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A responsibility of the Committee is to review the adequacy of the moni- 

 toring programs in both countries and make recommendations to Governments 

 on the Technical Monitoring Schedules. The Schedules are updated 

 annually for new and discontinued programs and for modifications in 

 sampling frequencies, parameter lists, and analytical techniques of 

 ongoing programs. The Technical Monitoring Schedules listed in the 

 annual report (Annex 2) are given for the following year. The Committee 

 will continue to review and propose changes to the Technical Monitoring 

 Schedules as information requirements change. 



Another responsibility of the Committee includes a quarterly exchange of 

 data acquired through the monitoring programs. The exchange of moni- 

 toring information was initiated with the first quarter of 1981, and is 

 an expansion of the informal quarterly information exchange program ini- 

 tiated between Canada and the United States in 1976. Special reports 

 dealing with aspects of monitoring and monitoring results requested by 

 the Committee are sometimes published. Any such reports are reviewed 

 annually by the Committee. Reports reviewed by the Committee during 1990 

 are identified in Annex 3. Exchanged data and reports are available for 

 public viewing at the agencies of the participating governments or from 

 Committee members. 



