They also say, this year's flooding has very little to do with Plan 2014.
"As water levels on Lake Ontario rise, its outflows will increase and high levels downstream at Lake St. Louis will continue", the board said, in a news release.
The International Lake Ontario - St. Lawrence River Board issued a statement Tuesday saying the current high water levels have not been caused by Plan 2014.
In January 2017, Congressman Collins and Congressman John Katko (NY-24) sent correspondence to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, to bring the issue of Plan 2014 to his attention. "Equally important, though, has been the Congressman's commitment to delivering change to the International Joint Commission, and ensuring that it acts to protect the people that live along the shores of our Great Lakes and boundary waterways".
Collins and Katko previously sent a letter to Trump before he was sworn in as president urging him to reverse the decision. "It's going to affect the property owners, the values of the homes". Governor Cuomo has been a leader on addressing the needs of localities experiencing extreme weather-related events and he recently provided assistance to western NY counties experiencing high water levels.
Among the areas reporting high amounts of rain: the western end of Lake Ontario.
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It is predicted that the lake will rise another 11 inches by May 14. However, it is 21 inches above the April average, and the Corps forecasts another increase of 6 inches in the coming month.
According to the IJC, current conditions are their highest since 1998, but have been repeated in the past and will again in the future.
Despite the Plan 2014 regulations, signed into law at the twilight of President Obama's time in office, allowing "higher highs and lower lows", water levels would not be higher under the 1958 standards that were in effect until this year.
The board said lake and river levels this year with the new Plan 2014 regulations would have been almost identical to previous regulation plans. Local shoreline homeowners and businesses are bearing the costs of the IJC's inaction.
"Together with Rep. Collins, I've fought against Plan 2014 from the start and this week we've urged the administration to permanently withdraw from Plan 2014 to avoid further damage", he said.
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