Alberta Regulation 56/2022

Responsible Energy Development Act

ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR ADMINISTRATION

FEES RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 6, 2022

For information only: Made by the Alberta Energy Regulator on March 28, 2022

pursuant to

section 29 of the Responsible Energy Development Act.

1 The Alberta Energy Regulator Administration Fees Rules

(AR 70/2019) are amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended by adding the following after clause

(b):

(b.1) "facility" means a facility as defined in the Oil and Gas

Conservation Act except that it includes

(

i) a processing plant as defined in the Oil Sands

Conservation Act, and

(ii) a pipeline as defined in the Pipeline Act that is licensed

by the Regulator and over which the Regulator has

jurisdiction;

Section 2 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "or oil sands project"

and substituting ", oil sands project or facility";

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "for the 2021-2022

fiscal year is December 31, 2020" and substituting "for

the 2022-2023 fiscal year is December 31, 2021".

Section 3 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the

following:

(2) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the annual adjustment factor

is 3.721143.

(

b) in subsection (4)(

f) by striking out "July 15" and

substituting "January 31".

Section 4 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "2020 calendar year"

and substituting "base year";

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "$0.446721" and

substituting "$0.861248".

Section 5 is amended

(

a) in subsection (4) by striking out "5.162912" and

substituting "4.232472";

(

b) in subsection (5) by striking out "2.991896" and

substituting "2.334535";

(

c) in subsection (6) by striking out "8.047694" and

substituting "5.695956";

(

d) in subsection (7) by striking out "2.320594" and

substituting "2.640234";

(

e) in subsection (8) by striking out "16.653068" and

substituting "12.528503".

7 The following is added after

section 5:

Gas plants

5.1(1) An operator of a facility licensed under the Oil and Gas

Conservation Act shall pay an administrative fee with respect to the

facility if the facility

(

a) is categorized by the Regulator as a gas plant with an active,

new or unknown activity status, and

(

b) has an inlet rate greater than or equal to 10 000.00 thousand

cubic metres per day as of December 31 of the base year.

(2) The administrative fee shall be calculated as follows:

administration fee = individual facility inlet rate (thousand cubic

metres) x $2.044546 for each thousand cubic metres per day

Processing plants

5.2(1) Subject to subsection (4), an operator of a processing plant

approved under the Oil Sands Conservation Act shall pay an

administrative fee with respect to the processing plant if the

processing plant is categorized by the Regulator as having an

operating status as of December 31 of the base year.

(2) The administration fee shall be calculated as follows:

administration fee = individual facility inlet rate (cubic metres) x

$3.071925 for each cubic metres per day

(3) For the purposes of calculating the administration fee in

subsection (2), if a processing plant processes gas, its individual

facility inlet rate in thousand cubic metres is to be adjusted by a

conversion factor of 1.00.

(4) This

section does not apply to processing plants approved under

the Oil Sands Conservation Act

(

a) that are subject to an administration fee under

section 5, or

(

b) for which approvals have been issued under the

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and the

Water Act by Alberta Environment and Parks.

Pipelines

5.3(1) For the purposes of this section, a "satellite" means an

arrangement of equipment, not including oil storage tanks, located at

a point between a group of wells and a battery that

(

a) separates and measures the components of each oil well's

production, and

(

b) recombines the production for transport to a battery for

further processing or storage.

(2) Subject to subsection (5), an operator of a pipeline licensed

under the Pipeline Act shall pay an administration fee calculated as

follows with respect to the segments of a pipeline within each class,

multiplied by the annual adjustment factor set out in subsection (3):

(

a) Class A - $50 per kilometre;

(

b) Class A (Discontinued) - $25 per kilometre;

(

c) Class B - $60 per kilometre;

(

d) Class B (Discontinued) - $30 per kilometre;

(

e) Class C - $200 per kilometre;

(

f) Class C (Discontinued) - $100 per kilometre.

(3) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the annual adjustment factor is

0.586598.

(4) For the purposes of this section, pipelines subject to an

administration fee are classed as follows:

(

a) Class A - pipelines that have a diameter of less than

168.3 millimetres;

(

b) Class A (Discontinued) - Class A pipelines that are

categorized by the Regulator as discontinued as of December

31 of the base year;

(

c) Class B - pipelines that have a diameter of greater than or equal

to 168.3 millimetres and less than 609.6 millimetres;

(

d) Class B (Discontinued) - class B pipelines that are

categorized by the Regulator as discontinued as of December

31 of the base year;

(

e) Class C - pipelines that have a diameter of greater than or

equal to 609.6 millimetres;

(

f) Class C (Discontinued) - class C pipelines that are

categorized by the Regulator as discontinued as of December

31 of the base year.

(5) The following are exempt from payment of an administration

fee:

(

a) all segments of a pipeline categorized by the Regulator as

abandoned as of December 31 of the base year;

(

b) when a pipeline licence contains a segment that connects to

and from a well, all segments of the pipeline within the

licence;

(

c) when a pipeline licence contains a segment that connects to

and from a satellite, all segments of the pipeline within the

licence.

Section 6 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "or one or more oil

sands projects" and substituting ", one or more oil sands

projects or one or more facilities";

(

b) in subsection (2)

(

i) in clause (

b) by striking out "and oil sands

projects" wherever it occurs and substituting ",

oil sands projects and facilities";

(ii) in clause (

c) by striking out "and oil sands project"

and substituting ", oil sands project and facility";

(

c) in subsection (4) by striking out "or oil sands project"

wherever it occurs and substituting ", oil sands project

or facility".

Section 7(1) is amended by striking out "unless the

Regulator otherwise directs" and substituting "or the date otherwise

prescribed by the Regulator".

Section 8(1)(

a) and (

b) are amended by striking out "or

oil sands projects" wherever it occurs and substituting ", oil

sands projects or facilities".

Section 9(2), (3) and (4) are amended by striking out "or

oil sands project" wherever it occurs and substituting ", oil

sands project or facility".

Section 10 is amended

(

a) in clause (

a) by striking out "or oil sands projects"

wherever it occurs and substituting ", oil sands

projects or facilities";

(

b) by striking out "or coal mine" and substituting ", coal

mine or facility";

(

c) by adding "or facility" after "the project".

Section 11 is amended by striking out "December 31,

2022" and substituting "March 31, 2023".

Alberta Regulation 57/2022

Oil and Gas Conservation Act

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION RULES

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 6, 2022

For information only: Made by the Alberta Regulator on March 28, 2022 pursuant to

section 73 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act.

1 The Oil and Gas Conservation Rules (AR 151/71) are

amended by this Regulation.

Section 16.530(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out "2021-2022" and substituting

"2022-2023";

(

b) by striking out "$70 000 000" and substituting

"$72 000 000";

(

c) by striking out "April 3, 2021" wherever it occurs and

substituting "April 2, 2022".

Section 16.531(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out "2021-2022" and substituting

"2022-2023";

(

b) by striking out "$3 500 000" and substituting

"$6 000 000";

(

c) by striking out "September 4, 2021" wherever it occurs

and substituting "April 2, 2022".

Alberta Regulation 58/2022

Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act

Residential Tenancies Act

RESIDENTIAL TENANCY DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICE

(EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 6, 2022

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 084/2022)

on April 6, 2022 pursuant to

section 59.8 of the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act

and

section 54.7 of the Residential Tenancies Act.

1 The Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service

Regulation (AR 98/2006) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 35 is amended by striking out "April 30, 2022" and

substituting "April 30, 2027".

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Alberta Regulation 59/2022

Dairy Industry Act

DAIRY INDUSTRY (CLEANING)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 6, 2022

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 085/2022)

on April 6, 2022 pursuant to

section 39(1) of the Dairy Industry Act.

1 The Dairy Industry Regulation (AR 139/99) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 12(2) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2) In a dairy barn,

(

a) manure must be removed from alleyways, gutters and

holding areas on a regular basis so that dairy animals are

clean,

(

b) stalls, bedding packs or loose housing must be designed and

maintained so that dairy animals are clean, dry and

comfortable, and

(

c) calf pens must be maintained in clean, dry and sanitary

conditions, free of strong odours.