INTRODUCTION 



The Poplar River Bilateral Monitoring Committee was authorized by the 

 Governments of Canada and the United States under the Poplar River Cooperative 

 Monitoring Arrangement dated September 23, I98O. A copy of the Arrangement 

 is attached to this report as Annex 1. 



The Committee is composed of representatives of the Government of Canada, 

 Province of Saskatchewan, Government of the United States of America, and 

 State of Montana. In addition to the representatives of Governments, two 

 ex-officio members who are local representatives of the State of Montana and 

 Province of Saskatchewan participate in the activities of the Committee. 

 During I982 the members and ex-officio members of the Committee were: 



Mr. R. C. Averett Mr. D. A. Davis 



U.S. Geological Survey Environment Canada 



Co-chairman, U.S. Section Co-Chairman, Canadian Section 



Mr. T. E. Gallagher Mr. G. W. Howard 



Governor's Office Saskatchewan Environment 



Montana Member, U.S. Section Member, Canadian Section 



Mr. C. W. Tande Mr. J. R. Totton 



Daniels County Commissioner Reeve, R.M. of Hart Butte 



Ex-Officio Member, Montana Ex-Officio Member, Saskatchewan 



The Committee met in Regina, Saskatchewan in March I982 to prepare the 

 1981 Annual Reports to Governments. An ad hoc technical group met in Denver, 

 Colorado in December I982 for the purpose of reviewing monitoring information, 

 quality assurance programs, and the progress to date on development of flow- 

 weighting procedures. The contents of the I982 report to Governments was also 

 discussed. 



The responsibilities of the Committee include an ongoing quarterly exchange 

 of the results of water quantity, water quality and air-quality monitoring 

 programs being conducted in Canada and the United States at or near the 

 International Boundary. The monitoring program is in response to the con- 

 struction of Saskatchewan Power Corporation's coal -fired thermal generating 



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