A. Membership 



The Committee will be composed of four representatives, one from each of the participating Governments. 

 It will be jointly chaired by the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States. There will 

 be a Canadian Section and a United States Section. The participating Governments will notify each other 

 of any changes in membership on the Committee. Co-chairpersons may by mutual agreement invite agency 

 technical experts to participate in the work of the Committee. 



The Governor of the State of Montana may also appoint a chief elective official of local government to 

 participate as an ex-officio member of the Committee in its technical deliberations. The Saskatchewan 

 Minister of the Environment may also appoint a similar local representative. 



B. Functions of the Committee | 



The role of the Committee will be to fulfil the purpose of the Arrangement by ensuring the exchange of 

 monitored data in accordance with the attached Technical Monitoring Schedules, and its collation and 

 technical interpretation in reports to Governments on implementation of the Arrangement. In addition, the 

 Committee will review the existing monitoring systems to ensure their adequacy and may recommend to the 

 Canadian and United States Governments any modifications to improve the Technical Monitoring Schedules. 



1. Information Exchange 



Each Co-chairperson will be responsible for transmitting to his counterpart Co-chairperson on a regular, and 

 not less than quarterly basis, the data provided by the cooperative monitoring agencies in accordance with 

 the Technical Monitoring Schedules. 



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