Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

• Tim Downey
• International Trade Specialist
• Office of Trade Development
• GLWC Offshore Wind Workgroup
• Advancing Regional Collaboration Webinar
• September 24, 2009

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Role of Agency in Offshore Wind

• Act as marine gateway for wind mill components
  entering Great Lakes via project cargo ships
  (primarily Europe)
• Promote marketing of offshore wind industry in
  Great Lakes Seaway System
• Charged with promoting the public interest
  throughout the GLSLS System

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Current Agency Policies/Regulations/Laws

• Wiley-Dondero Act of 1954 (Seaway Act)
• SLSDC responsible for OM of U.S. portion of
  Seaway between Montreal Lake Erie
• SLSDC interacts directly with Canadian SLSMC,
  esp. rules regs, ops, traffic mgt, safety,
  operating dates, trade development
• Asset Renewal Program underway

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Individuals or Divisions with Regulatory or
Operational Authority

• SLSDC Administrator is Presidential appointee
  with legal authority to regulate commercial
  navigation in U.S. sectors of the Saint Lawrence
  River under U.S. law and international treaty
• Marine Services Branch

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Intra or Inter-Agency Initiatives

• International trade missions
• Trade development activities
• Highway H2O market campaign
• Short sea shipping

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Regional Collaboration

• Environmental initiatives
• Aquatic invasive species
• Great Lakes Regional Waterways Management Forum
• Green Marine

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Other Issues or Observations?

• Project cargo is growing in GLSLS System
• Highway H2O marketing program partners ports,
  carriers, stevedores, trucking companies,
  municipalities
• System transition to container shipping
• New toll structurebroader classification,
  variable lockage fees, volume incentives, toll
  freeze 2008-10