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%HA |
percentage annoyance |
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AAAQG |
Alberta Ambient Air Quality Guidelines |
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AAAQO |
Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives |
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AAE |
Above Aerodrome Elevation |
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ABMI |
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute |
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ACA |
Alberta Conservation Association |
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ACFN |
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation |
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ACGIH |
American Council of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
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ACIMS |
Alberta Conservation Information Management System |
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AEM |
Airborne Electromagnetic |
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AENV |
Alberta Environment |
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AER |
Alberta Energy Regulator |
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AESCC |
Alberta's Endangered Species Conservation Committee |
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AFB |
absolute fractional bias |
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AMP |
Access Management Plan |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
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AOS |
Alberta Oil Sands |
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AOSERP |
Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program |
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AQMG |
Air Quality Model Guideline |
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ARM |
Athabasca River Model |
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ASRD |
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development |
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ATF |
Aerodrome Traffic Frequency |
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ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry |
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AVI |
Alberta Vegetation Inventory |
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AWG |
Air Working Group |
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AWI |
Alberta Wetland Inventory |
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BAF |
Bioaccumulation Factor |
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BATEA |
Best Available Technology Economically Achievable |
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bbl |
barrel, petroleum |
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bbl/cd |
barrels per calendar day |
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bbl/sd |
barrels per stream day |
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BC MOE |
British Columbia Ministry of Environment |
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BCCR |
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
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BMC |
Benchmark Concentration |
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BMD |
Benchmark Dose |
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BTEX |
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes |
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BWS |
basal water sands |
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CAC |
Criteria Air Contaminant |
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CanVec |
Canadian National Vector dataset |
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CARB |
California Air Resources Board |
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CASA |
Clean Air Strategic Alliance |
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CC&R |
closure, conservation and reclamation |
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CCCma |
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis |
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cccsn |
Canadian Climate Change Scenarios Network |
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ccme |
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment's |
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CEAA |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency |
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CEB |
chronic effects benchmark |
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CEMA |
Cumulative Environmental Management Association |
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CFHCP |
conceptual fish habitat compensation plan |
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CGCM |
Canadian Coupled Global Climate Model |
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CH4 |
Methane, Natural Gas |
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CNRM |
Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques |
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CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
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CO2E |
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent |
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COPC |
Chemical of Potential Concern |
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COSEWIC |
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada |
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COSIA |
Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance |
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CPLA |
central pit lake A |
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CPLB |
central pit lake B |
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CPUE |
catch-per-unit-effort |
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CRISP |
Comprehensive Regional Infrastructure Sustainability Plan |
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CSE |
culturally significant ecosystem |
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CST |
coarse sand tailings |
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CWS |
Canada-Wide Standard |
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dB |
Decibel |
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dBA |
A-weighted sound level expressed in decibels |
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dBC |
C-weighted sound level expressed in decibels |
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DDA |
Dedicated Disposal Area |
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DFO |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
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DIL |
development inclusion list |
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DL |
Detection Limit |
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DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
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DTED |
daily threshold exposure dose |
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Eco-SSL |
ecological soil screening level |
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ECOTOX |
Ecotoxicology Database |
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EDA |
external disposal area |
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EIA |
Environmental impact assessment (international) |
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EOSD |
Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
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EPEA |
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act |
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ERCB |
Energy Resources Conservation Board |
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ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
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ERT |
Electrical Resistivity Tomography |
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ESA |
Environmentally Significant Area |
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ESL |
Effects Screening Level |
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ESRD |
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development |
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ETA |
external tailings area |
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FAP |
Fort Air Partnership |
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FCM |
Fort Chipewyan Metis Local 125 |
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FEC20 |
field-based effect concentrations |
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FFT |
fluid fine tailings |
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FHCL |
fish habitat compensation lake |
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FTT |
froth treatment tailings |
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FWIN |
Fall Walleye Index Netting |
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GCM |
General Circulation Model |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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GJ/h |
gigajoules per hour |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) |
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GTG |
Gas Turbine Generator |
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H2S |
Hydrogen Sulphide |
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HA |
Hectare |
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HADD |
harmful alteration, disruption and destruction |
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HEP |
Habitat Evaluation Procedure |
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HHRA |
Human Health Risk Assessment |
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HHV |
Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis) |
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HRSG |
heat recovery steam generation |
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HSI |
Habitat Suitability Index |
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HSPF |
Hydrologic Simulation Program – Fortran model |
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HU |
habitat unit |
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IC20 |
inhibitory concentration |
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IDA |
internal disposal area |
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IFN |
instream flow needs |
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IK |
Indigenous Knowledge |
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iLCR |
Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks |
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IOB |
intra-orebody |
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IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP) |
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IRMP |
Integrated Resource Management Plan |
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ITA |
internal tailings area |
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JME |
Jackpine Mine Expansion |
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JOSMP |
Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program |
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JPM |
Jackpine Mine |
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JRP |
Joint Review Panels |
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kg/bbl |
kilogram per barrel |
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kg/d |
kilogram per day |
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kt/a |
kilotonne per annum |
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KWBZ |
Key Wildlife Biodiversity Zone |
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L/d |
litres per day |
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L/S |
Litres per Second |
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LARP |
Lower Athabasca Regional Plan |
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LC50 |
Lethal Concentration 50 |
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LCC |
Land Capability Class |
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LCCS |
Land Capability Classification System |
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LDAR |
leak detection and repair |
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LEAP |
Landscape Ecological Assessment and Planning |
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Leq |
energy equivalent sound level |
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LFN |
Low Frequency Noise |
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LIS |
Low Impact Seismic |
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LNA |
labile naphthenic acids |
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LOAEL |
lowest-observed-adverse-effect level |
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LSA |
Local Study Area |
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m amsl |
metres above mean sea level |
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m/d |
cubic metres per day |
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m/s |
metres per second |
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m/sd |
cubic metres per stream day |
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mAML |
Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory |
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mcfn |
Mikisew Cree First Nation |
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MDA |
main development area |
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MF |
Mandatory Frequency |
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MFT |
Mature Fine Tailings |
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mg/l |
milligrams per litre |
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MJ |
Megajoule |
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Mm |
million cubic metres |
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MM5 |
Mesoscale ModelFifth-Generation |
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MOSA |
Mineable Oil Sands Area |
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MSWG |
Mapping Systems Working Group |
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N/A |
Not Applicable |
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NA |
naphthenic acids |
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NAAQO |
National Ambient Air Quality Objectives |
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NAD |
North American Datum |
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ND |
Not Detected |
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NEF |
Noise Exposure Forecast |
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ng/L |
nanograms per litre |
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NM |
Nautical Mile |
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NO2 |
Nitrogen Dioxide |
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NOAEL |
No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level |
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NOEC |
no-observed-effect concentration |
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NOx |
Nitrogen Oxide |
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NPRI |
National Pollutant Release Inventory |
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NPV |
Net Present Value {economics} |
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NRC |
National Research Council (Canada) |
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NTU |
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
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O3 |
Ozone |
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OEHHA |
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment |
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OMOE |
Ontario Ministry of the Environment |
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OSDG |
Oil Sands Developers Group |
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OSE |
Oil Sands Exploration |
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OSL |
oil sands lease |
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OSPW |
oil sands process water |
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OSSP |
off-stream storage pond |
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OTHWG |
once-through hot water generator |
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OTSG |
Once-Through Steam Generator |
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PAA |
Project assessment area |
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PAC |
polycyclic aromatic compounds |
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PAD |
Peace-Athabasca Delta |
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PAH |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
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PAI |
Potential Acid Input |
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PDA |
Project disturbance area |
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PDC |
Planned Development Case |
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PEST |
parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis |
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PM2.5 |
particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter |
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PP |
Pore Pressure |
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PRM |
Pierre River Mine |
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PRQA |
Preliminary Quantitative Risk Assessment |
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PRV |
pressure-relief valve |
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PSL |
Permissible Sound Level |
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PT |
prominent tone |
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PY |
person-year |
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QC |
Quality Control |
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RAMP |
Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program |
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RCSTG |
Reclamation Classification System Task Group |
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RFMA |
Registered Fur Management Area |
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RMS |
reclamation material stockpile |
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RMWB |
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
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RNA |
refractory naphthenic acids |
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RNV |
Range of Natural Variability |
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RPD |
Relative Percent Difference |
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RQ |
Risk Quotient |
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RSA |
Regional Study Area |
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RSC |
Reduced Sulphur Compounds |
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RVIM |
Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment |
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RWG |
Reclamation Working Group |
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RWI |
river water intake |
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SARA |
Species At Risk Act |
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SDA |
south development area |
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SEIA |
socio-economic impact assessment |
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SFR |
sand-to-fines ratio |
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Shell |
Shell Canada Limited |
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SIRs |
supplemental information requests |
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SLWRA |
screening-level wildlife risk assessment |
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SO2 |
Sulphur Dioxide |
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SO4 |
sulphate |
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SOC |
Statement of Concern |
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SRU |
solvent recovery unit |
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STEL |
TLV)-short-term exposure limit |
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t/a |
tonnes per annum |
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t/d |
tonnes per day |
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t/sh |
tonnes per stream hour |
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TCEQ |
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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TCU |
total colour unit |
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TDEM |
Time-Domain Electromagnetics |
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TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
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Teck |
Teck Resources Limited |
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TEMF |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Management Framework |
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THC |
total hydrocarbon compound |
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TIE |
Toxicity Identification Evaluation |
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TLD |
thin lift drying |
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TLDA |
thin lift drying area |
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TLU |
Traditional Land Use |
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TOR |
terms of reference (ICAO/FAA) |
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TPH |
Tonnes per Hour |
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tro |
Tailings Reduction Operations |
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TRs |
Total Reduced Sulphur |
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TRU |
true colour unit |
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TRV |
Toxicological Reference Value |
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TSRU |
Tailings Solvent Recovery Unit |
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TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
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TT |
thickened tailings |
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TTA |
thickened tailings area |
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TUa |
acute toxicity unit |
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TUc |
chronic toxicity unit |
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TUS |
Traditional Use Study |
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TV:BIP |
total volume to bitumen in place |
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TWA |
time-weighted averaged |
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TWP |
Township |
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U.S.EPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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URF |
Unit Risk Factor |
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey (DOI) |
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UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System) |
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VFR |
Visual Flight Rule |
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VHF |
Very High Frequency |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution) |
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VRU |
Vapour Recovery Unit |
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W4M |
West of the Fourth Meridian |
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WBEA |
Wood Buffalo Environmental Association |
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WBNP |
Wood Buffalo National Park |
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WHEC |
Wildlife Habitat Effectiveness and Connectivity |
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WMF |
Water Management Framework |
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WRF |
Weather Research and Forecasting |
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WRS |
Western Resource Solutions |
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WSC |
Water Survey of Canada |
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wt% |
weight-percent |
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ZOI |
Zone of Influence |
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µg/L |
micrograms per litre |
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µg/m |
micrograms per cubic metre |
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µm |
micrometre |
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