Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Type: Government Corporations Parent organization: U.S. Department of Transportation Employees: 100 Executive: Administrator Budget: $35M (FY 2024, estimated) Address: 180 Andrews Street, Massena, NY 13662, USA Website: https://www.seaway.dot.gov/ Creation Legislation: St. Lawrence Seaway Act of 1954 Wikipedia: Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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Mission The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) operates and maintains the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, ensuring a safe, reliable, and efficient deep-draft waterway for international commerce between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. It also promotes trade and economic development in the Great Lakes region.

Services Operation and maintenance of U.S. locks; Vessel traffic management; Trade development; Environmental stewardship; Infrastructure management

Regulations

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
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Overview
Formed	1954 (1954)
Jurisdiction	United States Government
Headquarters	1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE W62-300, Washington, D.C.
Executives	Adam Tindall-Schlicht, Administrator Anthony Fisher, Deputy Administrator
Parent department	United States Department of Transportation
Website
https://www.seaway.dot.gov/

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St. Lawrence Seaway locks showing country ownership

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation that operates and maintains the U.S.-owned and operated facilities of the joint United States-Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway. It operates 2 of the 15 locks of the Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie. The corporation also works to develop trade across the larger seaway system, which includes the Great Lakes as well as the St. Lawrence Seaway.

The corporation was formerly named the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), but was renamed in the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act to recognize the corporation's trade development work in the connected Great Lakes region.

Its Canadian counterpart is the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, a non-profit corporation under Canadian law.

President Joe Biden appointed Adam Tindall-Schlicht to the role of GLS administrator on November 6, 2022.

Advisory board

The administrator is advised by the Advisory Board of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. The board is composed of five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than three of these may belong to the same political party. The advisory board meets at the call of the administrator, at least once each ninety days. The board reviews the general policies of the Corporation, including its policies in connection with design and construction of facilities and the establishment of rules of measurement for vessels and cargo and rates of charges or tolls.

Board members

The current advisory board of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation as of January 25, 2023:

Position	Name	Party	Confirmed
Chair	David J. McMillan	Democratic	March 29, 2012
Member	William Mielke	Republican	January 1, 2013
Member	Arthur Sulzer	Republican	January 1, 2013
Member	Vacant
Member	Vacant

List of administrators

No.	Administrator	Term started	Term ended	Notes
1	Lewis G. Castle	1954	June 5, 1960	Died in office
—	Martin W. Oettershagen (acting)	June 5, 1960	1961
2	Martin W. Oettershagen	1961	December 1961
3	Joseph H. McCann	1962	1969
4	David W. Oberlin	June 1969	February 1983
5	James L. Emery	February 1984	February 1991
6	Stanford Parris	March 1991	1995	Resigned
7	Gail McDonald	January 1996	March 1998
8	Albert S. Jacquez	January 1999	December 2005
9	Collister Johnson, Jr.	October 7, 2006	May 2012
—	Craig Middlebrook (acting)	May 2012	August 13, 2013
10	Betty Sutton	August 13, 2013	January 20, 2017
11	Adam Tindall-Schlicht	November 6, 2022	Incumbent

See also

• Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• List of navigation authorities in the United States

External links

• St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation in the Federal Register