AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN for OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL OF THE 2021 2022
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Attachment 1
APPROVAL OF THE 2021 – 2022
AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN for OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT
Marc D’Iorio, representing the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and
Tom Davis, representing the Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP),
Hereby approve the attached 2021-2022 Ambient Environment Monitoring Plan for Oil Sands
Development.
CONDITIONS
1. Approved funding envelopes will be fully released upon receipt and final co-Chair approval of
the updated work plans as required.
2. Budgets are to be managed to ensure approved activities are delivered efficiently without
unnecessary spending or exceeding allocated amounts.
3. Any potential major change requests to approved activities and budgets are to be identified as
early as possible, and communicated to Program Co-Chairs for approval.
4. Final total expenditures will not exceed $49,917,000
5. All data and information generated will be made publicly available and accessible as soon as
possible following its collection and verification through quality assurance and quality control
procedures, and will be accompanied by the appropriate context about the significance of the
results.
6. Any data or information that has immediate and significant impact on human or ecosystem
health will be provided to responsible agencies and potentially affected groups.
7. Alberta Environment and Parks, and Environment and Climate Change Canada will work
collaboratively on any communication arising from this work.
8. All funding accepted in 2021-2022 will be based upon signed acknowledgement of the Funding
Guidelines provided, which articulates expectations for project and financial updates,
adherence to the product notification and review process, technical reporting requirements,
and provision of data to the Oil Sands Monitoring Program.
APPROVED BY:
Diorio, Marc Digitally signed by Diorio, Marc
Date: 2021.06.04 14:09:58 -04'00'
_________________________________________ Date: ____________________________
Marc D’Iorio
Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology,
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Government of Canada
Tom Davis
Digitally signed by Tom Davis
Date: 2021.06.04 15:37:37
-06'00'
___________________________________________ Date: ____________________________
Tom Davis
Assistant Deputy Minister, Resource Stewardship,
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP)
Government of AlbertaAttachment 1 Page Left Intentionally Blank
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2021 – 2022 AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN for OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT
Amounts Approved
Activity Identifier Activity Name
(May 14, 2021)
A-LTM-S-1-2122 Atmospheric Pollutant Active Monitoring Network $11,541,094
A-PD-6-2122 Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring $4,713,968
W-LTM-S-1-2122 Surface Water Quantity Monitoring - Water Levels and Flows $1,786,633
W-LTM-S-2-2122 Surface Water Quality $5,742,748
W-LTM-S-3-2122 Aquatic Ecosystem Health Monitoring - Integrated CBM $1,659,016
W-LTM-S-4-2122 Core Biodiversity Monitoring - Benthic Macroinvertebrates $2,169,483
W-LTM-S-5-2122 Core Long-Term Fish Monitoring $1,403,783
W-RC-1-2122 Enhanced Monitoring of the Lower Athabasca River $1,204,312
Quantifying changes in biological and water quality endpoints in
W-MD-10-2122 lakes located in the AOSR utilizing historical datasets alongside $69,849
contemporary data from automated monitoring systems
B-LTM-TB-1-2122 Integrated Terrestrial Biological Monitoring $5,538,478
WL-PD-10-2122 Wetland Ecosystem Monitoring Program $1,426,539
GW-LTM-S-3-2122 Groundwater Monitoring $2,056,038
D-2-2122 OSM Data Services $1,783,078
D-3-2122 Data and Integrated Analytics TAC Scoping $73,514
D-4-2122 OSM monitoring framework $139,154
CC-2-2122 Integrated Geospatial Program $262,896
CC-8-2122 State of Environment Reporting $141,420
A-PD-7-2122 Air Quality Monitoring in the Peace Athabasca Delta $105,475
B-CM-10-2122 Fort McKay Métis Community-Based Wetland Monitoring $245,586
B-CM-15-2122 Athabasca Aquatic Monitoring Program $48,922
B-CM-16-2122 ICBM Facilitation Centre $1,125,196
B-CM-17-2122 Lakeland Metis Community Based Wildlife Monitoring Program $48,922
Ni ho ghe di – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Community Based
B-CM-8-2122 $391,372
Monitoring
B-CM-12-2122 Changes in Fish Tissue: IK and Western Science investigation. $179,162
B-CM-18-2122 McMurray Metis Data Integration $146,719
B-CM-19-2122 Metis Fish Health Assessment $140,731
B-CM-13-2122 CLFN integrated Community Based Monitoring Program $481,108
B-CM-3-2122 Community Led Berry Contamination Study $97,84303-06-2021 Page 4 of 5
Amounts Approved
Activity Identifier Activity Name
(May 14, 2021)
B-CM-9-2122 Mikisew Cree First Nation – Community Based Monitoring $342,451
B-CM-20-2122 Peavine Hydrology $48,922
ADM-1-2122 OSM Program Office - Program Administration $3,171,999
ADM-2-2122 OSM Science Secretariat & ICBMAC $1,630,589
GRAND TOTAL $49,917,000
Note: approved allocations for some projects involving multiple delivery partners are lower than the original request; where
required, work plans associated with those projects will be revised to reflect approved budget.
Summary of 2021-2022 OSM Funding by Program Theme Areas
OC Consensus Funding
Program Theme Recommendations to Co-
Chairs (May 14, 2021)
Air & Deposition Monitoring (Core) $16,255,062
Water Monitoring (Core) $12,761,663
Water Monitoring (FS) $1,274,161
Biodiversity Monitoring (Core) $5,538,478
Wetlands Monitoring (Core) $1,426,539
Groundwater Monitoring (Core) $2,056,038
Data Management, Integrated Analytics, & Cumulative Effects $1,995,746
Cross Cutting $404,316
Community Based Monitoring $3,402,408
Program Administration – Science Secretariat and Program Office $4,802,589
$49,917,00003-06-2021 Page 5 of 5
Glossary
- Long-term Monitoring - Surveillance (LTM-S): refers to the routine monitoring of status and
trends of physical/chemical/biological parameters related to oils sands development activities to
detect and evaluate changes in the environment over a period of time, typically >5 years.
- Long-term Monitoring - Effects (LTM-E): refers to the monitoring and assessment of the effects
of oils sands development activities on biological endpoints (individual, population and
community). This monitoring is implemented over a period, typically >5 years.
- Focused Study (FS): A class of purposeful, requested projects with definite start- and end-dates
(typically 3 years), according to the characteristics described below.
- Method Development (MD): refers to a study carried out to address limitation or deficiency
identified in current monitoring design and/or protocols that may impair the effective
monitoring of residual risk. This study requires a statement describing how the deficiency will be
mitigated.
- Effects Confirmation (EC): refers to a study carried out to confirm or quantify an initial
observation of significant effect.
- Investigation of Cause (IC): refers to hypothesis-driven studies designed to characterize the
potential cause of an observed adverse effect. This study is launched only when a specific
observation or monitoring result warrants mitigation.
- Establishing Reference Conditions (RC): refers to the monitoring and assessment of existing
conditions to characterize an anthropogenically undisturbed or minimally disturbed
environmental state as distinct from a disturbed state relative a particular stressor. This study
requires a statement of the expected outcome.
- Community Based Monitoring (CBM): refers to collaboration between concerned citizens,
government agencies, industry, academia, community groups, and local institutions to monitor
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