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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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