58-569 O Y4. G74/9: S.hrg. 99-550, S. HRG. 99-550 ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOUNDARY WATERS CIS RECORD ONLY: HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION AUGUST 23, 1985 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs TED STEVENS, Alaska WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware, Chairman CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland DAVE DURENBERGER, Minnesota THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN M. DUNCAN, Staff Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office Hon. Douglas Johnson, State senator from the State of Minnesota. J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agricul- ture, accompanied by Clay Beal, forest supervisor, Superior National Forest; Carroll Brown, Director, Office of Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and Russ Berry, superintendent, Voyageurs National Park.. Hon. Arlan Stangeland, a U.S. Congressman from the State of Minnesota Hon. Rudy Boschwitz, U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota Stan Cornelius, chairman, county board, Lake of the Woods County, MN. Michael Trueman, president, Minnesota Border Lakes Coalition; George Scott, president, Border Lakes Association; and Arthur Eggen, vice president, (HD) Thorpe, Patricia: Testimony Prepared statement Wheeler, Lou: Testimony.. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Resolution No. 85-28, Boundary Commission, August 12, 1985, passed by the Statements by: Irv Anderson, citizen and landowner, northern Minnesota... Joseph N. Alexander, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Natural Art Johnson, with an attachment. Nancy Lakner, Boundary Waters Canoe Outfitters, Ely, MN. "Briefing Paper on International Rainy Lake Board of Control, International Lake of the Woods Control Board," November 1984, submitted to the International Joint Commission....... Page 89 80 87 96 36 99 100 105 108 112 115 118 ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOUNDARY WATERS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1985 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, International Falls, MN. The subcommittee met at 2:45 p.m. at Rainy River Community College, Hon. David Durenberger (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Durenberger and Congressman Oberstar. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DURENBERGER Senator DURENBERGER. The hearing will come to order. In the old days we would start these with the cartoons first and then the serious film. Today we are not going to do that. We are going to go right to our business. Let me start by welcoming all of our witnesses and all of our friends and people that live in the area and have a concern for this particular-the subject matter of this hearing of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. I just want to thank everyone for coming, and I look forward to the testimony of all of the witnesses. The purpose of the hearing is to take testimony on the establishment or the potential establishment of a Boundary Waters International Commission as a vehicle to restore predictable and sane management of our valuable and historic border resources. Last Saturday I returned to the United States from 2 weeks in Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, and Poland, where I got an earful and an eyeful about the needs for international cooperation. In this case, it was atmospheric pollutants like acid rain, which has already killed lakes and trees throughout Western Europe and is threatening not only the ecology, but the survival of many communities in that part of Europe. Some European countries have taken steps to reduce acid rain; others only minor actions; and some none at all, just choosing to ignore the problem. Over and over again from experts I heard pleas for a coordinated international commitment to solving these problems. In this sense, man-made boundaries are totally irrelevant. One nation acting alone can never do enough. Two nations acting in a conflicting or a hostile way achieve nothing. We are not here today to discuss acid rain, though we must continue to do so in other forums, but the principle is much the same. (1) |