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Massey, Karen. Existing United States Regulatory Authority Applicable to Nova Scotian Power Development (Working Paper 8). Marine Law Institute. May 1984. 46 pp.

This paper is one of twelve working papers prepared for a study of the international environmental risks of large-scale coastal energy developments in the Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy region. The study was conducted by a team of investigators from the University of Southern Maine, the University of New Hampshire, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Support for the project was provided by the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. of New York, NY and the Max Bell Foundation of Toronto, Canada. This paper examines how a tidal power development wholly within the United States, or a joint Canadian-American venture in Passamaquoddy Bay would be subject to a full range of United States environmental regulation. It appears, however, that such a tidal power project situated entirely in Canada, even if its primary purpose were provision of power to the United States and construction were conditioned on American purchase power contracts, might largely escape United States regulation.

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