POPLAR RIVER BILATERAL MONITORING COMMITTEE 



Department of State 

 Washington, B.C., United States 



Governor's Office, State of Montana 

 Helena, Montana, United States 



Department of External Affairs 

 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 



Saskatchewan Environment 

 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 



Gentlemen: 



The Poplar River Bilateral Monitoring Committee continues to address those 

 responsibilities assigned to it by Governments under the Poplar River Cooperative 

 Monitoring Arrangement dated September 23, 1980. Water quantity, water quality 

 and air quality data of significance to impacts at the International Boundary 

 were exchanged between countries on a quarterly basis. The monitoring information 

 exchanged were in accordance with the locations, frequency and parameters detailed 

 in the Technical Monitoring Schedule. 



The Committee has examined and evaluated the monitoring for 1982 and concludes 



the measured conditions fall within accepted objectives or norms for the parameters 



involved. No major trends are yet apparent at the International Boundary. 



This second annual report to Governments covers the calendar year 1982 , roughly 

 corresponding to the second year of operation of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation 

 300 MW coal-fired thermal generating stations located on the East Poplar River. 

 The results of the monitoring program are summarized and narrative descriptions 

 relative to pre-project conditions, and guidelines for specific parameters that 

 may have been developed as joint activities under International Joint Commission 

 references are included. 



The Committee, in accordance with recommendations of the International Joint 

 Commission has devised a flow-weighting scheme for boron and total dissolved 

 solids. The results are presented in this report. 



Yours sincerely. 



R. C. AVERETT 

 Chairman, United States Section 



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D. A. DAVIS 

 Chairman, Canadian Section 



E. GALLAGt 

 Member, United State4_^ection 



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DWARD 

 Member, CaWdi^ Section 



