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Ohio forms advisory board for Great Lakes Compact.

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10/03/2008

  On Friday, October 3, 2008,  President Bush signed into law S.J.Res. 45, the "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact," which provides approval for an interstate compact to protect the water resources of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin.

Read more at the Council of Great Lakes Governors web page.


7/11/2008

    All eight Great Lakes states have now approved the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.  Governor Edward G. Rendell signed Pennsylvania’s legislation on July 4th and Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed Michigan’s legislation on July 9th.

    In a July 11th letter to Congressional leadership, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Chair of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, stated, “On July 9, 2008, the Great Lakes States completed their ratification of the Compact.  We are now eager to work together to obtain Congressional consent and turn the Compact’s protections into law.”

Downloads:

        1. Council of Great Lakes Governors letter to Congressional Leadership (34K PDF)

 

6/27/2008

    Governor Ted Strickland has signed Ohio’s legislation ratifying the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, making Ohio the 6th state to enact the Compact.  Amended House Bill 416, which passed in the Ohio House of Representatives on February 19th  and in the Ohio Senate on June 10th, was signed by the Governor on June 27th.

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1. Am HB 416 as enacted (205K PDF)

   

For a state-by-state summary of legislative activity to enact the compact,
please visit the Council of Great Lakes Governors web page.

Annex Implementing Agreement Documents,
History and Related Links

    On December 13, 2005, the Great Lakes governors and premiers approved the agreements to implement Annex 2001. The Annex Implementing Agreements will help improve the health and economic vitality of the Great Lakes and will protect the Great Lakes for future generations.

The agreements include the following:

  1. The Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement (the Agreement), a good-faith agreement among the Great Lakes states, Ontario and Québec; and,
  2. The Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (the Compact), an agreement among the Great Lakes states that will eventually be passed into law through an interstate compact.

    The governors and premiers gave their approval by signing the Agreement and endorsing the Compact at the Council of Great Lakes Governors’ Leadership Summit, which was held December 12-13, 2005, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Thanks to public comment and comments received by the Advisory Committee, this proposal includes substantial improvements to earlier draft agreements.

Final Annex Documents
12/13/2005
 Background Documents

December 13, 2005 Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement
Download 173k PDF of Agreement.

December 13, 2005 Great Lakes Basin Water Resources Compact
Download 89k PDF of Compact.

Go to the Council of Great Lakes Governors web site

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 Ohio Revised Code Related to the Annex
1521.15 Water resources inventory and long-term plan.
1521.16 Registration of facilities capable of withdrawing more than 100,000 gallons a day; ground water stress areas.
1501.30 Definitions
1501.31 Rules; riparian rights
1501.32 Water Diversion Permits
1501.33 Application for permit for major increase in withdrawal of waters of the state
1501.34 Action on application; suspension or revocation; petition for investigation
1501.35 Consultation with other Great Lakes states and provinces and international commission  

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