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A before after dose response (BADR) : terrestrial biological monitoring framework for the oil sands.

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This Technical Report provides an overview of the hierarchical Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) study design that was developed to provide an integrated, efficient framework for the Terrestrial... More ≫

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This Technical Report provides an overview of the hierarchical Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) study design that was developed to provide an integrated, efficient framework for the Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM) component of the OSM Program. BADR is a monitoring design that measures changes in select indicator groups and attributes those changes to oil sands activities using two monitoring approaches: (1) Before-After: Monitoring at different phases of oil sands development (currently developed, not developed, and reference); and (2) Dose-Response: Monitoring along a gradient of current oil sands disturbance (high to low). The combination of these two approaches forms the BADR design. By repeatedly surveying monitoring locations within this design over time, the TBM program can gain information on how biological systems respond to known stressor gradients in the oil sands region.

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Environmental assessment program : standardized terms of reference [2019]

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Standardized Terms of Reference have been developed for environmental assessments for in-situ, oil sands mining, and coal mining projects. Project proponents should use the applicable standardized... More ≫

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Standardized Terms of Reference have been developed for environmental assessments for in-situ, oil sands mining, and coal mining projects. Project proponents should use the applicable standardized Terms of Reference as a template for the development of their project-specific proposed proposed Terms of Reference.

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Annual emissions inventory report standard and guidance document : 2020 and 2021 emissions inventory years. Version 2.0

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The purpose of this resource is to assist approved industrial operations in meeting the annual emissions inventory reporting requirements as set out in the Alberta Air Monitoring Directive.... More ≫

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The purpose of this resource is to assist approved industrial operations in meeting the annual emissions inventory reporting requirements as set out in the Alberta Air Monitoring Directive. Although mainly a guidance document, the Annual Emissions Inventory Report Standard is also a reporting standard and does have some mandatory requirements that are required to be met or followed.

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Results of the Alberta Annual Emissions Inventory Reporting Program

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This annual report is intended to provide Albertans with summary information on results of the Alberta Air Emissions Inventory Reporting Program. The report examines the data collected in... More ≫

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This annual report is intended to provide Albertans with summary information on results of the Alberta Air Emissions Inventory Reporting Program. The report examines the data collected in submitted annual emissions inventory reports from approved industrial facilities in Alberta. The report also includes summary results from Environment and Parks’ analysis of additional air emission sources not covered by the program.

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Synthesis report of the enhanced monitoring program on the Lower Athabasca River 2019-2020

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This document summarizes work completed for the Lower Athabasca River enhanced monitoring program for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Data that has been generated from this program to date includes... More ≫

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This document summarizes work completed for the Lower Athabasca River enhanced monitoring program for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Data that has been generated from this program to date includes surface water quality, sediment quality, fish health endpoints, and fish communities.

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Air monitoring directive

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The Air Monitoring Directive (2016) supersedes the original 1989 Air Monitoring Directive and the 2006 Amendments to the Air Monitoring Directive, 1989. Alberta’s Air Monitoring Directive (AMD)... More ≫

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The Air Monitoring Directive (2016) supersedes the original 1989 Air Monitoring Directive and the 2006 Amendments to the Air Monitoring Directive, 1989. Alberta’s Air Monitoring Directive (AMD) sets out the requirements for monitoring and reporting air quality in the province. The AMD is made up of nine chapters, which will be reviewed and revised as needed. Amendments or new draft chapters will be posted for public review. Note that Chapter 2 of the AMD was repealed as of December 2019. See the related tab of this record to view superseded and repealed versions of directive chapters.

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Summary of enhanced monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River, 2018

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Summarizes work completed for the Lower Athabasca River enhanced monitoring program in 2018. Data that has been generated from this program to date includes surface water quality, sediment... More ≫

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Summarizes work completed for the Lower Athabasca River enhanced monitoring program in 2018. Data that has been generated from this program to date includes surface water quality, sediment quality, fish health endpoints, and fish communities. These data are provided in appendices at the end of this report.

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A study design for enhanced environmental monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River

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Presents an enhanced sampling design for deployment in the Lower Athabasca River. It represents one component of work to describe baseline environmental conditions in the Lower Athabasca River... More ≫

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Presents an enhanced sampling design for deployment in the Lower Athabasca River. It represents one component of work to describe baseline environmental conditions in the Lower Athabasca River prior to the potential release of coke slurry-treated oil sands process affected water (OSPW). The document describes sampling locations and sampling frequency to establish a comprehensive description of baseline environmental conditions in surface water chemistry, benthic sediments, benthic algae, benthic macroinvertebrates, and small-bodied fish.

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Oil Sands Monitoring Program : integration workshop reports (part 1 of 2)

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This report provides the results of seven technical integration workshops sponsored by the Oil Sands Monitoring program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year held between the end of October 2018 and early... More ≫

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This report provides the results of seven technical integration workshops sponsored by the Oil Sands Monitoring program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year held between the end of October 2018 and early February 2019. The seven workshops covered the following topics : terrestrial biological monitoring; groundwater; surface water and aquatic biology; atmospheric deposition, geospatial science, mercury, and predictive modelling. This report is a summary of detailed notes taken during each workshop.

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Oil Sands Monitoring Program : recommendation report (part 2 of 2)

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This report presents recommendations for the steps that should be taken by the Oils Sands Monitoring Program to: address the priority key questions that were identified as rising out of seven... More ≫

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This report presents recommendations for the steps that should be taken by the Oils Sands Monitoring Program to: address the priority key questions that were identified as rising out of seven workshops held between the end of October 2018 and early February 2019; achieve the program's objectives; and integrate the program in a manner consistent with its operational framework agreement.

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