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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