FINAL REPORT - International Joint Commission
FINAL REPORT - International Joint Commission
FINAL REPORT - International Joint Commission
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<strong>FINAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong><br />
Transition to Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />
Mitigation and Other Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br />
Adapting the New Rules over Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br />
Conversion to Operational Form of the Plan Selected by the <strong>Commission</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
Institutional Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97<br />
Agency Linkages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99<br />
Information Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
Related Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Peaking and Ponding in the Upper St. Lawrence River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />
Possible Changes in the St. Lawrence River Seaway Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
Additional Control Structures – Lower St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104<br />
Water Diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Water Quality Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105<br />
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
Funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107<br />
People and Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115<br />
Reference List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />
The Words Before All Else…<br />
(The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br />
List of Figures<br />
1: Basic rule curves used in Plan 1958-D weekly outflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
2: The Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Basin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
3: Location of the Control Structures in the St. Lawrence River and other features,<br />
to Montreal, Quebec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
4: Study Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
5: Structure of the Shared Vision Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
6: Plan releases versus Lake Ontario water levels for the Pre-project Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
7: Plan releases versus Lake Ontario water levels for Plan 1958-DD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
8: Comparison of Lake Ontario water levels for the Pre-project Plan versus Plan 1958-DD<br />
over the past 40 years of supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
9: Comparison of Lake Ontario water levels for Plan E vs. Plan 1958-DD for the past<br />
40 years of the historical simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
10: Plan E – Levels on Lake Ontario over the 50,000-year stochastic supply sequence . . . . . . . . 35<br />
11: Comparison of Montreal Harbour water levels for Plan E vs. Plan 1958-DD for the past<br />
40 years of the historical simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />
12: Plan E – Levels at Montreal Harbour over the 50,000-year stochastic supply sequence. . . . . 36<br />
13: Lake Ontario annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan 1958-DD . . 44<br />
14: Lake Ontario annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan A + . . . . . 44<br />
15: Lake Ontario annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan B + . . . . . 44<br />
16: Lake Ontario annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan D + . . . . . 44<br />
17: Long Sault annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan 1958-DD. . 45<br />
18: Long Sault annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan A + . . . . . . . 45<br />
19: Long Sault annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan B + . . . . . . . 45<br />
20: Long Sault annual water levels for the 50,000-year stochastic sequence for Plan D + . . . . . . . 45<br />
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