Sentences with phrase «international joint commission»

Entitled Research Guide on Transboundary Freshwater Treaties and Other Resources, the document provides information about major global and regional treaties, databases of international, regional and bilateral agreements, non-treaty instruments, NGOs and intergovernmental organizations, international water commissions such as the Canada - US International Joint Commission as well as sources of caselaw.

Star alumni: John Aird was a senator, member of the International Joint Commission, and served as Ontario's 23rd lieutenant governor from 1980 to 1985; Gilbert S. Bennett serves and has served as chief executive officer, director, or chairman of many Canadian public and private companies, including Canadair Ltd., Canadian Tire Corp..

It is also interesting that the International Joint Commission, set up under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, covers water pollution:

Final Report to the International Joint Commission.

«The compounds show up in low levels — parts per billion or parts per trillion — but aquatic life and humans aren't exposed to just one at a time, but a whole mix,» said Antonette Arvai, physical scientist at the International Joint Commission and the lead author of the study.

That's the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission, a consortium of officials from the United States and Canada who study the Great Lakes.

In 1918, the first report documenting the deterioration of water quality was published by the International Joint Commission.

The International Joint Commission has maintained that rainy spring weather was responsible for the flooding, but Collins has argued the IJC — which regulates water levels on the Great Lakes — made matters far worse through a new regulation effort called Plan 2014.

CLARENCE, N.Y. (WBEN)- The Trump Administration selected three new individuals to replace half of the current International Joint Commission, the body which adopted the controversial Plan 2014 and may have played a role in the flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline this spring, according to...

The International Joint Commission, which helps prevent disputes between the two countries over transboundary waters, had been undergoing a study for the area since the beginning of the 21st Century.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — After touring the damage throughout a Monroe County community along the Lake Ontario shoreline earlier this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a scathing criticism of the International Joint Commission that regulates the lake's levels.

Hochul explained that Plan 2014 had some effect on the flooding and that Governor Cuomo did contact the International Joint Commission and asked to reverse their decision to support Plan 2014.

The dam is overseen by a board of an International Joint Commission which has an equal number of Canadian and U.S. members.

«I thank the Trump Administration for its commitment to Western New York, with both federal assistance and in our push to replace the International Joint Commission with individuals that will repeal the disastrous Plan 2014 that got us into this mess,» the congressman said.

Amid ongoing questions about the transparency and management of the International Joint Commission (IJC), Governor Cuomo has called upon President Trump to immediately appoint new leadership to the IJC, which is responsible for regulating water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich met this week with representatives of some of the towns along the Lake Ontario shoreline to talk about the impact of Plan 2014, which is the plan formulated by the International Joint Commission, involving representatives of the U.S. and Canada.

The war of words between N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the International Joint Commission is continuing, as residents along Lake Ontario deal with weeks of flooding.

Some local officials are blaming Plan 2014 from the International Joint Commission for the rising water levels.

A new report from the International Joint Commission, a bi-national agency, says the Great Lakes restoration continues to progress — but not quickly enough.

The state is formally appealing to the International Joint Commission to release additional water through the Moses - Saunders Dam to lower the Lake Ontario water levels.

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she will be urging area representatives to put pressure on the United States» appointees on the International Joint Commission.

In the long term, they hope to persuade the International Joint Commission to abandon Plan 2014, its new way of regulating water levels on the lake, which local residents blame in part for the flooding.

Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter in an interview with reporters in Rochester disagreed with the assessment that the International Joint Commission «blew it» when it came to a plan to regulate water levels on Lake Ontario.

At 3 p.m., Reps. Chris Collins and John Katko will host a meeting with state leaders and representatives from government agencies to discuss the devastation to the Lake Ontario shoreline that is directly related to the International Joint Commission Plan 2014, HVC - 214, The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

The plan was devised with the input of more than 180 stakeholder representatives, and referred to the two federal governments two years ago by the International Joint Commission.

A perfect storm of high lake levels, ice formation and unprecedented spring rains flooded shoreline communities along Lake Ontario earlier this year, and that would have occurred with or without the new lake - level regulating Plan 2014, International Joint Commission officials said at an environmental conference in Buffalo.

The International Joint Commission has denied the plan is the cause of the flooding.

She's talking about the International Joint Commission.

«I intend to seek from them, solutions for Monroe County's shoreline residents and businesses and I will urge those representatives to put pressure on the United States» appointees on the International Joint Commission to act in the interests of residents and businesses along the southern shore of Lake Ontario.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Lake Ontario shoreline community of Wilson to call on Trump to replace appointees on the International Joint Commission with «people who know the Great Lakes.»

Cuomo was critical of the International Joint Commission's decision to reduce outflows from the hydroelectric dams in Massena.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been critical of the way the International Joint Commission has handled high water levels that have caused flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

However, is widely believed that the International Joint Commission's «Plan 2014» contributed to the record levels on Lake Ontario, which have caused significant erosion along the shoreline.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking the International Joint Commission to maximize outflows of water from Lake Ontario.

Rep. Chris Collins renewed his criticism of the International Joint Commission during a visit yesterday to Olcott to inspect damage from Lake Ontario flood waters

Some blame recent flooding on the agency overseeing the Great Lakes, the International Joint Commission, saying that it failed to release enough water from the lake before spring's arrival and that the consequences reflected the concerns raised by the plan's opponents.

The International Joint Commission Board, which controls the water level on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, voted to continue record - high water releases at the Moses - Saunders dam in Massena until further notice.

In another development, the International Joint Commission sent a letter Nov. 14 to the United States and Canadian governments proposing that each nation designate a «federal lead agency «to coordinate activities dealing with high water and erosion on the Great Lakes.

Not exact matches

The State Department offers a list of doctors and hospitals, as do the International Society of Travel Medicine and Joint Commission International; the latter reviews hospital safety worldwide.

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters)- The White House said on Tuesday it was concerned about a European Commission order for Apple Inc to pay billions in unpaid taxes to Ireland because it seemed TO undermine joint U.S. - EU progress on creating a more fair international tax system.

Mexico also has six Joint Commission International - accredited private hospitals — the world standard for hospital accreditation.

He has been a teaching fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary, an international consultant to the Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, National Board of Missions, of the United Presbyterian Church (USA), and is founder and Director of the Christian Center for Asian Studies, and Director of the Doctor of Ministries Studies, a joint program with San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Last December the Pope received in audience a delegation of the Joint International Commission sponsored by the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, who had been discussing «The Word of God in the Life of the Church: Scripture, Tradition and Koinonia».

The members were all in Rome to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Joint International Methodist - Catholic Dialogue Commission - the first of which was held in the hill town of Ariccia in Rome on October 1967.

The joint declaration also asks for international pressure on the UN Human Rights Council — of which Nigeria is a member — to form a commission of inquiry «to investigate the atrocities committed against civilians in general, and against Christians in particular in northern Nigeria, including bringing the perpetrators of violence to justice.»

The Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI) is a non-profit legal entity established in 1965 with financial support from the Canners» Association of Taiwan, CIECD (Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development) and JCRR (Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction).

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

Association for the Advancement of Appropriate Technology for Developing Countries (AAATDC) Association for Women in Science Association of American Universities (AAU) Association of Science - Technology Centers The Conference Board (Professional societies) Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Council of Scientific Society Presidents Council on International and Public Affairs Council on Science and Technology for Development Delegation for Basic Biomedical Research Engineering Manpower Commission Engineering Societies Commission on Energy, Inc. (ESCOE) Engineers Joint Council (EJC) Federation of American Scientists FASST, Forum for the Advancement of Students in Science and Technology, Inc..

CLIENTS Consultancy and (inter) national assessment studies have been done for inter alia the following clients: IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), SEI (Stockholm Environmental Institute), Rathenau Institute, EC - JRC (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra); US - EPA, RIVM (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands), PBL, EL&I - nVWA, VROMRaad (Advisory Council of the Ministry of Housing Physical Planning and Environment, The Netherlands), SENTER NOVEM, French Ministry of Environment; Norwegian Research Council.

The Joint Commission International sets quality standards for hospitals that participate in its program of review.