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Regulatory Requirements
May 28, 2016
Agenda
AER 2
The Pipeline Act
AER 4
The Pipeline Act
AER 5
Depth of Cover
• Must be deep enough to meet
the requirements of CSA and
the Pipeline Rules.
AER 7
Trenching/Top Soil Separation
Suitable soil, to
eliminate damage
to pipe
AER 8
Boring
AER 9
HDD Containment and Cleanup
AER 10
HDD Containment and Cleanup
(continued)
AER 11
Drilling Waste
AER 13
Drilling Execution Plan
AER 15
Public Lands Act Requirements
AER 17
PLA Authorizations
AER 18
Though a pipeline right of way may ‘belong’ to a company,
they may not use it for unrelated access purposes.
AER 19
Disposition Requirements
AER 20
Timber Salvage Requirements
• Timber Salvage not removed
within 60 days (Brush Disposal).
AER 21
Brush Disposal Requirements
AER 22
Time Restriction Requirements
• Applies to sensitive wildlife zones
(caribou, grizzly, etc.)
AER 23
Examples:
1. PLA pipeline built in key wildlife and biodiversity
zone, restricted activity period from Jan. 15
to Apr. 30. The pipeline is within 100 m of
existing arterial all-weather road, therefore
it is exempt from the restriction.
2. Approved pipeline being built in caribou zone.
The approval has a timing restriction of
Feb. 15–Jul. 30. Inspection conducted on
Feb. 20 indicates construction is ongoing.
Company is in contravention, and operations
will likely be suspended.
AER 24
Water Management Requirements
AER 25
Permanent or Fish-Bearing
Watercourses
Responsibility of the disposition holder
to ensure the crossing and associated
banks are maintained.
• Public safety
• Protection of watercourse and habitat
• Temporary crossings:
- Separation layer preventing Example of a ‘Snirt’ Fill over a
sedimentation is not installed Permanent fish bearing creek.
between logs and clay on a
log till
- Soil must not be mixed with
snow on a snow fill (snirt fill) AER 28
Satisfactory crossing of small permanent
creek after open cut. Flow has been restored
to its natural trajectory, is unimpeded, and
banks are stable with erosion control.
AER 29
Intermittent Watercourse, Wetland,
Cross-Drain, other Non-Fish-
Bearing Watercourse
Similar concerns:
• Stability/erosion
• Downstream sedimentation
• Ensuring drainage is maintained
AER 30
Crossing Types as Per Approval
AER 31
Interference with Natural Drainage
AER 32
Construction of a pipeline interfering with drainage
causing flooding of the Right of Way.
AER 33
Disturbance to Bed and Shore
AER 34
Conservation and
Reclamation Techniques
Ultimate goal of soil conservation:
• Section 21(f) of Public Lands Administration
Regulation (PLAR)
• “The holder of a formal disposition… must,
on the expiry, cancellation, surrender, or
abandonment of the formal disposition,
reclaim the subject land to an equivalent
land capability.”
AER 35
Soil Conservation and Handling
AER 36
Soil Conservation and Handling
(continued)
AER 38
Rollback Requirements
AER 40
Siting Requirements
AER 42
Wildlife Surveys
• sensitive snakes
• sharp-tailed grouse
• swift fox
• Ord’s kangaroo rat
• endangered and threatened plants
AER 44
Wildlife Surveys (continued)
AER 45
Wildlife Sweeps
AER 46
Incidental Activities
AER 48
Pipeline ROW Width (continued)
AER 49
Slope
AER 53
Weed Management
Canada Thistle
AER 54
Water Act Code of Practice
AER 55
Water Act Code of Practice
AER 56
Water Act Code of Practice
AER 58
Water Act Code of Practice (continued)
AER 59
Water Act Code of Practice (continued)
AER 61
Water Act Codes of Practice
AER 62
Water Act Codes of Practice (continued)
AER 63
Water Act Codes of Practice (continued)
AER 64
Water Act Codes of Practice (continued)
AER 65
Water Act Codes of Practice
AER 66
Water Act Codes of Practice
AER 69
All photos are taken from the AER’s EOP Pipeline
Training Manual, unless otherwise noted.