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Cenovus TL ULC Telephone Lake Project Environmental Impact Assessment December 2011

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Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations ºC Degrees Celsius $M Million Dollars % Percent Σ Sum

χ2 Chi-square δ Containing Delta σv Lateral (Horizontal) Turbulence Data σw Vertical Turbulence Data σy Initial Horizontal (Lateral) Dimension for Volume Source σz Initial Vertical Dimension for Volume Source μg Microgram (one one-thousandth of a gram)

μg/L Micrograms per Litre

μg/m3 Micrograms per Cubic Metre

μm Micrometre

μS/cm Microsiemens per Centimetre “ Inch +/- Plus/minus (give or take) < Less Than > Greater Than µg/m3 micrograms per cubic metre 2D Two Dimensional 3D Three Dimensional AAAQO Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives AADT Average Annual Daily Traffic AAFRD Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development AATC Ambient Air Technical Committee ABMI Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute ACCS Alberta Culture and Community Services ACFN Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ACIMS Alberta Conservation Information Management System ACPZ Audut Caribou Protection Zone ACR Alberta Chamber of Commerce ADOE Alberta Department of Energy AEAR Anthropogenic Edge-to-Area Ratio AEDPEA Alberta Economic Development, Policy and Economic Analysis AENV Alberta Environment and Water


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AEP Alberta Environmental Protection AEPEA Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act AESO Alberta Electric System Operator AGCC Alberta Ground Cover Classification AGRASID Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database AGS Alberta Geological Survey AHRE Alberta Human Resources and Employment AHS Alberta Health Services AIA Air Injection Area AIPPA Air Injection Predefined Pilot Area AITF Alberta Innovates Technology Futures ALC Absolute Lymphocyte Count ALSA Aquatics Local Study Area Ambient Sound Level

The composite of sound from all sources near and far. The normal or existing level of environmental sound at a given location.

ANC Acid-Neutralizing Capacity ANOVA Analysis of Variance ANPC Alberta Native Plant Council AO Aesthetic Objective AOSA Athabasca Oil Sands Area AOSERP Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program AOSTRA Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority API American Petroleum Institute AQLSA Air Quality Local Study Area AQRSA Air Quality Regional Study Area Aquifer Water-bearing material in any area from which water is most easily extracted. Aquitard A material of low permeability between aquifers that allows some measure of

leakage between the aquifers it separates. ARCGIS A trademarked geographic information system software produced by ESRI. Also

referred to as ArcGIS. ArcInfo A comprehensive mapping program, part of the ArcGIS family of programs,

possessing advanced geoprocessing and data conversion capabilities. ArcView A less powerful mapping program, the lowest level of the ArcGIS package, that

provides data visualization, query, analysis and integration capabilities along with the ability to create and edit simple geographic features.

AREA CALPUFF model run option, the method to solve analytically plume coming from area source.

ARSA Aquatics Regional Study Area A-scale Scale of noise monitor in dBA units displaying A-weighted sound level. ASCII America Standard Code for Information Interchange. Is a character encoding

system, based upon text, that allows translation of standard text data into data sets for numerous computer applications.


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ASL Ambient Sound Level ASRD Alberta Sustainable Resource Development ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ASWQG Alberta Surface Water Quality Guideline ATPRC Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation, and Culture ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ATV All-Terrain Vehicle AVI Alberta Vegetation Inventory. A system of classifying and mapping an area on

the basis of the dominant tree species. AWCRT Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Team A-Weighted Sound Pressure Level, dBA

The sound pressure level in decibels as measured on a sound level meter using the A-weighting filter network. The A-weighting filter de-emphasizes the very low and very high frequency components of the sound in a manner similar to the frequency response of the human ear and correlates well with subjective reactions to noise. All sound levels in this report are A-weighted, unless reported otherwise.

AWI Alberta Wetland Inventory. A system of classifying and mapping wetlands on the basis of vegetation composition, peat characteristics, and water dynamics in the system.

B(a)P Benzo(a)pyrene Ba Barium Background Noise The underlying level of noise present in the ambient noise, excluding the noise

source under investigation, when extraneous noise is removed. This is described using the L90 descriptor.

BASD Best-Adaptation-to-Stratigraphic-Data BATEA Best Available Technology Economically Achievable bbl/d Barrels per Day BC RISC British Columbia Resource Information Standards Committee BCC Boreal Caribou Committee BCF Bioconcentration Factor BCM Bank Cubic Metre Bedrock The body of rock that underlies the gravel, soil or other superficial material. Benthic Invertebrates

Organisms that live at the bottom of lakes, ponds or streams.

Benzene A colourless, liquid, flammable, aromatic hydrocarbon that boils at 80.1ºC and freezes at 5.4-5.5ºC. It is used to manufacture styrene and phenol.

BFW Boiler Feedwater BGWP Base of Groundwater Protection BiCGSTABP Bi-conjugate Gradient Stable Biodiversity The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (e.g., plant community

or a country). It includes all levels of organization, from genes to landscapes, and the ecological processes through which these levels are connected.


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Bitumen A highly viscous, tarry, black hydrocarbon material having an API gravity of about 9 (specific gravity about 1.0). It is a complex mixture of organic compounds. Carbon accounts for 80 to 85% of the elemental composition of bitumen, hydrogen 10%, sulphur 5%, and nitrogen, oxygen and trace elements form the remainder.

Blowdown The act of emptying or depressurizing material in a vessel. BMC Benchmark Concentration BMD Benchmark Dose BMR Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. BOD Biological Oxygen Demand BOP Blowout Prevention Borden # Borden number – code to provide a unique identifier for the location of

archaeological site Borrow Pit A bank or pit from which earth is taken for use in filling or embanking. Often

used in the construction of roads. BP Before Present Brackish Water Water with total dissolved solids concentration greater than 4,000 g/m3 BS&W Basic Sediments and Water BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene BWSG Biodiversity and Wildlife Subgroup C&R Conservation and Reclamation C2H6 Ethane C3H8 Propane C4H10 Butane C5 to C8 Carbon molecules containing 5 to 8 carbon atoms ca Circa (About) Ca Calcium Ca+2 Calcium Base Cation (Particle) CAC Criteria Air Contaminant CaCO3 Calcium carbonate CADD Computer-Assisted Drafting Design CAESA Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Calendar Day Stream day multiplied by a service factor for planned and unplanned downtime. CALGRID California Petrochemical Grid Model CALMET California Meteorological Model. Used to process meteorological data for input

into the CALPUFF model. CALPOST Postprocessor for CALPUFF model predictions CALPUFF California Puff model, used to estimate ambient concentrations of substances in

air, and deposition of those substances (e.g., acid deposition). CANSIS Canada Soil Information System Caprock A relatively impervious rock overlying an oil- or gas-bearing formation.


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CASA Clean Air Strategic Alliance Cation A positively charged ion. CBFM Continuous Boundary Flux Method CCME Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment CCRS Canada Centre for Remote Sensing CCS carbon capture and storage CD Compact Disc CDWQG Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines CEA Cumulative Effects Assessment CEAA Canadian Environmental Assessment Act CEC Cation Exchange Capacity CEGEP Collège d'Enseignement Général et Professionnel CEMA Cumulative Environmental Management Association Cenovus Cenovus TL ULC (unless otherwise noted) CEPA Canadian Environmental Protection Act CEQ Commission on Environmental Quality (Texas) CEQG Canadian Environmental Quality Guideline CERI Canadian Energy Research Institute CG Conjugate Gradient CGCM Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis CH4 Methane Cl Chlorine CLTP Christina Lake Thermal Project (a commercial scheme operated by Cenovus

FCCL Ltd.) cm Centimetre cm/d Centimetres per Day cm/s Centimetres per Second cm2 Square Centimetre cm2/s Square Centimetres per Second cm3 Cubic Centimetre CMHC Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CNRL Canadian Natural Resources Limited CO Carbon Monoxide CO2 Carbon Dioxide CO2E Carbon Dioxide Equivalent CO2E/d Carbon Dioxide Equivalent per Day CO2E/yr Carbon Dioxide Equivalent per Year CO3 Carbonate COC Chemical of Concern


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COD Chemical Oxygen Demand COMS Cenovus Operational Management System Connectivity A measure of how connected or spatially continuous a corridor or matrix is. Continuous Equivalent Sound Level

The steady A-weighted sound level over any specified period (not necessarily 24 hours) that has the same acoustic energy as the fluctuating noise during that period (with no consideration of night-time weighting). It is a measure of cumulative acoustical energy.

COPC Chemical of Potential Concern COS Carbonyl Sulphide COSEWIC Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Cp Centipoise cP Dynamic Viscosity with Units of Centipoise CPDFN Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation CPF Central Processing Facility CPUE Catch per Unit Effort CRISP Comprehensive Regional Infrastructure Sustainability Plan CSA Canadian Standards Association CSF Cancer Slope Factor CSOR Cumulative Steam-to-Oil Ratio CSQG Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines CSS Cyclic Steam Simulation CWE Cold Water Equivalent CWS Canada-Wide Standard CWTR Clearwater d Day D Darcy Unit of Permeability – defined as 0.986923 μm2 d.f. Degrees of Freedom dam Dekametre (ten metres) dam3 Dekametre Cubed (thousand cubic metres) dB (decibel) A unit describing the amplitude of sound, equal to 20 times the logarithm to the

base 10 of the ratio of the pressure of the sound measured to the reference pressure, which is 20 micropascals.

dBA (decibel A) Unit used for ‘A-weighted’ sound pressure levels. A-weighting is an adjustment made to sound-level measurement to approximate the response of the human ear.

dBC Decibel C = C-weighted sound pressure unit dbh Diameter at Breast Height DCEL Deer Creek Energy Limited Dead Oil A curve that displays the viscosity of a given oil as a function of temperature, in

the absence of any solution gas. Dilbit Any blend of diluent and bitumen.


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Diluent A light liquid hydrocarbon added to bitumen to lower viscosity and density. The thinning agent is used by the oil sands to make heavy oil more fluid so it can be transported.

DMBA Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid DO Dissolved Oxygen DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon DOW Dangerous Oilfield Waste dS/m DeciSiemens per Metre e3Sm3/d 1,000 standard meters cubed per day EAH East Athabasca Highway EC Electrical Conductivity Ecosystem An integrated and stable association of living and non-living resources

functioning within a defined physical location. A community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit. For the purposes of assessment, the ecosystem must be defined according to a particular unit and scale.

EDI Estimated Daily Intake Effluent Stream of water discharging from a source. EH&S Environmental Health and Safety EIA Environmental Impact Assessment. A review of the effects that a proposed

development will have on the local and regional environment. ELC Ecological Land Classification. A system of mapping an area on the basis of

vegetation composition and soil type. Elevation Measurement of the height of the land above sea level. EMP Environmental Management Plan EMT Emergency Medical Technician EnCana EnCana Oil and Gas Partnership EPEA Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (RSA 2000, c. E-12) EPLSG End Pit Lakes Subgroup EPT Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera ER Emergency Room ERCB Energy Resources Conservation Board ERP Emergency Response Plan ESA Environmental Site Assessment ESCC Endangered Species Conservation Committee ESDV Emergency Shutdown Valve ESP Electrical Submersible Pumps EST Environmental Sustainability Target EUB Alberta Energy Utilities Board EUE External upset End


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FAL Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Freshwater Aquatic Life

FCH Fort Chipewyan Airport FCPZ Firebag Caribou Protection Zone FCSS Family and Community Support Services FCTP Foster Creek Thermal Project (a commercial scheme operated by Cenovus

FCCL Ltd.) Fe Iron Fe(OH3) Ferric Hydroxide FEFLOW Finite Element Subsurface Flow Fen Sedge peat materials derived primarily from sedges with inclusions of partially

decayed stems of shrubs formed in a eutrophic environment due to the close association of the material with mineral rich waters. Minerotropic peat-forming wetlands that receive surface moisture from precipitation and groundwater. Fens are less acidic than bogs, deriving most of their water from groundwater rich in calcium and magnesium.

FG Fuel Gas FGD Flue Gas Desulphurization FMAOSS IRP Fort McMurray-Athabasca Oil Sands Subregional Integrated Resource Plan FMFN Fort McMurray First Nation FMI Formation Micro-Imager FMMOSIRP Fort McMurray Mineable Oil Sands Subregional Integrated Resource

Management Plan FMU Forest Management Unit FN First Nation Footprint The proposed development area of a project or facility that directly affects the

soil and vegetation components of the landscape. FPA Forest Protection Area Frequency, Hz The number of complete pressure fluctuations per second above and below

atmospheric pressure. FRL Fisheries Research Licence FRT Firebag River Tributary Fuel Type An identifiable association of fuel elements of distinctive species, form, size,

arrangement and continuity that will exhibit characteristic fire behaviour under defined burning conditions.

FWKO Free Water Knockout g Gram g/GJ Grams per Gigajoule g/s Grams per Second GA Greenhouse Gas + Aerosol Gas Cap A geological zone containing a mobile (free-flowing) gas phase, which is directly

above and hydraulically connected to an oil-bearing zone. GCDWQ Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality


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GDP Gross Domestic Product Geology The science of the Earth, including the composition, structure, and origin of its

rocks. GHG Greenhouse Gas. A substance in air that traps radiated heat from the Earth,

thereby increasing ambient temperatures. GIS Geographic Information System GJ Gigajoule GJ/d Gigajoules per Day GJ/hr Gigajoules per Hour GJ/Sm3 Gigajoules per Standard Cubic Metre GLIMPS Geographic Land Information Management Planning System GMF Groundwater Management Framework GMWL Global Meteoric Water Line GOR Gas-to-Oil Ratio (dry) GPS Global Positioning System GR Gamma ray Groundwater That part of the subsurface water that occurs beneath the water table, in soils

and geologic formations that are fully saturated. GW-h/yr Gigawatt Hours per Year h Hour H+ Hydrogen Ion H2O2 Hydrogen Peroxide H2S Hydrogen Sulphide H2SO4 Sulphuric Acid Ha Available Head ha Hectare Habitat The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives or

occurs. Hardness Calculated mainly from the calcium and magnesium concentrations in water;

originally developed as a measure of the capacity of water to precipitate soap. The hardness of water is environmentally important since it is inversely related to the toxicity of some metals (e.g., copper, nickel, lead, cadmium, chromium, silver and zinc).

HbCO Carboxyhemoglogin HCl Hydrochloric Acid HCO3 Bicarbonate He Helium HEAST Health Effects and Assessment Summary Table HHRA Human Health Risk Assessment HLSA Hydrogeological Local Study Area HNO3 Nitric Acid


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hp Horsepower HP High Pressure HQ Hazard Quotient HRIA Historical Resources Impact Assessment. A review of the effects that a

proposed development will have on the local and regional historic and prehistoric heritage of an area.

HRSA Hydrogeological Regional Study Area HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator HRV Historical Resource Value HSI Habitat Suitability Index. A model system that integrates the important ecological

parameters (food availability, nesting/den requirements, responses to disturbances, etc.) for a wildlife species to allow for an evaluation of baseline conditions and project effects.

HTS High Temperature Separator Hwy Highway Hydrogeology The study of the factors that deal with subsurface water (groundwater) and the

related geologic aspects of surface water. Groundwater as used here includes all water in the zone of saturation beneath the earth’s surface, except water chemically combined in minerals.

Hz Hertz IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer ID Interim Directive IDA Initial Development Area IDF Intensity-Duration-Frequency IF Incomplete Factorization IFN Instream Flow Need IGF Induced Gas Flotation IgG Antibody Immunoglobulin G IgM Antibody Immunoglobulin M IJ Integrated Joint IL Information Letter ILCR Incremental lifetime cancer risk ILM Integrated Land Use Management INAC Indian and Northern Affairs Canada In Situ Also known as “in place”. Refers to methods of extracting deep deposits of oil

sands without removing the groundcover. The in-situ technology in oil sands uses underground wells to recover the resources with less impact to the land, air and water than for oil sands mining.

Infrastructure Basic facilities, such as transportation, communications, power supplies and buildings, which enable an organization, project or community to function.

IORVL Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited IPM Individual PAH Method



IRC Industrial Relations Corporation IRIS US EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System IRP Integrated Resource Plan Isopach Map A geological map of subsurface strata showing the various thicknesses of a

given formation underlying an area. K Potassium K+ Potassium Base Cation (particle) keq Kiloequivalent – Equal to 1 kmol of Hydrogen Ion (H+) keq/ha/yr Kiloequivalent per Hectares per Year keqH+/ha/yr Kiloequivalent of Hydrogen Ion per Year kg Kilogram kg/d Kilograms per Day kg/h Kilograms per Hour kg/ha/yr Kilograms per Hectare per Year kg/m2 Kilograms per Square Metre kg/m3 Kilograms per Cubic Metre KgH+/ha/yr Kilograms of the Hydrogen Ion per Year Kh Horizontal Hydraulic Conductivity kha Kilo Hectare kHz Kilohertz KIR Key Indicator Resources kJ/kg Kilojoules per Kilogram km Kilometre km/hr Kilometres per Hour km/km2 Kilometres per Square Kilometre km/yr Kilometres per Year km2 Square Kilometre kmol Kilomole, 103 mol kmolH+ Kilomole Equivalent of H+ (hydrogen ion) kPa Kilopascal kPa kilopascal kPa,a Kilopascal Absolute kPa/m Kilopascal per Metre kPag Kilopascal Gauge kt/yr Kilotonnes per Year Kv Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity kV Kilovolt L Litre L/d Litres per Day



L/d/m Litres per day per metre; refers to groundwater flow across a surface, expressed as the volume of water per day per lineal metre of the surface. Total volume of water flowing across the entire surface is therefore L/day/m times the length of the surface, in m.

L/ha/yr Litres per Hectare per Year L/s Litres per Second L10, L50, L90 The A-weighted noise levels that are exceeded 10%, 50%, and 90% of the time

during the measurement time. LACT Lease Automatic Custody Transfer LAI Leaf Area Index LANDSAT TM The US Geological Survey collects Earth’s surface land information obtained by

Landsat satellites. Landsat thematic mapper – TM data provide land surface information from the early 1980’s to present.

LCC Landscape Cover Class LCP Least Cost Path Leq Energy Equivalent Sound Level LFH Upper organic layers of soil (in “L” the organic structure is easily discernible in

“F:, the original structure is difficult to recognize, and in “H” the original structure is indiscernible).

LFN Low Frequency Noise Lmin, Lmax The A-weighted lowest and highest noise levels recorded during the

measurement time. LNAPL Light Non-aqueous Phase Liquids LOAEL Lowest Observable Adverse Effect Level LOC Licence of Occupation LP Low Pressure LRRI Land Resource Research Institute LSAS Land Status Automated System LSD Legal Sub-division LUB Land Use Bylaw LUC Land Use Category m Metre m/d Metres per Day m/s Metres per Second m/yr Metres per Year m2 Square Metre m2/d Square Metres per Day m2/s/km2 Cubic Metres per Second per Cubic Kilometre m3 Cubic Metre m3/d Cubic Metres per Day m3/hr Cubic Metres per Hour m3/s Cubic Metres per Second



m3/yr Cubic Metres per Year Ma Millions of Years MAC Maximum Acceptable Concentration magox Magnesium Oxide Make-up Water The process water required to replace that lost by evaporation or leakage in a

closed-circuit, recycle operation. MARP Measurement, Accounting and Reporting Plan masl Metres Above Sea Level MAST Mean Annual Soil Temperature mbal Metres Below Ground Level mbgl Metres below ground level MCC Motor Control Centre MCFN Mikisew Cree First Nation mD Milli Darcy MD Measured Depth MDL Method Detection Limit MESOPUFF II Mesoscale Puff Model mg Milligram Mg Magnesium mg/kg/d Milligrams per Kilograms Body Weight per Day mg/L Milligrams per Litre mg/L milligram per litre Mg+ Magnesium Ion Mg+2 Magnesium Base Cation (Particle) MgO Magnesium Oxide MgOH2 Magnesium Hydroxide MJ Megajoule MJ/m3 Megajoules per Cubic Metre MJ/Sm3 Megajoules per Standard Cubic Metre mKB Metres below Kelly Bushing level MLL Miscellaneous Lease mm Millimetre MM Million mm/d Millimetres per Day mm/hr Millimetres per Hour mm/yr Millimetres per Year MM5 Meso-scale Meteorological Model, Version 5 MMbbl Million barrels MMI Man-Machine Interface



Mn Manganese MNA Métis Nation of Alberta mole% Mole Ratio in Percent MOP Maximum Operating Pressure MOSS Mineable Oil Sands Strategy MP McElroy-Pooler mPa(s) Plural of mPa (mega pascal) a unit of pressure, equal to a million pascals. A

pascal is a Newton per metre-squared, and is equal to 0.020885 pound per square inch.

MPa-s Centipoise MPOI Maximum Point of Impingement MR Muskeg River MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRL Minimum Risk Level MSC Meteorological Service of Canada MSL Mineral Surface Lease Mt Mega Tonnes MVR Mechanical Vapour Recompression MW Megawatt MWD Measurement While Drilling MWh/yr Megawatt Hours per Year MWLAP Ministry of Water, Land and Air Pollution (British Columbia) MX75 Mannix 75 m Station N Nitrogen N2 Nitrogen gas N2O Nitrous Oxide Na Sodium NAABA Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard NAD North American Datum NADC Northern Alberta Development Corporation NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NB4 Northern Boreal Zone 4 NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NDF No Discernible Flow NEB National Energy Board NGA National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency NH3 Ammonia NH4 Ammonium Ion NIA Noise Impact Assessment



NLRHA Northern Lights Regional Health Authority NLRHC Northern Lights Regional Health Centre NLSA Noise Local Study Area NM No Measurement NO Nitric Oxide NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NO3 Nitrate (Particle) NO3

- Nitrate Ion NOAEL No-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level. The highest dose of a stressor to an

organism evaluated in a toxicity test that causes no statistically significant difference in effect as compared with the controls.

Noise Attenuation Noise reduction. The ability of a material, substance or medium to reduce the noise level from one place to another or between one room and another. Noise attenuation is specified in decibels.

Noise Spectrum Octave band noise components expressed in sound pressure levels; synonym of sound frequency spectra.

NOX Oxides of Nitrogen (NO, NO2) (gas), or All Nitrogen Species (e.g., NOX, N2O, N3O)

NPS Nominal Pipe Size NRCB National Resources Conservation Board NRSA Noise Regional Study Area NSMWG The NOx/SOx Management Working Group of the Cumulative Environmental

Management Association (CEMA). NTLU Non Traditional Land Use NTS National Topographic Series NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Units NWWG National Wetlands Working Group o/oo -7 per mile O2 Oxygen O3 Ozone Octave Band Groups of frequencies named by the center frequency where the upper limit is

always twice the lower limit of the range. Test data for performance of acoustical materials is standardized for easy comparison at the center frequencies.

Octave Band Measurement

Measurement of octave band noise levels by spectrum analyzer that combines the features of sound level measurement instrumentation with the frequency selectivity capability of bandpass filters.

OH Hydroxyl Ohm-m Ohm Metre – A unit of resistivity that is used on electric logs in boreholes. A high

ohm-metre value means that the material you are measuring has a high resistivity.

Oil Sands A sand deposit containing a heavy hydrocarbon (bitumen) in the intergranular pore space of sands and fine grained particles. Typical oil sands comprise approximately 10 wt% bitumen, 85% coarse sand (>44 µm) and a fines (<44 µm) fraction, consisting of silts and clays.



OIP Oil in Place ºK/m Degrees Kelvin OLM Ozone-Limiting Method OOIP Original Oil in Place ORF Oil Removal Filter OSA Oilsands Blend A (Suncor) OSCA Oil Sands Conservation Act OSDG Oil Sands Developers Group. A group that works to promote the responsible,

sustainable development of resources within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

OSE Oil Sands Exploration OSWWG Oil Sands Wetlands Working Group OTSG Once-Through Steam Generator Overburden The soil, sand, silt or clay that overlies a mineral deposit and must be removed

before mining (material below the soil profile and above the bituminous sand). P&NG Petroleum and Natural Gas PAD Peace-Athabasca Delta PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon. A chemical by-product of petroleum-related

industry. Aromatics are considered to be highly toxic components of petroleum products. PAHs are composed of at lease two fused benzene rings, many of which are potential carcinogens. Toxicity increases along with molecular size and degree of alkylation of the aromatic nucleus.

PAI Potential Acid Input. A measure of the total deposition of acidifying substances (including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonium, and base cations).

PAN Peroxyacetyl Nitrate PAW Primrose and Wolf Lake Pay The thickness associated with an oil bearing zone Pay Map A graphical map depicting the thickness of the oil bearing zone over a particular

piece of map/space. PB Project Boundary PC Personal Computer PCRAMMET A useful utility program to convert meteorological data from National Weather

Services (NWS) in USA to data format which can be used by EPA short term air quality dispersion models like ISC3 and AERMOD.

PDA Pre-disturbance Assessment PDB Pee Dee Belemnite PDD Public Disclosure Document PEF Potency Equivalence Factor Permeability The capacity of porous rock, sediment, soil or a medium for transmitting a fluid.

Has dimensions Length2. When measured in cm2, the value of permeability is very small, therefore more practical units are commonly used (i.e., Darcy [D] or millidarcy [mD].

PG Pasquill-Gifford



pH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity (based upon the concentration of the hydrogen ion) of a solution. Is expressed as the negative logarithm of hydrogen ion concentration.

PHC Petroleum Hydrocarbons PIRI Partnership in Risk-Based Corrective Action Implementation PLC Programmable Logic Controller PM Particulate matter. May be relatively large and derived from crustal sources such

as road dust (>10 μm), or be relatively small and derived from combustion sources both natural and anthropogenic sources (2.5 to 10 μm), or be derived through reactions in the atmosphere (secondary particulates; <2.5 μm).

PM10 Particulate matter with nominally smaller than 10 μm in diameter. PM2.5 Particulate Matter with a mean aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 microns (µm) or

smaller. PMC Pre-modern carbon (also known as Percent of Modern Carbon) POIP Produceable Oil in Place Porosity The percentage of the bulk volume of a rock or soil that is occupied by

interstices (minute openings or crevices), whether isolated or connected. PPA Proposed Project Area. The area outlining the boundary within which surface

and subsurface development is anticipated to occur over the life of a project. ppb Parts per Billion ppbv Parts per Billion by Volume ppm Parts per Million ppmw parts per million by weight Project Generic term used for the Telephone Lake Project (the subject of this

application) PS Percent Similarity psi Pounds per square inch PSL Permissible Sound Level. The allowable overall A-weighted sound level of noise

from energy industry sources, as specified by the EUB Noise Control Directive, which may contribute to the sound environment of a residential location.

PSU Pennsylvania State University PSV Pressure Safety Valve PWL Power Level (Sound) The total sound power emitted by a source in all

directions. Sound power is measured in watts. The reference selected for comparison is the picowatt (10 –12 W). Sound power level uses a logarithmic scale and is normally calculated from sound pressure level measurements near the source.

QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control QO Peak Oil Rate QRP Estimated discharge (Q) for the specified return period (RP). R Range R&D Research and Development RAC Reclamation Advisory Committee



RAIS Risk Assessment Information System RAMP Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program RBC Risk-Based Concentration RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCSG Reclamation Certification Subgroup RDL Reportable Detection Limit Receiver The location at which noise levels are computed and analyzed. Also referred to

a as the observer. Reclamation The process of stabilizing and returning disturbed land to a natural state of

equivalent or better capability. RELAD The Regional Langrangian Acid Deposition model, used to estimate acid

deposition (as PAI). RES Regional Emergency Services RfC Reference Concentration. The safe levels of air-borne chemicals in which the

primary (and almost exclusive) avenue of exposure is through inhalation (e.g., gases, vapours, aerosols). RfC is expressed as a concentration of the chemical in air (e.g., µg m-3).

RfD Reference Dose. The maximum recommended daily exposure for a chemical exhibiting a threshold (highly non-linear) dose-response based upon the NOAEL determined for the chemical from human and/or animal studies and the use of an appropriate uncertainty factor.

RFMA Registered Fur Management Area Rge Range RIC Resources Inventory Committee RIVAD/ARM3 Regional Impact in Visibility and Acid Deposition/Acid Rain Mountain Mesoscale

Model RIVM Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu RIWG Regional Issues Working Group RMA Resource Management Area RMWB Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ROW Right-of-way RRTAC Regional Research Technical Advisory Committee RsD Risk-specific Dose RSDS The Regional Sustainable Development Strategy for the Athabasca Oil Sands

Area, a document that sets out the provincial framework for development of management strategies for resolution of environmental issues.

RTP Relative Toxicological Potential Runoff The portion of water from rain and snow that flows over land to streams, ponds

or other surface waterbodies. It is the portion of water from precipitation that does not infiltrate into the ground, or evaporate.

RWG Reclamation Working Group S Section s or sec Second



S/cm Seconds per Centimetre SAC Strong Acid Cation SAGD Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage. An in-situ oil sands recovery technique that

involves the use of two horizontal wells, one to inject steam and a second to produce the bitumen.

SAGD Pay A geological term that identifies resource in place where both SAGD and SAP technologies could be applied to recover the bitumen.

SAGDable Oil in Place

The resource associated with a well pair calculated from the base of the bitumen to the top of the SAGD zone, over the planned drainage length.

Saline Water Water with total dissolved solids concentration greater than 4,000 g/m3. SAP Solvent-Aided Process SAR Sodium Adsorption Ratio SARA Species at Risk Act SCA Soil Correlation Area SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCM Surface Contour Maps SCPZ Steepbank Caribou Protection Zone SD Standard Deviation SE Standard Error SEA Socio-Economic Assessment SEI Socio-Economic Indicator SEIA Socio-Economic Impact Assessment SER Syncrude Emissions Reduction SERM Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management SEWG Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group of the Cumulative Environmental

Management Association (CEMA). SIL Soil Inventory Level. CALPUFF model run option where the puffs are treated as

elongated “slugs”. Usually, this option is used for accidental releases scenario and/or where transport from the source to receptors of interest is very short (possibly sub-hour transport). These cases generally involve demonstration of causality effects due to specific events in the near- to intermediate-field.

SiO2 Silica SIR Supplemental Information Request SLUG CALPUFF model run option where the puffs are treated as elongated “slugs”.

Usually, this option is used for accidental releases scenario and/or where transport from the source to receptors of interest is very short (possibly sub-hour transport). These cases generally involve demonstration of causality effects due to specific events in the near- to intermediate-field.

Sm3 Standard Cubic Metre – A volume measurement under defined temperature and pressure conditions.

Sm3/d Standard Cubic Metre per Day – A volume measurement under defined temperature and pressure conditions.

Sm3/hr Standard Cubic Metres per Hour



SO2 Sulphur Dioxide SO4 Sulphate SO4

-2 Sulphate (Particle) SOA Secondary Organic Aerosol option in CALPUFF model. The SOA module uses

monthly values of: fine particulate concentration in µg/m3, organic fraction of fine particulate, and VOC / NOx ratio (after reaction) to characterize the air mass when computing the formation of SOA from VOC emissions.

SOIP SAGD-able oil in place SOR Steam-Oil Ratio (dry) Sound Frequency Spectra

The frequency spectrum of a sound refers to the number of complete pressure fluctuations per second in the sound. The unit of measurement is the cycle per second (cps) or hertz (Hz). The name of the frequency and level content of a sound is its sound spectrum.

Sound Level Meter An instrument designed and calibrated to respond to sound and to give objective, reproducible measurements of sound pressure level. It normally has several features that would enable its frequency response and average times to be changed to make it suitable to simulate the response of the human ear.

SOX Sulphur Oxides SPL or Lw Sound Pressure Level. Ten times the decimal logarithm of the ratio of the sound

power of the sound source to the reference sound power. Sr Strontium SRES Special Report on Emissions Scenarios SRSA Socio-Economic Regional Study Area SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRU Sulphur Recovery Unit ST&C Short Thread and Collar Stakeholder Members of the public and special interest groups, federal authorities, provincial

or municipal government, landowners or other parties who have an interest in an undertaking, such as a proposed project or commercial undertaking.

STARS Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society Storativity The storativity of a saturated confined aquifer is the volume of water that the

aquifer releases from storage per unit surface area of aquifer per unit decline in hydraulic head or pressure and is dimensionless when using consistent units of measurement.

STP Standard Temperature and Pressure SVSG Soils and Vegetation Subgroup t Tonne (1000 kg) T&P Temperature and Pressure t/cd tonnes per calendar day t/d Tonnes per Day (metric) t/sd tonnes per stream-day tbd To be Determined TC Tolerable Concentration



TCM Total Conversion Method TCPL Trans Canada Pipeline TCU True Colour Unit TDI Tolerable Daily Intakes TDS Total Dissolved Solids. The total concentration of all dissolved compounds or

solids found in a water sample. TEF Toxic Equivalency Factory TEK Traditional Environmental Knowledge TERREL TERREL is CALMET pre-processing program that extracts and reformats Digital

Elevation Model (DEM) terrain data according to the options selected by the user (domain, resolution, etc.). TERREL output can be used to obtain a geophysical parameter file that is input to the CALMET model.

TFA Temporary Field Authorization THC Total Hydrogen (all hydrocarbons, i.e., VOC plus methane and ethane) TK Traditional Knowledge TKN Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen TLE Telephone Lake East TLSA Terrestrial Local Study Area TLU Traditional Land Use. Activities involving the harvest of traditional resources

such as hunting and trapping, fishing, gathering medicinal plants and travelling to engage in these activities. Land use maps document locations where the activities occur or are occurring.

TMAC Trace Metals and Air Contaminants TOC Total Organic Carbon Top Water Zone Water-bearing sandstones in the Middle McMurray that commonly occur above

the bitumen pay zone. TOR Terms of Reference TP Toxicological Potential TPA Trapping Area (type of disposition issued by Alberta Sustainable Resource

Development) TPH Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon TPI Timber Productivity Index TPRC (Alberta) Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. Provincial Ministry now known

as Alberta Culture and Community Services (ACCS). TRS Total Reduced Sulphur TRSA Terrestrial Regional Study Area TRV Toxological Reference Value TSP Total Suspended Particulates. Dust and other particles in air. TSS Total Suspended Solids, in water TU Traditional Use TURSA Traditional Use Regional Study Area TVD total vertical depth



TVDSS Total Vertical Depth Sub-Sea Twp Township Unconformably Two rock masses or strata of different ages separated by an erosional surface,

indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous. UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency USB Universal Serial Bus USLE Universal Soil Loss Equation UTF Underground Test Facility UTM Universal Transverse Mercator V Volt VCR Voluntary Challenge and Registry VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau VEC Valued Ecosystem Component VFD Variable Frequency Drive VOC Volatile Organic Compound. A class of organic chemicals that volatilize under

ambient conditions. May be of natural or anthropogenic origin. Vol. Volume VPDB Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite, an internationally recognized reference for 13C

studies. VRU Vapour Recovery Unit VSMOW Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water, an internationally accepted standard for

the isotopic. W/m2 Watts per Square Metre W4M West of the Fourth Meridian WASG Wetlands and Aquatics Subgroup Watershed The area of land bounded by topographic features that drains water to a larger

waterbody such as a river, wetlands or lake. Watershed can range in size from a few hectares to thousands of kilometres.

WBCA Wood Buffalo Census Agglomeration WBEA Wood Buffalo Environmental Association WBHDC Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corporation WCSB Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Wedge Well™ Technology

Single production well that is drilled in between, and at the same level as, two adjacent SAGD producers. Its purpose is to produce oil that is not economically accessible by the two producers, using the conductive heat provided by the neighbouring steam chambers. Cenovus has patented this technology.

Well Pad The platform from which a hole (e.g., well) or shaft is excavated, drilled, bored or cut into the earth so as to tap a supply of some material (e.g., water, oil, gas).



Well Pair In SAGD terms, a well pair consists of a horizontal production well that is drilled at or close to the base of the SAGD zone, and a horizontal injection well drilled the same length as, and approximately 5m above, the producer. The injector injects steam into the SAGD zone, and the producer (using a specified lift system) produces emulsion (oil, condensed steam, and formation water) to the surface.

Wetlands Wetlands are land where the water table is at, near or above the surface or which is saturated for a long enough period to promote such features as wet-altered soils and water tolerant vegetation. Wetlands include organic wetlands or “peatlands,” and mineral wetlands or mineral soil areas that are influenced by excess water but produce little or no peat.

WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHO World Health Organization Wildlife Under the Species at Risk Act, wildlife is defined as a species, subspecies,

variety or geographically or genetically distinct population of animal, plant or other organism, other than a bacterium or virus that is wild by nature and is native to Canada or has extended its range into Canada without human intervention and has been present in Canada for at least 50 years.

WLM Willow Lake Métis Local #780 WLS Warm Lime Softener WMM Whole Mixture Model WMU Wildlife Management Unit WOR Water-to-Oil Ratio WSC Water Survey of Canada wt Weight wt% Weight Percent WWG Water Working Group WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant y Year Z0 Roughness Length zero edge The limit of areal extent of a rock formation truncated by an unconformity

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