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 1996, 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. G. Fritz, Montana Department of Namral Resources and 

 Conservation, Montana representative; Mr. D. D. Nargang, Saskatchewan Environment and 

 Resource Management, 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 Meeting s 



The Committee met on August 20 and 21, 1996, in Coronach, Saskatchewan. 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 Power Plant and 

 associated coal mining activities; examined data collected in 1995 including surface water-quality 

 and quantity, ground water-quality and quantity, and air quality; established the Technical 

 Monitoring Schedules for 1997; discussed proposed changes in water-quality objectives and the 

 possibility of replacing the flow-weighing method currently used to compute total dissolved solids 

 and boron. The Committee also prepared the first draft of the 1995 annual Report to 

 Governments. 



