International Joint Commission definition

International Joint Commission or “IJC” refers to the entity with responsibility to prevent and resolve disputes between the United States of America and Canada under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and pursues the common good of both countries as an independent and objective advisor to the two governments. The IJC rules upon applications for approval of projects affecting boundary or transboundary waters and may regulate the operation of these projects.
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International Joint Commission means the commission established by the boundary water agreement of 1909 between the United States and Canada.
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International Joint Commission or "Commission" means the International Joint Commission established by the Boundary Waters Treaty;
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Examples of International Joint Commission in a sentence

  • For each area of concern for which Can- ada has agreed to draft a Remedial Action Plan, the Program Office shall, pursuant to subparagraph (c)(1)(C) of this section, work with Canada to assure the submission of such Remedial Action Plans to the International Joint Commission by June 30, 1991, and to fi- nalize such Remedial Action Plans by January 1, 1993.

  • Willoughby, “Expectations and Experiences” in The International Joint Commission Seventy Years On, ed.

  • Norman, Alice Cohen, and Karen Bakker (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013), 70–8; International Joint Commission, “International Watersheds Initiative–History,” https://www.ijc.org/en/what/iwi/history.

  • Fitzgerald, Boundary Water Problems of Canada and the United States: The International Joint Commission (Toronto: Carswell, 1958), 177–80.

  • Dreisziger, “Dreams and Disappointments,” in The International Joint Commission Seventy Years On, ed.

  • International Joint Commission, In the Matter of the Measurement and Apportionment of the Waters of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers and their Tributaries in the United States and Canada (1921).

  • The Program Office shall compile formal comments on individual Remedial Action Plans made by the International Joint Commission pursuant to section 4(d) of Annex 2 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and, upon request by a member of the public, shall make such comments available for inspection and copying.

  • For each area of concern for which Canada has agreed to draft a Remedial Action Plan, the Program Office shall, pursuant to subparagraph (c)(1)(C) of this section, work with Canada to assure the submission of such Remedial Action Plans to the International Joint Commission by June 30, 1991, and to finalize such Remedial Action Plans by January 1, 1993.

  • That regulation pre- scribes the policy and general proce- dures for regulating reservoir projects capable of regulation for flood control or navigation, except projects owned and operated by the Corps of Engi- neers; the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; those under the jurisdiction of the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, and the Co- lumbia River Treaty.

  • Consolidated by the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada.


More Definitions of International Joint Commission

International Joint Commission or “Commission” means the International Joint Commission established by the Boundary Waters Treaty;
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International Joint Commission means the commission established by the boundary waters treaty of 1909 between the United States and Canada.
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Related to International Joint Commission

  • Joint Commission means the accrediting body whose standards are referred to in these Bylaws.

  • international application means an application filed under this Treaty;

  • International Student means a student holding a student visa for the purpose of obtaining an education in Australia and includes a student on a study abroad or international exchange program;

  • Insurance Regulatory Authority means, with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the insurance department or similar Governmental Authority charged with regulating insurance companies or insurance holding companies, in its jurisdiction of domicile and, to the extent that it has regulatory authority over such Insurance Subsidiary, in each other jurisdiction in which such Insurance Subsidiary conducts business or is licensed to conduct business.

  • Applicable Insurance Regulatory Authority means, when used with respect to any Insurance Subsidiary, the insurance department or similar administrative authority or agency located in (x) the state or other jurisdiction in which such Insurance Subsidiary is domiciled or (y) to the extent asserting regulatory jurisdiction over such Insurance Subsidiary, the insurance department, authority or agency in each state or other jurisdiction in which such Insurance Subsidiary is licensed, and shall include any Federal insurance regulatory department, authority or agency that may be created in the future and that asserts regulatory jurisdiction over such Insurance Subsidiary.

  • Public health authority means an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, an Indian tribe, or a foreign government, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

  • Educational entity means a public school district,

  • National Ambient Air Quality Standards or “NAAQS” means national ambient air quality standards that are promulgated pursuant to Section 109 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7409.

  • Public Service Commission means the Public Service Commission constituted under this Constitution;

  • National Road Traffic Act means the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996);

  • Central Commission means the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission referred to in sub-section (1) of section 76 of the Act;

  • international traffic means any transport by a ship or aircraft operated by an enterprise that has its place of effective management in a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in the other Contracting State;

  • Regulatory Authority means, with respect to any national, supra-national, regional, state or local regulatory jurisdiction, any agency, department, bureau, commission, council or other governmental entity involved in the granting of a Regulatory Approval for such jurisdiction.

  • Regional Entity shall have the same meaning specified in the Operating Agreement.

  • international agreement means the Multilateral Convention for Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, any bilateral or multilateral Tax Convention, or any Tax Information Exchange Agreement to which the Member State is a party, and that by its terms provides legal authority for the exchange of tax information between jurisdictions, including automatic exchange of such information.

  • Cemetery authority means any person who owns or operates a cemetery specified in s. 157.065 (1).

  • Health Authority means the regional health board designated under the Health Authority Act, RSBC 1996, c.180, or the Provincial Health Services Authority, to which the Participant is designated under Section 5.4 of this Contract, unless designated otherwise by the Province;

  • international organization shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.