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 1999, 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 

 representative. 



2.2 Meetings 



The Committee met on August 3"* and 4"", 1999, 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 Power Plant and associated coal mining activities; 

 examined data collected in 1 998 including surface-water quality and quantity, ground- water quality and 

 quantity, and air quality; established the Technical Monitoring Schedules for the year 2000; discussed 

 proposed changes in water-quality objectives and the possibility of replacing the flow-weighting 

 method currently used to compute total dissolved solids and boron. The Committee also prepared the 

 first draft of the 1998 annual Report to Governments. 



