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The monitoring programs are in response to potential impacts of a 

 transboundary nature resulting from Saskatchewan Power Corporation'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. No such reports were received by the Committee in 

 1985. 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 annual 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 1985 being the fifth report in 



