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Oil Sands Conservation Regulation (Alta Reg. 76/88).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Alberta
Document type
Regulation
Date
1988 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Mining Minerals Oil Pollution control Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Entry into force notes
For the purpose of ensuring its revision, this Regulation expires on 30 June 2021.
Abstract

The present Regulation ensures the implementation of the Oil Sands Conservation Act. It contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein, such as “central processing facility”, “commercial scheme”, “evaluation well”, “experimental well”, “liquid spill”, “mine site”, “oil sands strata”, “solution gas”, etc. According to section 3, no operator shall commence, suspend or abandon an oil sands site, an experimental scheme, an in situ operation, a mining operation or a processing plant until the Board has granted approval to do so. Part 3 lays down provisions relating to mining operations dealing with, among others, issues such as storage, mining site plant, number of wells for surface facilities, mining operation records. Part 4 covers in situ operations containing rules on construction of a central processing facility, disposal of sand, conduct of operations, common flow lines, reporting from a facility. etc. Processing plants are dealt with in Part 5. It contains, among others, provisions relating to the discharge of gas into the atmosphere, processing plant records, etc. The Regulation consist of 62 section divided into 7 Parts.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ab.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Oil Sands Conservation Act (RSA 2000, c. O-7).

Legislation | Canada | 1983 (2020)

Keyword: Oil, Pollution control, Data collection/reporting, Exploration, Transport/storage, Institution, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX