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Taylor, Robert A.. The International Joint Commission and Transboundary Environmental Impacts in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine Region. (Working Paper 6). Marine Law Institute. May 1984. 67 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 working paper examine the International Joint Commission’s (IJC's) potential role in the prevention or resolution of transboundary environmental problems affecting marine waters. After describing the Boundary Waters Treaty and the IJC's operations under it, the paper concludes that the Commission's reference process can be of benefit to a partial resolution of such problems.

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