Remediation and

Contamination

Management

Adrian Kerry

Daniel Pollard

Remediation and Contamination, Closure &

Liability (Oil & Gas) November 07, 2017

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Organizational

Structure

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Operations Division

Teams within branches assigned to

specific sectors:

• Oil and Gas

• Pipelines

• Mining

• In Situ

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Contamination:

Who gets

involved?

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Coordination of Information Centre:

1-800-222-6514

Environment and Operational

Performance Branch

Closure & Liability Branch

Authorizations Branch

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SMEs for

Contamination

Management

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Subject Matter Experts within:

• Closure & Liability Branch - Specialists for

remediation and contamination; risk

assessment; soil; groundwater; reclamation

and conservation; drilling waste;

environmental liability assessments;

insolvency management; and compliance.

• Authorizations Branch: Specialists for air

and water quality; biologists; hydrologists;

and waste & storage application specialists.

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Resources

Available

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www.aer.ca

• Compliance & Enforcement

• Abandonment & Reclamation

– Contamination Tools and

Regulations

– Subsoil Salinity Tool

Assessment Checklist

– Remediation Action Plan

Checklist

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9aer.ca > Abandonment & Reclamation > Reclamation & Remediation > Remediation

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aer.ca > Abandonment & Reclamation > Reclamation & Remediation >

Reclamation

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Remediation &

Contamination

Management

(C&L)

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Involved with:

• Organics in Peatlands

• Subsoil Salinity Tool Updates

• Policy Discussions

• Remediation Regulation

Working on:

• Risk Matrix

• Stage Gates

• Guidance Documents/Tools

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Feedback?

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What guidance, FAQs or tools

would be beneficial?

General feedback?

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