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 Court found that “parties residing in the Protective Action Zone (PAZ) could be directly and adversely affected by an application for approval of a project to which the PAZ relates”. The Court also found that applicants must include residents within the PAZ in their participant involvement programs under ERCB Directive 056: Energy Development Applications and Schedules.

In the Errata to the June 2008 edition of Directive 056 you will find Tables 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, and 7.1 revised to reflect the changes to the participant involvement program requirements applicable to sour applications and it more accurately reflects the ERCB’s intent to adopt various participant involvement and emergency planning and response requirements. The Errata can be found at http://www.ercb.ca/docs/documents/directives/Directive056_errata_20091124.pdf .

In the Errata to the November 2008 edition of Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements for the Petroleum Industry multiple corrections were made in the directive and can be found at http://www.ercb.ca/docs/documents/directives/Directive071_errata_20091124.pdf. Updated Versions 1.19  and 1.20 Beta of the ERCBH2S model have also been released.

ERCB EnerFAQs #1: What Is the Energy Resources Conservation Board? and EnerFAQs #13: Emergency Response Preparedness in the Energy Industry have been updated since October 2009 to reflect the corrections made to Directive 56 and Directive 71. All ERCB EnerFAQs can be found at http://www.ercb.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_310_251_0_43/http%3B/ercbContent/publishedcontent/publish/ercb_home/public_zone/ercb_process/enerfaqs/