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BOARD OF
CONTROL MEMBER ATTENDS IWLC BOARD MEETING
International
St. Lawrence River Board of Control member Tom Brown attended our February 20
Board meeting and shared the following with us: I would say that the
science is behind us. Everybody agrees that there is only one direction to go
and that is to go with a new environmental plan such as Plan B+ that begins to
move back toward a natural variability of water levels and that seems to be now
universally accepted
We have been fighting for years to get that recognition
and that is backed up by the fact that there now is in place a high level
international work group with high level executive representatives from New
York State, Provinces of Quebec and Ontario and the two federal governments to
see if they can now get agreement at those levels that will then trigger a new
plan. The IWLC will follow this process and keep members informed of any
new developments.
IJC
REJECTS PLAN 2007
September
4, 2008
Irene Brooks,
Chair,
United States
Section, International Joint Commission, sent a letter to United States
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stating that
Plan 2007 is not a
practical option for implementation and concludes that the regulation of water
levels and flows should be based on a revised set of goals and objectives and
criteria, specifically moving towards more natural flows to benefit the
environment, while respecting other interests.
Commissioner Brooks
further stated that the IJC would like to work with a small group of
representatives of the two federal governments and the governments of
New York,
Quebec, and
Ontario
to develop a new Order of Approval and regulation plan.
This small working group would help develop the mitigation and adaptive
management framework with a mandate to develop the details for evaluation by
June 2009. In the interim, the
current regulation plan, Plan 1958D with deviations, will remain in effect.
Please continue to monitor
our web site for updates.