Montreal, 23/11/1998 – The Joint Public Advisory Committee
(JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invites you to its Regular
Session to be held on 3-4 December 1998 to the Radisson Barcelo Hotel in Washington, DC.
Following the opening reports, the public is invited to participate in
a round table discussion on the CEC 1999-2001 Program Plan on 3 December from 9:00 am to
12:00 am. These exchanges, along with the results of JPAC's own deliberations and the
interactions with the public, will form the basis for the Committee's Annual Report
and advice to Council as well as its input into the next Program Plan. Following the round
table discussion, the session will be opened to the public, as observer. At the end of
each day, the observers will have the opportunity to make comments.
The provisional agenda is:
Thursday, 3 December 1998
9:00 am 6:00 pm
Welcome and Overview by the
Chair
Approval of the Provisional Agenda
Report on the JPAC Chair Election for 1999
Report by the Interim Executive Director
Report by National and Governmental Committee
Representatives
Round Table on the CEC Program Plan for 1999-2001
Discussion on the Lindane Nomination Dossier under the
Sound Management of Chemicals Program
Presentation and Discussion on the Article 10(6) of
the NAAEC: NAFTA Chapter 11
Draft CEC Program and Budget for 1999
Discussion on Methods for Project Evaluation
Implementation of the Independent Review Committee
Report on the Four-Year of the NAAEC
Observers' Comments
Friday, 4 December 1998
8:30 am 2:00 pm
Update on the Public Review of
the Revised Guidelines for Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters under Articles 14
and 15 of the NAAEC
Discussion on Enforcement Issues
Discussion on the Article 28 of the NAAEC: Rules for
Procedure
Discussion on the Draft CEC Public Participation
Guidelines
Other Issues
Observers' Comments
Persons who cannot attend this session are invited to send written
comments on these issues to Manon Pepin, the JPAC Coordinator at the CEC Secretariat.
Please keep your comments brief; and specific recommendations would be greatly
appreciated. In order to ensure equal consideration to all respondents, such comments
should not exceed 1000 words. Please make sure that your comments are
sent by 27 November 1998. With your comments, please include your name, firm
or organization, address, telephone and fax numbers as well as e-mail address. Comments
can be sent to JPAC in Montreal or to Mexico City:
Joint Public Advisory Committee
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
393 St. Jacques West
Suite 200
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N9
Fax: (514) 350-4314
e-mail: mpepin@ccemtl.org |
Comité Consultivo Público Conjunto
Comisión para la Cooperación Ambiental
Progreso No. 3 (Viveros de Coyoacán)
Col. Del Carmen Coyoacán
México, D.F. 04110
Fax: (525) 659-50-23
e-mail: mpepin@ccemtl.org |
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was created in 1994
by the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to facilitate
cooperation and public participation to foster conservation, protection and enhancement of
the North American environment for the benefit of present and future generations, in the
context of increasing economic, trade and social links between Canada, Mexico and the
United States. The CEC consists of a Council of cabinet-level officials composed of
Canadian Environmental Minister Christine Stewart, Mexican Secretary of the Environment,
Natural Resources and Fisheries, Julia Carabias, and US EPA Administrator, Carol M.
Browner a Secretariat and a Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC).
JPAC is composed of fifteen members, five from each of the three
countries, who are appointed by their respective governments. It acts as a single,
transnational body. Its members act independently of outside authority. Their
responsibility is to provide the Council with their advice on all matters within the scope
of the NAAEC.
Please confirm your attendance to this session by sending an e-mail to
Manon Pepin at mpepin@ccemtl.org or a fax to
(514) 350-4314. We will send you the complete agenda as well as the appropriate documents,
for the regular session and the round table. |