2.0 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES 



2.1 Membership 



The Committee is composed of representatives of the Governments of the United States of America and 

 Canada, the State Government of Montana, and the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan. In 

 addition to the representatives of Governments, two ex-officio members serve as local representatives 

 for the State of Montana and Province of Saskatchewan. 



During 2003, the members of the Committee included: Mr. R. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey, United 

 States representative and Cochair; Mr. R. Kellow, Environment Canada, Canadian representative and 

 Cochair; Mr. J. Stults, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana 

 representative; Mr. C. Bosgoed, Saskatchewan Environment, Saskatchewan representative; Mr. C.W. 

 Tande, Daniels County Commissioner, Montana local ex-officio representative; and Mr. J.R. Totten, 

 Reeve, R.M. of Hart Butte, Saskatchewan local ex-officio representative. 



2.2 Meetings 



The Committee met on June 17-18, 2003, in Helena, Montana. Delegated representatives of 

 Governments, with the exception of the two ex-officio members from Montana and Saskatchewan, 

 attended the meeting. In addition to Committee members, several technical advisors representing 

 Federal, State, and Provincial agencies participated in the meeting. During the meeting, the Committee 

 reviewed the operational status of the Poplar River Power Station and associated coal-mining activities; 

 examined data collected in 2002 including surface-water quality and quantity, ground-water quality and 

 quantity, and air quality; discussed proposed changes in the water-quality sampling program, and 

 established the Technical Monitoring Schedules for the year 2004. 



In 2003, due to a reduction in available funding and using specific conductance to estimate total 

 dissolved solids (TDS), the number of surface-water-quality samples collected at the Poplar River 

 stations by the U.S. Geological Survey was reduced from six per year to four per year. In 2004, the 

 number of surface-water-quality samples collected at these stations will be reduced ftirther, with the 

 U.S. Geological Survey collecting four samples and Environment Canada none. 



