Great Lakes Charter Annex Implementing Agreements

2004 drafts

provided by concerned Great Lakes basin environmental protection groups

last major update: November 6, 2004

The material on this site is primarily historical, addressing the draft "Annex" water law reform agreements released in June 2004. After the public comment recieved on those drafts, new draft agreements were negotiated and released in June 2005.

For information on those latest, 2005, draft Annex agreements, connect to www.greatlakesforever.org.

Environmental group documents

Full comment on the eight-state compact agreement (Acrobat .pdf)

Full comment on the international agreement (Acrobat .pdf)

Summary comments on the eight-state compact agreement (Word .doc)

Summary comments on the international agreement (Word .doc)

General agreements / comment period fact sheet (Acrobat .pdf)

The agreements and diversions (Acrobat .pdf)

Opinion: The agreements and U.S. diversions (Word .doc)

The agreements and Canada (Acrobat .pdf)

Background: history, issues, agreement summary (Word .doc)

Comments by The Nature Conservancy (Acrobat .pdf)

Public comment opportunities

Announced state, provincial, and basinwide meetings

Ways to send written comment

Environmental group information pre-meetings

Other environmental group documents

Press release, July 19, 2004 (Word .doc)

Press briefing, July 19, 2004 (Word .doc)

Background: fact sheets: basin water shortages (Acrobat .pdf)

Background: fact sheets: need for Annex 2001 -based reforms (Acrobat .pdf)

Official state/provincial documents

See also state, provincial, and joint official Web sites

The draft binding U.S. state compact (Acrobat .pdf)

The draft good-faith state-provincial agreement (Acrobat .pdf)

State-provincial request for public comment (Acrobat .pdf)

State-provincial fact sheet (Acrobat .pdf)

State-provincial frequently asked questions (Acrobat .pdf)

State-provincial all summaries -- faqs, fact sheets, request for public comment (Acrobat .pdf)

Information contributed by:

Canadian Environmental Law Association (Sarah Miller, 416-960-2284 x213)
Clean Wisconsin (Derek Scheer, 608-251-7020)
Environmental Advocates of New York (David Higby, 518-462-5526 x239)
Great Lakes United (Reg Gilbert, 716-886-0142)
Lake Michigan Federation (Cheryl Mendoza, 616-850-0745 x13#)
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (Terry Swier, 231-972-8856)
Michigan Environmental Council (James Clift, 517-487-9539, x17)
National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Program (Noah Hall, 734-769-3351 x23)
The Nature Conservancy Great Lakes Program (Michele DePhilip, 312-759-8017 x12)
Ohio Environmental Council (Molly Flanagan, 614-487-7506)
Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature (Marc Hudon, 418-543-9681)