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(b) "Boundary Waters Treaty" means the Treaty between the 

 "United States and Great Britain Kelating to Boundary Waters, and 

 Questions Arising Between the United States and Canada, signed at 

 Washington on January 11, 1909 ; 



(c) "Compatible regulations" means regulations no less restrictive 

 than agreed principles ; , l/^ ' 



(d) "Great Lakes System" means all of the streams, rivers, lakes 

 and other bodies of water that are within the drainage basin of the 

 St. Lawrence River at or upstream from the point at which this river 

 becomes the internationg^l boundary between Canada and the United 

 States; 



(e) "Harmful quantity" means any quantity of a substance that 

 if discharged into receiving wafers would be inconsistent with the 

 achievement of the water quality objectives; 



(f) "Hazardous polluting substance" means an}'^ element or com- 

 pound identified by the Parties which, when discharged in any quan- 

 tity into or upon receiving waters or adjoining shorelines, presents an 

 imminent and substantial danger to public health or welfare ; for this 

 purpose, "public health or welfare" encompasses all factors affecting 

 ttie health and welfare of man including but not limited to human 

 health, and the conservation and protection of fish, shellfish, wildlife, 

 public and private property, shorelines and beaches; 



(g) "International Joint Commission" or "Commission" means 

 the International Joint Commission established by the Boundary 

 Waters Treaty ; 



(h) "Phosphorus" means the element phosphorus present as a 

 constituent of various organic and inorganic complexes and 

 compounds ; 



(i) "Specific water quality objective" means the level of a sub- 

 stance or physical effect that the Parties agree, after investigation, to 

 recognize as a maximum or minimum desired limit for a defined body 

 of water or portion thereof, taking into account the beneficial uses of 

 the water that the Parties desire to secure and protect ; 



(j) "State and Provincial Governments" means the Governments of 

 the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and the Government of the 

 Province of Ontario : 



(k) "Tributary waters of the Great- Lakes System" or "tributary 

 waters" means all the waters of the Great Lakes System that are not 

 boundary waters ; 



(1) "Water quality objectives" means the general water quality ob- 

 jectives adopted pursuant to Article II of this Agreement and the 

 specific water quality objectives adopted pursuant to Article III of this 

 Agreement. 



Article II 



GENERAL WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES 



The following general water quality objectives for the boundary 

 waters of the Great Lakes System are adopted. These waters should 

 be: 



(a) Free from substances that enter the waters as a result of 

 human activity and that will settle to form putrescent or otherwise 



