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.
International Joint Commission means the commission established by the boundary water agreement of 1909 between the United States and Canada.
International Joint Commission or "Commission" means the International Joint Commission established by the Boundary Waters Treaty;

Examples of International Joint Commission in a sentence

  • This inventory, prepared and revised annually, shall include compliance schedules and status of compliance with monitoring and effluent restrictions, and shall be made available to the International Joint Commission and to the public.

  • The International Joint Commission shall be given at its request any data or other information relating to water quality in the Great Lakes System in accordance with procedures established by the Commission.

  • A report of this annual consultation shall be furnished to the International Joint Commission prior to its annual meeting on Great Lakes water quality.


More Definitions of International Joint Commission

International Joint Commission means the Commission established under Article VII of the Boundary Waters Treaty, 1909, or any body designated by the United States of America and Canada to succeed to the functions of the Commission under this Treaty;
International Joint Commission means the commission established by the boundary waters treaty of 1909 between the United States and Canada.
International Joint Commission and "Commission" means the International Joint Commission established by the Boundary Waters Treaty;

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;

  • international voyage means a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely.

  • 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.

  • Relevant Electric Retail Regulatory Authority means an entity that has jurisdiction over and establishes prices and policies for competition for providers of retail electric service to end- customers, such as the city council for a municipal utility, the governing board of a cooperative utility, the state public utility commission or any other such entity.

  • international carriage means any carriage in which, according to the contract of carriage, the place of departure and the place of destination are situated in two different States, or in a single State if, according to the contract of carriage or the scheduled itinerary, there is an intermediate port of call in another State;

  • statutory authority This agreement implements Iowa Code § 280.25 and is consistent with 34 C.F.R. 99.38 (2012).

  • Foreign Financial Regulatory Authority shall have the meaning given by Section 2(a)(50) of the 0000 Xxx.

  • 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.

  • 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 of a Contracting State, except when the ship or aircraft is operated solely between places in the other Contracting State;

  • Regulatory Authority means any supranational, federal, national, regional, state, provincial, or local regulatory agency, department, bureau, commission, council, or other government entity, that regulates or otherwise exercises authority with respect to manufacturing, research, development, or commercialization of pharmaceutical or biological products in any country or regulatory jurisdiction, including the FDA, USDA and EMA.

  • 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 Schedule 1 (Return of Service Placement Process) of this Contract, unless designated otherwise by the Province;

  • COVERED HEALTHCARE SERVICES means any service, treatment, procedure, facility, equipment, drug, device, or supply that we have reviewed and determined is eligible for reimbursement under this plan.

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