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Standard for completing greenhouse gas compliance and forecasting report. Version 1.x

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Overview of compliance and forecasting reporting under Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation for the 2018 calendar year and after.

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Standard for establishing and assigning benchmarks. Version 1.0

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The purpose of this document is to assist persons responsible for facilities that are regulated by, or considering application to be regulated by, the Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation.... More ≫

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The purpose of this document is to assist persons responsible for facilities that are regulated by, or considering application to be regulated by, the Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation. The document outlines the methods for establishing and assigning emissions intensity benchmarks that apply to the production of goods and processes at regulated facilities. It also outlines criteria detailing opt-in eligibility and the application process for opt-in to the regulation. Additional information regarding details on emissions scope and coverage, tightening rate, review periods and the assignment of transition allocation benchmarks is also provided.

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Standard for verification. Version 1.0

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Overview of the verification required under Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation for the 2018 calendar year and after.

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Standard for greenhouse gas emission offset project developers. Version 1.0

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The Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project Developers has been released as one of a series of standards under Alberta's Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation. This is version... More ≫

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The Standard for Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Project Developers has been released as one of a series of standards under Alberta's Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation. This is version 1.0 of this standard.

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Industrial activity in the Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Native Grasslands : strategies for minimizing surface disturbance

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Provides guidance on minimizing surface disturbances for Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Natural Subregions. Describes the important grasslands in these subregions and outlines best practices... More ≫

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Provides guidance on minimizing surface disturbances for Central Parkland and Northern Fescue Natural Subregions. Describes the important grasslands in these subregions and outlines best practices for conservation and reclamation. The intent is to also to educate and alert all industries to the environmental and economic risks of disturbing the remaining grasslands in the Central Parkland and Northern Fescue subregions.

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Principles for minimizing surface disturbances in native grassland : principles, guidelines, and tools for all industrial activity in Native Grassland in the Prairie and Parkland landscapes of Alberta

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Recognizing the diversity of industrial activity on the landscape, this document is intended to provide government regulatory agencies and industry with a comprehensive set of principles and... More ≫

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Recognizing the diversity of industrial activity on the landscape, this document is intended to provide government regulatory agencies and industry with a comprehensive set of principles and guidelines for all industrial activity in native grassland landscapes. Many of the principles are requirements for development on public lands, as stated in the standards and conditions of public lands formal dispositions, authorizations and approvals. These principles and guidelines are also appropriate and applicable to other land holders for the promotion and advancement of avoidance and minimal disturbance practices.

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Quantification protocol for landfill gas capture and combustion. Version 2.0

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Anaerobic decomposition of organic waste materials in a landfill generates gases that contain approximately 60 per cent methane, a greenhouse gas (GHG). The amount of methane emitted from a... More ≫

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Anaerobic decomposition of organic waste materials in a landfill generates gases that contain approximately 60 per cent methane, a greenhouse gas (GHG). The amount of methane emitted from a landfill can be reduced through the installation of landfill gas capture and combustion technology to convert the methane to carbon dioxide. Combustion with energy recovery further reduces GHG emissions by displacing fossil fuel sourced energy to generate heat and electricity. This document presents the methodology for quantifying methane emission reductions which result from the use of one or both of these methods of reducing methane emissions.

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Minimum standards and suggested protocol and priorities for establishing and measuring permanent sample plots in Alberta

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As a part of an integrated provincial growth and yield initiative (PGYI), this document describes the minimum standards for accepting existing permanent sample plots (PSPs) and measuring new PSPs... More ≫

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As a part of an integrated provincial growth and yield initiative (PGYI), this document describes the minimum standards for accepting existing permanent sample plots (PSPs) and measuring new PSPs in Alberta. Variables required to be measured at plot and tree levels are described, along with relevant reporting formats for a centralized provincial database. Priorities for establishing and measuring new PSPs in Alberta where significant data gaps exist are identified. The primary goal of this document is to ensure the quality, usefulness and compatibility of collected PSP datasets from different agencies, for the purpose of modeling the growth and yield of natural and post-harvest stands under existing and emerging conditions in a collaborative, efficient, consistent, compatible and scientifically defensible manner.

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Code of conduct for the Land Agent Advisory Committee [2015]

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The Land Agent Advisory Committee makes recommendations to the Minister of Labour or the Registrar of Land Agents respecting the qualifications of applicants for licences, standards of conduct of... More ≫

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The Land Agent Advisory Committee makes recommendations to the Minister of Labour or the Registrar of Land Agents respecting the qualifications of applicants for licences, standards of conduct of land agents and any other matters requested by the Minister or the Registrar.

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Quantification protocol for biofuel production and usage. Version 2.0

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Written for the biofuel production facility or project developer, this protocol quantifies the emission reductions from the avoidance of fossil fuel consumption when the fossil fuel is replaced by... More ≫

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Written for the biofuel production facility or project developer, this protocol quantifies the emission reductions from the avoidance of fossil fuel consumption when the fossil fuel is replaced by biofuels on an equivalent energy potential basis. The protocol also includes reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to any heat/power production and electricity generation related to the process, and from the avoidance of landfilling any materials which may be diverted for conversion to biofuel. The protocol is not intended to be prescriptive, but instead serve as a generic “recipe” for biofuel facility owners and operators to follow in order to meet measurement, monitoring and GHG quantification requirements.

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