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CANUSLAK Plans
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The Great Lakes Geographic Annex (CANUSLAK Plan) is an operational annex to the bilateral Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan between the United States and Canada established to ensure coordinated planning, preparedness, and response to a harmful substance incident in the contiguous waters of the two nations. The CANUSLAK Annex covers the Great Lakes boundary between Canada and the United States, defines the CANUSLAK Joint Response Team (JRT), and is regularly tested and improved on in an ongoing series of CANUSLAK exercises. Its purpose is to augment and link the pollution response systems and plans in each nation to facilitate an efficient joint response to a cross border spill.

CANUSLAK Annex - 2022 Revision

CANUSLAK Virtual ICO Call Job Aid

CANUSLAK ICO PQS

Other Canada-US Transboundary Plans

• Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan (JCP) - 2017 Revision

• CANUSLANT - Atlantic border (Gulf of Maine, Bay of Fundy)

• CANUSPAC - Pacific border (Juan de Fuca Region)

• CANUSDIX - Dixon Inlet border (Alaska/British Columbia)

• CANUSNORTH - Beaufort Sea (Arctic Coast)

• Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan

• CANUSEAST - New Brunswick and EPA Region 1 (Maine)

• CANUSQUE - Quebec and EPA Regions 1 and 2 (ME, NH, VT, NY)

• CANUSCENT - Ontario and EPA Regions 2 and 5 (NY, MN)

• CANUSPLAIN - Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and EPA Regions 5 and 8 (MN, MT, ND)

• CANUSWEST - Yukon Territory, British Columbia, and EPA Regions 8 and 10 (WA, ID, MT, AK)

• USA - Canada Salvage Treaty dated May 18, 1908