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Expedited Review of Plan 2014, Phase 1: I nforming Plan 2014

17 Feb 2022

the Board about tradeoffs — the benefits and harms that changes in water levels and flows The Board employed several strategies to try and bal- can bring about for competing interests on Lake ance the interests of different sectors of the lake-river Ontario and the St. [...] However, the unprece- ment of the Phase 1 engagement process, and gained dented nature of the high-water events and the possibil- insights and empathy of the impacts and experiences ity of recurrence, plus a degree of public distrust of Plan of interests across the entire system. [...] The ijc’s mission also includes ice management and the management The ijc’s purpose is to prevent or resolve disputes over of flows and levels in the Chippawa-Grass Island pool the uses of the lakes and rivers that either form part of on the Niagara River as well as Great Lakes wa- the boundary, or cross the boundary, between Canada ter-quality issues. [...] Lawrence River Board The Board oversees the operations of Plan 2014 on Much of the time the Board’s role is to monitor outflows Lake Ontario and the St. [...] The deviation process, then, is a balancing act in which the Board must be mindful of the impact of Subject to the requirements of the 2016 Order, the its decisions not just on shoreline properties but on ijc may also authorize the Board to temporarily make other uses and interests such as commercial navigation, minor modifications to the regulated outflows under a the lake and river ecosystems an.
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