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Page 1: Glossary and Acronyms - Alberta€¦ · CRISP Comprehensive Regional Infrastructure Sustainability Plan CSC Construction Sector Council cSOR cumulative steam oil ratio CT composite

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