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 fulfill 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. 



2. Reports 



(a) The Committee will prepare a joint Annual Report to the participating 

 governments, and may at any time prepare joint Special Reports. 



(b) Annual Reports will 



i) summarize the main activities of the Committee in the year under Report 

 and the data which has been exchanged under the Arrangement; 



ii) draw to the attention of the participating governments any definitive 

 changes in the monitored parameters, based on collation and technical 

 interpretation of exchanged data (i.e. the utilization of summary, statistical 

 and other appropriate techniques); 



ill) draw to the attention of the participating governments any recommendations 

 regarding the adequacy or redundancy of any scheduled monitoring 

 operations and any proposals regarding modifications to the Technical 

 Monitoring Schedules, based on a continuing review of the monitoring 

 programs including analytical methods to ensure their comparability. 



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