**OSM Annual Report 2017-2018_signed by AEP and ECCC Co-Chairs – posted Oct 19/18**
The projects approved under the 2017-2018 Ambient Environment Monitoring Plan for Oil Sands Development are presented here. Please click the title of each project below to access the complete work plans. The projects approved for implementation in 2017-2018 continues monitoring activities implemented since 2012 through the 2012-2015 Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring (OSM).
Long Term Monitoring – Surveillance |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Atmospheric Pollutant Active Monitoring Network |  |
$10,093,738 |
| Atmospheric Pollutant Passive Monitoring Network | |
$182,000 |
| Atmospheric Pollutant Deposition Monitoring Network – To Forest Ecosystems | |
$1,634,050 |
| Meteorological Network | |
$209,000 |
| Atmospheric Pollutant Deposition Monitoring-Lakes and Snowpacks | |
$546,000 |
| Surface Water Quantity Monitoring – Water Level and Flows | |
$2,815,000 |
| Surface Water Quality Monitoring | |
$5,750,688 |
| Groundwater Monitoring | |
$600,000 |
| Regional Terrestrial/Aquatic Monitoring – Status and Trends | |
$5,000,000 |
| Regional Habitat Disruption Monitoring – Status and Trends of Footprint | |
$310,000 |
| Focal Plants Monitoring | |
$155,000 |
| Total | $27,295,476 | |
Long Term Monitoring – Effects |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Quantifying Risk from Oil Sands Mining to Endangered Whooping Cranes | |
$126,000 |
| Biotic Response of Focal Wildlife to Habitat Disturbance | |
$1,137,872 |
| Biodiversity Monitoring of Benthic Macro Invertebrates | |
$1,426,956 |
| Biotic Response of Ungulates to Oil Sands Activity | |
$380,000 |
| Fish Health Monitoring | |
$1,090,000 |
| Monitoring Targeted Biodiversity | |
$300,000 |
| Acid Sensitive Lakes Monitoring | |
$169,000 |
| Total | $4,629,828 | |
Focus Study: Community Monitoring |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Community Ambient Air Odour Study |  |
$250,000 |
| Acute Odour Monitoring Network Pilot Study | |
$250,000 |
| Community-Based Fish Monitoring Pilot Project | |
$354,000 |
| Community Led Berry Contamination Study | |
$384,000 |
| Environmental Monitoring Technician Training Program Pilot | |
$159,000 |
| Culturally Important Wetland Plants | |
$353,000 |
| Total | $1,750,000 | |
Focused Study: Establishing Reference Conditions |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Airborne GHG Emission Measurements (NASA-NOAA) | |
$530,000 |
| Benthic Biodiversity – Baseline work in the Oil Sands Regions – Cold Lake and Peace River | |
$214,000 |
| Monitoring Fish Communities | |
$260,000 |
| Total | $1,004,000 | |
Data Management, Evaluation, Reporting |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring-Collating and Auditing | $250,000 | |
| AEP Data Management System & Portal | $530,000 | |
| AEP Asset Management System | $107,000 | |
| AEP Data Management Program | $821,500 | |
| ECCC Data Publishing and Improvements to Standardization, Storage and Master Data Management | $385,000 | |
| Import RAMP data to AEP Data System | $465,000 | |
| AEP Portfolio-Project Management System | $123,000 | |
| OS External Collaboration System | $48,000 | |
| Develop Environmental Predictions Framework | $110,000 | |
| Big Data Environmental Analytics – Integrated Geospatial Environmental Analytics of OSM Data | $95,500 | |
| Reporting Ambient Monitoring Results – Air Evaluation Integration Synthesis and Reporting- Technical Audience | $180,000 | |
| Reporting Ambient Monitoring Results – Watershed Evaluation and Integration | $57,000 | |
| Integration & Evaluation – Ecosystem Health Integration and Synthesis | $200,000 | |
| Total | $3,372,000 | |
Oil Sands Program Office |
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|---|---|---|
| Projects | Activity Type | Amount |
| Reporting Ambient Monitoring Results – General Audience | $150,000 | |
| Reporting to Communities on Monitoring Results | $150,000 | |
| Work Planning for 2018-19 – Multi-Stakeholder Workshops | $250,000 | |
| Secretariat Support – ECCC & AEP | $1,200,000 | |
| Oil Sands Science Symposium | $235,000 | |
| Capital Purchase (New) | $1,000,000 | |
| Indigenous Participation(New) | $1,000,000 | |
| Total | $3,985,000 | |
SUMMARY: 2017/2018 AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT MONITORING PLAN FOR OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT |
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|---|---|---|
| Summary of Allocations by Thematic Areas | Amount | |
| Core OSM Activities | Total for Long Term Monitoring – Surveillance | $27,295,476 |
| Total for Long Term Monitoring – Effects | $4,629,828 | |
| Total for Community Monitoring | $1,750,000 | |
| Total for Focus Study – Program Design | $9,221,453 | |
| Total for Focus Study – Investigation of Cause | $1,950,000 | |
| Total for Focus Study – Establishing Reference Conditions | $1,004,000 | |
| Total for Data Management, Evaluation, Reporting | $3,372,000 | |
| Sub Total | $49,222,757 | |
| Program Coordination | Total for Oil Sands Program Office | $3,985,000 |
| Grand Total | $53,207,757 | |
