Decision 2010-30
https://had.aer.ca/link/decision4431
- Applicant
- Total E&P Canada Limited
- Application Number
- 1551460
- Title
- Decision 2010-030: Total E&P Canada Ltd. application to construct and operate and oil sands upgrader in Strathcona County
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Decision 2010-030: Total E&P Canada Ltd. application to construct and operate and oil sands upgrader in Strathcona County
- Date
- 2010
- Applicant
- Total E&P Canada Limited
- Application Number
- 1551460
- Hearing Panel
- Dilay JD
- McFadyen D
- Watson TL
- Hearing Type
- Board
- Category
- Oil sands
- Descriptors
- Air quality
- Environmental impact assessment
- Water pipeline
- Position (location)
- Emission
- Health
- Emergency response plan
- Safety
- Surface water
- Runoff
- North Saskatchewan River
- Groundwater
- Noise (sound)
- Bitumen
- Manufactured crude oil
- Coke
- Sulphur
- Vegetation
- Soil conservation
- Soil pollution
- Oil sands
- Upgrader
- Strathcona County
- Fort Saskatchewan area
- NTS83H
- Legal References
- Oil Sands Conservation Act S11
- Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act S53
- Water Act S37
- Water Act S50
- Energy Resources Conservation Act S26
- Energy Resources Conservation Act S3
- Interveners
- Citizens for Responsible Development
- Vissher H
- Vissher E
- Henryk Farms Ltd.
- Alexander First Nation
- Aux Sable Canada Ltd
- North West Upgrading Inc.
- Shell Canada Energy
- Town of Gibbons
- Town of Redwater
- Town of Bon Accord
- City of Fort Saskatchewan
- City of Edmonton
- Strathcona County
- Sturgeon County
- Alberta Industrial Heartland Association
- Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation
- Merry R
- Olstad R
- Approval
- Approved with conditions
- Conditions
- CONDITIONS
- The Board conditions TOTAL’s approval to require it to achieve 99.5 per cent sulphur recovery on a calendar quarter-year basis within 6 months of commencing start-up activities.
- The Board conditions the approval to require TOTAL to conduct a full-scale emergency response exercise that must be performed during a peak traffic period and include notification and actual or simulated evacuation of affected residents/exercise participants prior to start up of operations.
- The Board conditions the approval to require TOTAL to submit in its site-specific ERP, an assessment of all hazards, including an H2S release, and appropriate responses based on the particular hazard for the Board’s review and approval following completion of detailed engineering and design, and its full-scale emergency response exercise.
- The Board conditions the approval to require TOTAL to submit a revised NIA, prepared in accordance with the requirements of Directive 038, six months prior to starting construction.
- The Board conditions the approval to require TOTAL to redo its baseline sound monitoring surveys, in accordance with the requirements of Directive 038, which will include the simultaneous measurement of the A-weighted and C-weighted sound levels in 1/3 octave band values.
- The Board conditions TOTAL’s approval to require TOTAL to conduct the post-commissioning sound monitoring survey three months after start-up to verify compliance with the requirements of Directive 038.
- The Board conditions the approval to expire on December 31, 2016, unless TOTAL satisfies the Board by no later than October 1, 2016, that construction has commenced or unless the Board stipulates a later date.
- Location
- xx-17-055-21W4
- xx-18-055-21W4
- xx-19-055-21W4
- xx-20-055-21W4
- xx-24-055-22W4
- xx-25-055-22W4
- xx-36-055-22W4