ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Rep. Louise Slaughter says blame nature and not the much-derided Plan 2014 for high water levels and flooding along Lake Ontario.

"Let me tell you that this year, we have had rains of biblical proportions. Frankly, the idea that the IJC Plan 2014 had something to do with this is not possible," said Slaughter, D-25th District.

Several towns along the lake have passed resolutions to sue the International Joint Commission over the water level regulation plan. Webster Supervisor Ron Nesbitt says local governments are left to pick up the costs of coastal damage.

Slaughter says she feels for lakeshore residents, who've suffered flood damage and erosion, but in the end, she says science backs up her feelings about the impact of Plan 2014.