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Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations % percent
Σ sum
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
χ2 chi-square
μg microgram (one one-thousandth of a gram)
μg/g micrograms per gram
μg/L micrograms per litre
μg/m3 micrograms per cubic metre
μm micrometre
(NH4)2(SO4) ammonium sulphate
μS/cm microsiemens per centimetre
+/- plus/minus (give or take)
< less than
> greater than
°C degrees Celsius
A&GWR Alberta and Great Waterways Railway
AAAQO Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives and Guidelines
AAC annual allowable cut
ABMI Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
ACFN Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
ACIMS Alberta Conservation Information Management System
AELSA aquatic ecology local study area
AENV Alberta Environment
AEP Aurora East Pit
AER Alberta Energy Regulator
AGCC Alberta Ground Cover Classification
AGRASID Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
Al aluminum
Al-Pac Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
ALSA aquatics local study area
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ANC acid neutralizing capacity
ANHIC Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre
ANPC Alberta Native Plant Council
AOSA Athabasca Oil Sands Area
AOSERP Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Regional Program
AOSTRA Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority
API⁰ American Petroleum Institute degree
AQLSA air quality local study area
AQMG Air Quality Modeling Guideline
AQRSA air quality regional study area
ARGO amphibious all-terrain vehicle
ARGR Arctic grayling
ARSA aquatics regional study area
ARU Acoustic Recording Unit
AS Aurora South
ASB Aurora Settling Basin
ASP area structure plan
ASRD Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
ASWQG Alberta Surface Water Quality Guidelines
AT Alberta Transportation
ATV all-terrain vehicle
AVI Alberta Vegetation Inventory
A-weighted level or dBA A measurement of overall sound pressure level that accounts for the frequency content of the measured sound assessed with a frequency response similar to that of the human ear.
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
bbl/d barrels per day
BC:Al base cations to aluminum
BCM bank cubic metres
BFW boiler feed water
BIP bitumen in place
BLL blood lead level
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BML Base Mine Lake
BRSS Beaver River Silicified Sandstone
BRST Brook stickleback
BTEX benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes
BURB Burbot
C&R Conservation and Reclamation Plan
CAC criteria air contaminants
CaCO3 calcium carbonate
CAESA Canada-Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
CALGRID California Petrochemical Grid Model
CASA Clean Air Strategic Alliance
CCME Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
CCV critical chemical value
CEA cumulative effects assessment
CEC cation exchange capacity
CEMA Cumulative Environmental Management Association
CH4 methane
cm/s centimetres per second
CMIP5 Coupled Model Inter-Comparison Project Phase 5
CNC company consultative notations
CNT consultative notation
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
CO2E carbon dioxide equivalents
CONRAD Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development
COPC chemicals of potential concern
COSEWIC Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
cp centipoise
CPDFN Chipewyan Prairie Dené First Nation
CPF central processing facility
CPUE catch-per-unit effort
CRA commercial, recreational or Aboriginal
CRISP Comprehensive Regional Infrastructure Sustainability Plan
CSC Construction Sector Council
cSOR cumulative steam oil ratio
CT composite tailings
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CWE cold water equivalent
CWS Canada-Wide Standards
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
DDA dedicated disposal area
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DFO Fisheries and Oceans Canada
DID digital integrated disposition
dL per decilitre
DL disturbed land
DLO Department License of Occupation
DML department miscellaneous lease
DO dissolved oxygen
DRS disposition reservation
DUA domestic use aquifer
dv deciview
EAH East Athabasca Highway
EAP Enhanced Approval Process
EC Environment Canada
EIA environmental impact assessment
EIP East In-Pit
ELC Ecological Land Classification
EMT Emergency Medical Technician
Energy equivalent sound level or Leq
A single number descriptor commonly used for environmental noise measurements and criteria. The Leq is used to quantify sound that constantly varies over time, such as sound commonly occurring in outdoor environments. Leq is defined as the steady, continuous sound level over the measured time period that has the same acoustic energy as the actual fluctuating sound levels that occurred during the same time period. Measurement periods commonly used for Leq measurements and criteria are daytime (07:00 - 22:00 hrs) and nighttime (22:00 - 07:00 hrs).
EPEA Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
EPL end-pit lake
ERCB Energy Resources Conservation Board
ERP Emergency Response Plan
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ESA environmentally significant areas
ESCC Endangered Species Conservation Committee
ESP electrical submersible pump
ESRD Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
ETA external tailings area
EZE easement
F1; C6-C10, excluding BTEX fraction 1
F2; C>10-C16 fraction 2
F3; C>16‐C34 fraction 3
F4; C>34 fraction 4
FCS final closure scenario
FEFLOW Finite Element subsurface flow system
FFT fluid fine tailings
FMA Forestry Management Agreement
FMAOSS Fort McMurray-Athabasca Oil Sands Subregional
FMFN #468 Fort McMurray First Nation #468
FMU forest management unit
FRL Fisheries Research License
FWKO free water knockout
FWMIS Fish and Wildlife Management Information System
g/GJ grams per gigajoule
GCM global climate model
GDP gross domestic product
GHG greenhouse gas
GIS Geographic Information System
GJ/h gigajoule per hour
GLIMPS Geographic Land Information Management Planning System
GMP groundwater monitoring program
GPS global positioning system
H2S hydrogen sulphide
HBC Hudson's Bay Company
HHRA human health risk assessment
HI haze index
HLSA hydrogeology local study areas
HNO3 nitric acid
HP high pressure
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HQ hazard quotient
HRA Historical Resources Act
HRIA historical resources impact assessment
HRLSA historical resources local study area
HRRSA historical resources regional study area
HRSA hydrogeology regional study area
HRV historic resource value
HSI habitat suitability index
HSPF Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN
Hz hertz
IHS inclined heterolithic stratification
ILCR incremental lifetime cancer risk
IQ Intellectual Quotient
IR indicator resources
IRC Industry Relations Corporation
IRP integrated resource plan
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP industrial sample plot
JOSM Joint Oil Sands Monitoring
K potassium
keq/ha/y kiloequivalent per hectares per year
kg/h kilograms per hour
kg/ha/y kilograms per hectare per year
Kilowatt kW
KIR key indicator resources
KOH potassium hydroxide
kPaa kiloPascal absolute
kPag kilopascal gauge
L/d litres per day
L/min litres per minute
LACT lease automatic custody transfer unit
LARP Lower Athabasca Region Plan
LB forage Large-bodied forage fish
LCC Land Capability Classification
LCCS Land Cover Classification System
LFH Litter, Fibric, and Humic surface organic material
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LFN low frequency noise
LiDAR light detection and ranging
LKCH Lake chub
LKWH Lake whitefish
LL lower lift
LLD low liquid discharge
LNDC Longnose dace
LNSC Longnose sucker
LOAEL lowest-observable-adverse-effect-level
LOC license of occupation
LP low pressure
LSA local study area
LSD legal subdivision
LUB land use bylaw
LWG Land Working Group
masl meters above sea level
MCFN Mikisew Cree First Nation
mD milliDarcy
MDL method detection limit
MDP Municipal Development Plan
MDS Maximum Disturbance Scenario
Mm3 million cubic metres
Mt Megatonnes
MgO magnesium oxide
MLL miscellaneous leases
MLSB Mildred Lake Settling Basin
MLX Mildred Lake Extension
MNWH Mountain whitefish
MOP maximum operating pressures
MOSA mineable oil sands area
MPOI maximum point of impingement
MSL mineral surface lease
MW megawatt
N2O nitrous oxide
NaOCl sodium hypochlorite
NaOH sodium hydroxide
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NFS near-face crushing and slurry preparation
NH4+ ammonium
NH4NO3 ammonium nitrate
NLRHC Northern Lights Regional Health Centre
NLSA noise local study area
NMCP North Mine Centre Pond
NMEPL North Mine End Pit Lake
NMSP North Mine South Pond
NO nitric oxide
NO2 nitrogen dioxide
NO3- nitrate
NOX gaseous oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2) or all nitrogen species (e.g., NO2, N2O, N3O)
NOx gaseous oxides of nitrogen
NRCB Natural Resources Conservation Board
NRPK Northern pike
NRRD Northern redbelly dace
NRSA noise regional study area
NRV natural range of variability
NSMWG NOX-SO2 Management Working Group
NTDB National Topographic Database
NTS National Topographic System
NTU nephelometric turbidity unit
O3 ozone
OBIP original bitumen in place
ODA overburden disposal area
ODA-N overburden disposal area-north
ODA-S overburden disposal area-south
OLM ozone limiting method
OPP ore preparation plant
ORF oil removal filters
OSCA Oil Sands Community Alliance
OSE oil sands exploration
OSL oil sands leases
OTSG once through steam generators
PAD Peace Athabasca Delta
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PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PAI potential acid input
PAL protection of aquatic life
PAW process-affected water
PBPK pharmacokinetic
PDA pre-disturbance assessments
PDC Planned Development Case
PHC petroleum hydrocarbon
pHRIA paleontological historical resources impact assessment
PIL pipeline installation lease
PLA pipeline agreements
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
PNG petroleum and natural gas
PNT protective notation
PPA proposed Project Area
PRDC Pearl dace
PSL permissible sound levels
PSV primary separation vessels
QA/QC quality assurance/quality control
RAMP Regional Aquatic Monitoring Program
RCP representative concentration pathway
RCW recycled water
RDS roadways
RELAD Regional Lagrangian Acid Deposition
RES Regional Emergency Services
RFMA Registered Fur Management Area
Rge Range
RIC Resource Inventory Committee
RMA resource management area
RMS reclamation material stockpile
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RMWB Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
ROW right-of-way
RSA regional study area
RSC reduced sulphur compound
RSDS Regional Sustainable Development Strategy
RWG Reclamation Working Group
SAGD steam assisted gravity drainage
SAR sodium adsorption ratio
SARA Species at Risk Act
SB forage small-bodied forage fish
SCA Soil Correlation Area
SCC Alberta Endangered Species Conservation Committee
SCEM Site Conceptual Exposure Model
SCR selective catalytic reduction
SEIA socio-economic impact assessment
SESA socio-economic study area
SEWG Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group
SIL Survey Intensity Level
SiO2 silicon dioxide
SLSC Slimy sculpin
SML surface material lease
SMU Soil Map Unit SO2 sulphur dioxide
SO42- sulphate (partion)
SPSC Spoonhead sculpin
SPSH Spottail shiner
SRD Sustainable Resource Development
SRPR Species at Risk Public Registry
SRU sulphur recovery unit
SWIP Southwest In-Pit
SWSS Southwest Sand Storage
t/d tonnes per day
TC tolerable concentration
TCM total conversion method
TDI tolerable daily intake
TDS total dissolved solids
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TEEM Terrestrial Environmental Effects Monitoring
TEF toxic equivalency factor
TEK Traditional ecological knowledge
TEMF Terrestrial Ecosystem Management Framework
THC total hydrocarbon
TIA traffic impact assessment
TK traditional knowledge
TLSA terrestrial local study area
TLU traditional land use
TOR Terms of Reference
TPR timber productivity ratings
TRSA terrestrial regional study area
TRV toxological reference value
TSS total suspended solids, in water
TURSA traditional use regional study area
TV:BIP total volume to bitumen in-place
Twp Township
UL upper lift
US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
USLE Universal Soil Loss Equation
VC valued components
VEC valued ecosystem component
VOC volatile organic compound
VRU vapour recovery unit
VSC valued socio-economic components
WAC weak acid cation
WALL walleye
WATFLOOD University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
WBEA Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
WHEC Wildlife Habitat Effectiveness and Connectivity project
WHO World Health Organization
WHSC White sucker
WMU Wildlife Management Unit
WSC Water Survey of Canada
YLPR yellow perch
ZOI zones of influence