HF 110
Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact
enacted.
Section 1: Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources
Compact created.
ARTICLE 1: SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND
DURATION
Section 1.1: "Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources
Compact" short title given.
Section 1.2: Terminology defined.
Section 1.3:
Findings and purposes listed.
Section 1.4: Scientific basis for sound water
management decision making and application of scientific information
provided.
ARTICLE 2: ORGANIZATION
Section 2.1: Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence
River Basin Water Resources Council created.
Section 2.2: Council membership
determined.
Section 2.3: Appointment of alternates required.
Section 2.4:
Voting process defined.
Section 2.5: Organization and procedure
provided.
Section 2.6: Use of existing offices and agencies utilized.
Section
2.7: Jurisdiction specified.
Section 2.8: Status, immunities and privileges
outlined.
Section 2.9: Advisory committees allowed.
ARTICLE 3: GENERAL POWERS
AND DUTIES
Section 3.1: Generalities provided.
Section 3.2: Council powers
detailed.
Section 3.3: Rules and regulations authorized.
Section 3.4: Program
review and findings required
ARTICLE 4: WATER MANAGEMENT AND
REGULATION
Section 4.1: Water resources inventory, registration and reporting
required
Section 4.2: Water conservation and efficiency programs and goals
required.
Section 4.3: Party powers and duties detailed.
Section 4.4:
Requirement for originating party approval defined.
Section 4.5: Regional
review required.
Section 4.6: Proposals subject to prior notice requirements
provided.
Section 4.7: Council actions specified.
Section 4.8: New or
increased diversions prohibited.
Section 4.9: Exceptions to the prohibition of
diversions listed.
Section 4.10: Management and regulation of new or increased
withdrawals and consumptive uses required.
Section 4.11: Decision-making
standard criteria listed.
Section 4.12: Applicability terminology
defined.
Section 4.13: Exemptions provided.
Section 4.14: U.S. Supreme Court
decree: Wisconsin et al. v. Illinois et al. authority specified.
Section 4.15:
Assessment of cumulative impacts required.
ARTICLE 5: TRIBAL
CONSULATION
Section 5.1: Consultation with tribes required.
ARTICLE 6: PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
Section 6.1: Meetings, public hearings and records required to
be open to the public.
Section 6.2: Promotion of public participation
required.
ARTICLE 7: DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ENFORCEMENT
Section 7.1: Good
faith implementation pledges required.
Section 7.2: Alternative dispute
resolution required.
Section 7.3: Enforcement of dispute resolutions
required.
ARTICLE 8: ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
Section 8.1: Effect on existing
rights detailed.
Section 8.2: Relationship to agreements concluded by the
United States of America detailed.
Section 8.3: Confidentiality
detailed.
Section 8.4: Additional laws detailed.
Section 8.5: Amendments and
supplements approval required.
Section 8.6: Severability allowed.
Section
8.7: Duration of compact and terminology detailed.
ARTICLE 9:
EFFECTUATION
Section 9.1: Repealer detailed.
Section 9.2: Effectuation by
chief executive detailed.
Section 9.3: Entire agreement detailed.
Section 9.4:
Effective date and execution detailed.
JAJ 1/18/07