2.0 COMMITTEE ACTIVmES 

 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-ofBcio members serve as local representatives 

 for the State of Montana and Province of Saskatchewan. 



During 2000, 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 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 

 rq)resentative. 



2.2 Meetings 



The Committee met on July 18* and 19*, 2000, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Delegated repre- 

 sentatives 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 1999 including surface-water quality and quantity, ground-water 

 quality and quantity, and air quality; established the Technical Monitoring Schedules for the year 2001; 

 discussed proposed changes in water-qiiality objectives and the possibility of replacing the flow- 

 weighting method currently used to compute total dissolved solids and boron. 



