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Show CANADIAN BOUNDARY WATERS TREATY 393 " (h) The regulated monthly mean level of Lake Ontario shall not exceed elevation 248.0 with the supplies of the past as adjusted. "(i) Under regulation, the frequencies of occurrences of monthly mean elevations of approximately 247.0 and higher on Lake Ontario shall be less than would have occurred in the past with the supplies of the past as adjusted and with present channel conditions in the Galops Eapids Section of the Saint Lawrence Eiver. "(j) The regulated level of Lake Ontario on 1 April shall not be lower than elevation 244.0. The regulated monthly mean level of the lake from 1 Afpril to 30 November shall be maintained at or above elevation 244.0. " (k) In the event of supplies in excess of the supplies of the past as adjusted, the works in the International Rapids Section shall be operated to provide all (possible relief to the riparian owners upstream and downstream. In the event of supplies less than the supplies of the past as adjusted, the works in the International Rapids Section shall be operated to provide all possible relief to navigation and power interests." On April 20, 1960, a plan of regulation based on the recommenda- tions of the International Joint Commission became effective (45 De- partment of State Bulletin 1060 (1961)). St. Croix River Basin.-On October 7,1959, the International Joint Commission issued a report and made recommendations to the govern- ments of the United States and Canada on development of the water resources of the St. Croix River Basin in Maine and New Brunswick and on the restoration of anadromous fish runs, pollution abatement and prevention, regulation of streamflow, and the like (41 Department of State Bulletin 804_ (1959)). On October 2, 1961, the two govern- ments announced their approval of all except one of the nine rec- ommendations made by the Commission; the one not approved was still under review at that time (45 ibid. 680 (1961)). Pollution control^ Rainy River.-On December 13, 1965, the gov- ernments of the United States and Canada announced their approval of recommendations of the International Joint Commission made on February 24, 1965, with respect to control of pollution of the Rainy River. "The Commission recommended the adoption of specified water quality objectives as the criteria to be met in satisfactorily maintain- ing the waters of Rainy River in accordance with the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909." It also recommended "that the appropriate authori- ties require the industries and municipalities concerned to initiate, at the earliest possible date and pursuant to a definite time schedule, construction of the pollution abatement facilities necessary to achieve and maintain the objectives." See 54 Department of State Bulletin 36 (1966). ^ International Joint Commission.-A useful summary of the history, jurisdiction and work of the International Joint Commission, cover- ing many more items than are noted above, is contained in 3 White- man, Digest of International Law (1964), pp. 813ff. See also Bloom- field, Boundary Water Problems of Canada and the United States (1958); Burpee, Good Neighbors (1940); Chacko, The International Joint Commission (1932). 94-497-69------26 |