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1976 - 1977
CONTENTS
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No .
I. PERSPECTIVE
1. International 1
2. U. S. Review 2
4. Public Attitudes 7
3. Logistics 11
4. Marketing 12
5. Esso Chemical 13
6. Essa Minerals 14
June, 1978
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ENVIRONMENTAL P HO'l'l·:C'I' I ()N fl W/1 J•:W
AND
1976
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COORDTNA'l' LON I\C'I' I / 1'J' 11~!,
1 'J77
SEC'r JO I
1. I ternational
- Ene r gy conservation.
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2. u. S. Review
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increas ed b u reaucrc
required. Presid n
over 1978 in th 1979 op , 1 .i t I 11<1
$850 mill ion to $1. l bi 1 I i 11.
that
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I Thrust and I mplications I" i V ' J\ ' t •::
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The Safe -rinkinc ~ate= Act ~i:l ~ave impli-
cations on the undergrou.~c in~ection o= brines and the
disposal of toxic liquid wastes.
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Federal
Alberta
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,~ater Effluent Guidelines for Petroleum Refineries.
British Columbia
- ? _ution Control Act amended by addition of a pollution
e.~e=gencies section.
Manitoba
- ~eg _ations issued under Clean Environment Act governing
s~ rage and Handling of Gasoline and Associated Products.
ew Brunswick
- c:ean Environment Act amended to give greater scope and
?Ower to the Minister.
- As9halt Paving Plant regulations issued.
Nova Scotia
- S,vironrnental Protection Act amended to increase list of
regulated pollutants.
Newfoundland
- :S..,vironmental Impact Assessment Guidelines issued.
Ontario
Quebec
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Saskatchewan
4. Pu blic Attitudes
In 19 7 6 and 1977, environ men t (p o ll ut ion, etc.)
ra n ked fourth in the level of Can ad ia n citizen s' concerns,
Chart exceeded by unemployment, infl a ti o n a n d national unity
5 iss u es . A poll conducted b y We ekend Magazine in February,
19 78 o f 31 urban centres found t ha t 80% of people believe
Chart ai r, water , and land pollution ar e se r ious problems . The
6 major ity of 53% felt that pollution was a problem in
the i r own area , as well as a national concern . Industry
was bl amed for water pollution b y t wice as many people
Cha r t as th e next highest culprit (munici pa l ities). Industry
7 was also named the main cause of air p o llution by more
people, outran king a u t omo bile s b y 4 t o 3 .
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Plans
The corros i o n in the produced water system will
be reduced by eliminatin g trace oxygen from the fresh
water inject i on, test lin ing of pipelines with polyethylene
and conducting furt h er li n al og s ur veys .
Accompiishments
- Study completed on en v i r onmental pits for spill
clean-up.
Plans
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3. LOGI STICS
Accompl i s hme nt s
- Sewer segre gation proi t compl t d at Montreal
and Dartmou th .
- Longest continuous oper1tion of Ioco Biox Plant
meeting a l most all of B.C. ~fflu nt objectives.
Plans
- Development o f control plan at a ll r efineries to
minimize rel e as e and discharge of cont aminants
to sewer s y st ems .
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Accomplishments
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Major Problems Remaining
P la n s
Accomplishments
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Plans
- control of hydrogen fluoride emissions from
the gypsum pond and process units at Redwater.
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Chart spills from 275 in 1976 to 207 in 1977, a reduction of
10 nearly 25%.
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SECTION III
COORDINATION ACTIVITIES
2. Industry Activities
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remote sensing of ic nd o i.n orm tin
program and review, nd id n n of. priori is
for oil spill clean-up t chnol q , r -h.
PACE
3. Briefs to Governments
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5. Technical Advice
- Industry has initiated studies to pro vide
the basis for a cooperative solution to
further control of sulphur dioxide
emissions in the Montreal East area.
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Pollution Control Branch of t~e EPS is in
agreement and work will proceed T.vit:i this
important task.
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Chart 1
- INTERNATIONAL CONTROL
OF TOXIC CHEMICALS
- RESURGENCE OF MALARIA
- HANDLING INCREASE OF
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
- ENERGY CONSERVATIO N
Cha r t 2
TOSCA
- 65 SUBSTANCES IN REFINERY WASTE WATER
CONTROLLED TO SET LIMITS
- WORKER PROTECTION COSTS TO ESCALATE FOR
MANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
RCRA
- TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL COSTS ESCALATE
- ALCOHOL AND GASOLINE - STRAIGHT OR MIXED
SOWA
- UNDERGROUND INJECTION OF BRINES AND TOXIC
LIQUIDS TOUGHER
CAA
- PROJECT SITING IMPOSSIBLE FOR P.S.D.
- EM ISSIONS OFFSETS FOR PLANT EXPANSIONS
- EMISSION FROM VEHICLE FUELING SERVICE STATION
CONTROLS OR ON-BOARD
- MMT - BAN OR STAY
Chart 4
IMPLICATIONS OF
CANADIAN 76-77 LEGISL ATION
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ISSUES OF MOST IMPORTANCE TO THE PUBLIC AFH.
%
1976 IUJI
1972 1973 1974
-1976 20 3!1
UNEMPLOYMENT....... 46 22 9 14
ENERGY. . ............ 2 3 5 3
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Chart 8
PROBLEMS SHOULD BE
CORRECTED BY
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Chart 10
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Chart 12
IMPERIAL OI L LIMITED
1977 OIL SPILL STATISTICS
Function Causes (%)
Work Equip.
Error Failure Other
PRODUCTION 18 79 3
LOGISTICS 52 44 4
MARKETING 76 24
ONER 57 43
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Chart 14
COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSOCIATIONS (1977)
Name Total Budget 1.0.L. Share
APOA $2,893,000 s 959,000
PACE 408,000 102,000
LAMBTON 401,000 56,000
LAVAL 273,000 44,000
$3,975,000 $1,161 ,000
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ARCTIC PETROLEUM
OPERATORS' ASSOCIATION
- 38 MEMBER COMPA N I ES
-25 PROJECTS IN 1977 - $5.4 MILLI ON
OBJECTIVE
• TO OBTAIN DRILLING PERMI TS
IN 1979
Cha r t 18
PACE
Chart 19