Dockets - Applications & References
The IJC’s work come from documents received by the Canadian and US governments outlining the IJC’s responsibilities. These are known as applications and references and are organized by docket. Key documents such as letters from governments assigning work to the IJC, task force or study board reports to the IJC, and final reports and letters from the IJC to the governments are available from the website.
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A Reference to examine and report on current efforts to address water quality issues in lakes Champlain and Memphremagog, with a particular focus on high phosphorus levels and the proliferation of algal blooms, and to make recommendations on how to improve water quality in both lakes.
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A Reference to collect and harmonize data on the topography, bathymetry, aquatic vegetation, soil texture and other features of the Lake Champlain and Richelieu River watershed and to create static flood-inundation maps showing the areas, where data are available, that would be affected at different...
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A Plan of Study in response to a request by Governments that the IJC review and make recommendations regarding a comprehensive study of measures to mitigate flooding and the impacts of flooding in the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain Basin.
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A Reference to coordinate initiatives in both countries to reduce phosphorus loading to Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain
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A Reference to review plans by the State of Vermont to modernize the Alburg-Swanton Bridge, involving the partial removal of the existing causeway, and to provide advice on whether this complies with the terms of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 as concerns causing pollution to the injury of...
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An Application by Canada for Richelieu River flood control works including dredging of the Richelieu River channel and construction of a fixed-crest weir at St. Jean, Quebec.
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A Reference to investigate and report on the feasibility and desirability of regulating the flooding of the Richelieu River in Quebec for the purpose of alleviating flooding in the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain.
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An Application was made by the Power Authority of the State of New York with the support of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario for shoal removal at Niagara Falls on the United States side of the International Boundary, near Tower Island. The shoal caused serious ice jams above the falls.
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A Reference to report on the feasibility and economic advantages of improving or developing a waterway from the St. Lawrence River to the Hudson River.
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A Reference to report on the measures or works necessary above the Niagara Falls to permit compliance with the IJC's recommendations under Docket 64 and to report if flows over the Falls could be less than specified under the Niagara Treaty of 1950 without detriment to the scenic beauty of the Falls...
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Applications by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and Power Authority of the State of New York to construct the Niagara Falls Control Structures recommended by the IJC under Docket 74.
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A Reference to investigate and make recommendations concerning the nature and design of remedial works for the preservation and enhancement of Niagara Falls while at the same time permitting the production of added power envisaged by the 1950 Treaty. Governments then asked the IJC to supervise...
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An Application by the Government of Canada for the construction of remedial works on the Richelieu River for the reclamation and protection of lowlands in St. Jean, Iberville and Missisquoi counties in southern Quebec.
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A Reference to investigate the practicability of a deep waterway from the St. Lawrence River to the Hudson River via Lake Champlain. See also Docket 77.
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