http://hmaland.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:15:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NEB-regulated pipeline companies in Canada will be required to develop and incorporate Damage Prevention Programs into their existing management systems. The long-awaited National Energy Board Damage Prevention Regulations (DPRs) are coming and once they are promulgated and the existing Pipeline Crossing Regulations repealed, these new Programs will be mandatory.   The DPRs apply to ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=121 The NEB has been working on the DPRs for a number of years. Although it has been a while, there’s good reason for the duration of the journey, and there is some comfort in the fact that it is taking this long.   When the NEB began the process to replace the ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=106 Committed to client satisfaction, HMA welcomes Chris Morrison as Environmental Advisor in its new Environmental Services division. Designed to complement and leverage from HMA’s successful Land and Operational Services, its goal is to provide clients with regulatory, operations and post construction environmental solutions in an efficient and effective manner. HMA’s ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=118 The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) began in the United States over ten years ago as a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices. Since then, the CGA has established itself as the leading organization in an effort to ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=116 Cindy Raymond has worked in the Land Management industry since 2000.  Her extensive experience began with her career as a licensed Real Estate Agent and shortly thereafter, she moved into Land Administration where she gained considerable experience in the areas of power, conventional oil and gas and oil sands.  Her ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=114 Our business and clientele continue to grow. HMA has recently introduced a new division to the company that will focus on providing services to the electricity industries in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan and leading this new division is Doug Downs.   In Alberta alone, the Independent System Operator (AESO) has outlined a ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=112 In November 2009, the ERCB released Errata’s to Directive 056 and Directive 071. This comes as a result of the issuance of ERCB Bulletin 2009-41 on November 13, 2009 regarding the court ruling in the case of Kelly v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board) and Grizzly Resources Ltd. (http://www.ercb.ca/docs/documents/bulletins/bulletin-2009-41.pdf).   The ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=110 As you may have read in our last Newsletter, HMA received its CoR (Certificate of Recognition) from Enform in mid-2009 making us the only Land Company in Canada to receive a CoR. Moving forward, we are working to maintain and enhance our CoR and more closely align HMA’s Safety Program ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=108 The long-awaited National Energy Board Damage Prevention Regulations are coming and once they are promulgated and the existing Pipeline Crossing Regulations are repealed, NEB-regulated pipeline compaines in Canada will be required to develop and incorporate Damage Prevention Programs into their existing management systems. Regardless of perceptions, the Damage Prevention Regulations apply to ALL pipeline ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=48 It wasn't too long ago when pipeline public awareness programs, in many cases, began and ended with the actions of pipeline company land agents routinely interacting with landowners. The messages being delivered, lack of documentation and the propensity for messages to differ from one company representative to the next, were sketchy at ... http://hmaland.com/blog/?p=24