| 520 | |a"The need for the establishment of an international marine pollution contingency plan for the Canada-United States contiguous waters was recognized with the introduction of an international contingency plan, the Canada-United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan, for the Great Lakes, which was promulgated in 1974, under the Agreement Relating to the Establishment of Joint Pollution Contingency Plans for Spills of Oil and Other Noxious Substances, done at Ottawa June 19, 1974, and as contemplated in the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972, as amended. In September of 1983, four additional geographically oriented annexes covering the Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, Dixon Entrance and the Beaufort Sea, were added to the plan. The plan was subsequently revised in 1984 and was replaced by a 2003 version. The responsible Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Regional Directors and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) District Commanders were tasked to develop detailed Regional Annexes to the Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan for their respective transboundary regions"-introduction. |
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