<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to Lake of the Woods.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>WHEREAS, the Lake of the Woods is the largest lake in Minnesota; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, the health and sustainability of Lake of the Woods is of vital importance to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>social and economic sustainable development of Minnesota; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has placed Lake of the Woods on <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Minnesota's section 303(d) list of impaired waters approved by the Environmental Protection <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Agency in 2008; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods is a boundary water as defined in the Boundary Waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Treaty of 1909; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, the 1925 Lake of the Woods Convention and Protocol assigned certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>water level related responsibilities to the International Joint Commission; the International Joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Commission at present has no direct responsibilities for Lake of the Woods water quality, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>since 1965, has monitored and reported to governments on Rainy River water quality, a major <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>tributary and source of water to Lake of the Woods; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, the International Joint Commission has brought concerns over potentially <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>deteriorating water quality in the Lake of the Woods to the attention of the governments of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>the United States and Canada, and has recommended investigation by the International Joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>Commission in cooperation with appropriate agencies, including those from Minnesota, Ontario, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>and Manitoba; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, the International Joint Commission could help coordinate scientific <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>investigation, monitoring and recommend actions across the multiple jurisdictions around the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Lake of the Woods to ensure timely and effective investigation; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it supports the Lake of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation in its request that the question of Lake of the Woods <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>water quality be referred to the International Joint Commission for examination and report. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the Governor of Minnesota, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>President of the United States, the United States Department of State, and Minnesota's Senators <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>and Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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