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The monitoring programs are in response to potential impacts of a 

 transboundary nature resulting from Sask Power's coal-fired thermal 

 generating station and ancillary operations near Coronach, 

 Saskatchewan. Monitoring is conducted in Canada and the 

 United States at or near the International Boundary for quantity 

 and quality of both surface water and ground water and for air 

 quality. Participants from both countries, including Federal, 

 Provincial, and State agencies, are involved in monitoring. 



A responsibility of the Committee includes an ongoing quarterly 

 exchange of data acquired through the monitoring programs. The 

 exchange of monitoring information was initiated with the first 

 quarter of 1981, and is an expansion of the informal quarterly 

 information exchange program initiated 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 1987 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. 



The Committee also is responsible for an amnual report to 

 governments which summarizes the monitoring results, evaluates 

 apparent trends, and compares the data to objectives or standards 

 recommended by the International Joint Commission (IJC) to 

 Governments, or relevant State, Provincial, or Federal standards. 

 The committee reports to Governments on a calendar year basis, with 

 the report for 1987 being the seventh report in the series. The 

 Committee is also responsible for drawing to the attention of 

 Governments definitive changes in monitored parameters which may 

 require immediate attention. 



