Beckhoff, 613–947– 

1420. 


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