Committee Members |
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| Gerry DeSorcy - Chairman | Marilyn Craig - Secretariat |
| Judith Bugg – Public-at-large | Tim Lambert* – Regional Health Auth. |
| Richard Roberts – Praxis | John Squarek – Oil & Gas Industry |
| Randy Gossen – Oil & Gas Industry | Rob Ollerenshaw – Land Dev. Ind. |
| Frank George – Oil & Gas Industry | David Wilson – Risk Research |
| Paul Jackson – Public-at-large | Doreen Healy – Aboriginal Community |
| Barry Virtue – AUMA | Cindy Miller Reade – AB Mun. Affairs |
| Bill Symonds**– AB Mun. Affairs | Ralph Holmes #– Disaster Services |
| Bob Clark – Land Dev. Industry | |
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Regulatory Support |
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| David DeGagne | Harry Lillo |
| Don Beamer | Aliya Rajabali |
Committee Members and Regulatory Support Staff Absent |
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| Rob McManus – B.C. Oil & Gas Comm. | Ron Wolsey – Disaster Services |
| Maureen Bolen – AB Agriculture | Brian Winter – Public-at-large |
| Marjorie Young – City of Calgary Admin. | Brent Friesen – Regional Health Auth. |
| David Spink – AB Environment | Steve Hrudey – Risk Research |
| Kevin McLeod – Alberta Health | Bart Guyon – AAMD&C |
| Dan Clarke – AB Human Resources | Arden Berg – Regulatory Support |
Guests |
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| Richard Roberts – Praxis | Joan Wood – Praxis |
| Dave deLange - Praxis | Carmen Blain - Praxis |
The meeting was opened and members welcomed by the Chairman. Visitors Bill Symonds, Alberta Municipal Affairs, and Ralph Holmes, Alberta Disaster Services were welcomed.
Minutes of the July 21 meeting were approved subject to minor changes as identified during the meeting. The minutes will be amended and placed on the Committee web site.
Marilyn provided the Committee with information via e-mail to satisfy outstanding action items. There was no discussion regarding these items.
A file containing newspaper clippings relevant to the Committee, EUB Statistical Series 2000-60B report Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring Report, and EUB public complaint information was circulated for information purposes. Committee members were also provided with copies of a draft CAPP Stewardship program report and EUB report, Regulatory Highlights for 1999.
A discussion regarding the outline and drafting of the Directions Document took place. The Chairman provided his view that he felt several sections of the Directions Document could be drafted while the Committee continues its work. It was agreed that sections I, II, part of III and V could be drafted in advance. Other sections of the report are dependent on the September workshop and will be completed later.
The Committee discussed the difference between the Directions Document and the final report. It was agreed that the Directions Document can express conclusions of the Committee in a general way identifying problem areas, laying out principles and identifying broad ways of addressing the problems. The final report will be more specific. The report will also explicitly state what issues are outside of the Committee’s mandate and indicate the responsible group that they will be forwarded to.
Action Item: Gerry, David and Marilyn will draft sections I, II, part of III and V of the report and circulate to the Committee for comment as each section is completed.
It was proposed that Appendix C (lettering may change) of the Directions Document and the final report would be a summary of all input that the Committee received from all sources except the telephone survey which will be a separate Appendix. A draft of the summary for the Prevention, Policy and Jurisdictions working group was circulated for review and discussion of format and content prior to the meeting. It was agreed to continue to draft the other sections of the Appendix in a similar manner.
Action Item: David DeGagne will complete a draft of Appendix C and forward it to Committee members for review and comment before finalizing.
Praxis representatives Dave de Lange, Carmen Blain, Richard Roberts and Joan Wood provided the Committee with an overview of the quantitative and qualitative results of the Committee’s telephone survey. A draft hardcopy report was also provided.
Some of the general observations made included: that there is a high level of awareness of sour gas especially in rural areas, there was higher awareness of risks of sour gas than benefits to the community, there is a need for improved communication regarding sour gas, and there is a greater comfort level with sour gas amongst those who had had personal contact with the operator(s).
Praxis will identify areas where data is not statistically valid due to small sampling size in the next draft of the report. This information should only be used by the Committee as qualitative information for decision making along with other information the Committee has received.
Action Item: Praxis will provide Marilyn with lists of responses to open-ended questions and they will be made available to the Committee to use as needed.
Action Item: Where sample sizes are large enough, Praxis will break the data down by region for Committee use. Responses to open- ended questions will be broken down in a similar manner. Praxis will provide this information to the Committee by mid week of 14 August. If the Committee would like any further break- downs of data please contact Praxis directly.
Doreen provided the Committee with an overview of Aboriginal meetings held since the last Committee meeting, others planned, and those still being planned. Some groups have agreed to provide written input to the Committee and Doreen has given them until the end of August to provide their information. Cliff Supernault is organizing a Metis session.
A summary of issues and suggestions from the meetings was also provided. Notes of sessions are being prepared and will be provided to the Committee once they are finalized. A summary of all Aboriginal sessions will also be prepared once all input has been received.
Action Item: Praxis, in consultation with Doreen, will prepare a summary of the Aboriginal sessions held following the August 15 meeting with the Stoney tribe with a footnote indicating that it is not yet complete pending completion of further meetings and receipt of additional written input.
Fall Outreach: Praxis provided the Committee with a draft proposal of the fall outreach sesions for the Committee’s consideration. A discussion took place regarding the format, timing and other details. It was agreed that everyone who had previously participated in the process must have an opportunity to provide input during the second phase of outreach. Several suggestions were made regarding methods that could be used to receive input including meetings in the communities, telephone interviews, and written reaction.
It is hoped that the Directions Document can be finalized and sent out by the end of September or first week of October with outreach sessions taking place possibly the last two weeks of October.
Action Item: Praxis will develop a revised proposal based on the discussion and suggestions made by Committee members and provide it to the Committee next week.
August 31 Committee Meeting: It was agreed that Working group sessions would take place in the morning until 11:00am. The full Committee will meet and deal with Committee business between 11:00am and 1:00pm. There will be mini workshop held from 1:00pm until 6:00pm to discuss and agree on issues. It was agreed that the meeting will be held in Edmonton. Details will be provided.
September 18 to 20 Workshop: The workshop will focus on addressing directions and reaching consensus on possible solutions to the issues agreed to at the August 31 meeting. It was agreed that it would be best to find a location away from people’s offices and several suggestions were made. Details of the workshop will be finalized and provided to the Committee as soon as possible.
Some Committee members asked that a complete listing of key documents that had been provided throughout the process be compiled and made available. Also, members asked that all documents required for future meetings be identified.
Action Item: Marilyn will have a list of all key documents compiled and provided to the Committee. All documents required for future meetings will be identified prior to meetings.
David Wilson offered to provide the presentation and tour of the University of Alberta facilities he provided to the Event Consequence Management Working Group for anyone interested. Committee members should let David know if they are interested.
31 August 2000 Edmonton – details to be provided.
18 to 20 September 2000 – Full Committee Workshop – details to be provided.