Transcript Government of Alberta PowerPoint Presentations

Responsible Energy Development
Act
Alberta Energy Regulator Update
Alberta College of Professional Foresters
Regulatory Enhancement Project
How we got here:
• 2010 Regulatory
Enhancement Task Force
established
• Enhancing Assurance –
Discussion document
– released May 2011
• Moving forward with the 6
recommendations
Policy Management Office
1. Building and managing principle of:
– Government developing policy
– The Alberta Energy Regulator providing operational delivery
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Proclamation of REDA to establish the Alberta Energy Regulator
Policy Integration
Public Engagement Framework
Performance Evaluation
Risk Management Framework
Responsible Energy Development Act
• The Alberta Energy Regulator will assume all upstream oil, gas, oil
sands and coal regulatory functions.
• It will be an independent, arm’s length agency, not a Government of
Alberta Department.
• The legislation does not include mineral tenure, and Surface Rights
Board functions.
• Regulator’s Mandate
– “Provide for the efficient, safe, orderly and environmentally responsible
development of Alberta’s energy resources.”
Alberta Energy Regulator
• Considering and deciding applications
• Monitoring compliance
• Monitoring site conditions and effects on the environment
• Overseeing suspension, abandonment, and closure
• Remediation and reclamation
• Landowner Registry
Corporate Structure
Government of Alberta
Corporate Governance
Board
Hearing
Commissioners
Chief Executive Officer
& staff
Single Regulator
Consultations
• Consultation sessions (19) February-March
• Aboriginal consultation April-June (First Nations and Metis)
• On line consultation has been extended to June 30th to obtain input
on key policy questions around:
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Engagement in the process
Protecting Interests of landowners
Landowner registry
Notes on consultation feedback and interim what we heard report are
posted: http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/
• Next steps – phased implementation; ongoing dialogue with key
stakeholders, aboriginal groups
Phased Implementation
• Regulator responsibilities will be phased in starting with the ERCB
energy related enactments.
• Proclamation of certain REDA provisions in June 2013 – except
phased new items: public notice of applications, environmental
statutes (EPEA, Water Act, Public Lands Act, Part 8 Mines &
Minerals Act), registry for private surface agreements
• Fully integrated Regulator by June 2014.
Contact Information
Wade Clark, Executive Director
Policy and Regulatory Alignment
(780) 427-7426
Todd Letwin, Senior Manager
Policy Integration and Development
(780) 427-4768