Subject : ENVIRONMENT

Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality (CTS 1978/20)

Table of contents

Agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1978

I. [Text of the Agreement]


Annex I

Specific Objectives



Annex 2

Limited Use Zones



Annex 3

Control of Phosphorus



Annex 4

Discharges of Oil and Hazardous Polluting Substances from Vessels



Annex 5

Discharges of Vessel Wastes



Annex 6

Review of Pollution from Shipping Sources



Annex 7

Dredging



Annex 8

Discharges from Onshore and Offshore Facilities



Annex 9

Joint Contingency Plan



Annex 10

Hazardous Polluting Substances


Appendix 1

Hazardous Polluting Substances



Appendix 2

Potential Hazardous Polluting Substances




Annex 11

Surveillance and Monitoring



Annex 12

Persistent Toxic Substances



Terms Of Reference for the Joint Institutions and the Great Lakes Regional Office

About this treaty
Effects
Entry in force    
11/22/1978
Signatures
Name Place Date
DON JAMIESON
BARBARA BLUM
CYRUS VANCE  		Ottawa 11/22/1978
Source
Canada Treaty Series
1978/20
QUEEN'S PRINTER FOR CANADA
OTTAWA, 1979
Catalogue No. E3-1978/20
ISBN 0-660-50377-8

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Related documents:
Document Title
CTS 1987/32 Protocol amending the 1978 Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality, as amended on October 16, 1983
CTS 1983/22 Supplementary Agreement amending the Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1978

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