Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have two questions for our departmental officials.
Thank you for being with us today.
Clause 4 says:
For greater certainty, nothing in this Act or the Agreement applies to natural surface or ground water in liquid, gaseous or solid state.
I'm wondering if you could give me as succinct as possible an explanation of why that's in the agreement and what the meaning of it is. What is the purpose of that clause?