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 tech- 

 nical interpretation in reports to Governments on implementation of the 

 Arrangement. In addition, the Committee will review the existing monitor- 

 ing 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 Cochairperson will be responsible for transmitting to his counter- 

 part Cochairman 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 par- 

 ticipating 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 un- 

 der 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 colla- 

 tion and technical interpretation of exchanged data (i.e. the 

 utilization of summary, statistical and other appropriate 

 techniques) ; 



iii) 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 inluding analyti- 

 cal methods to ensure their comparability. 



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