Section 1: Introduction

Question 1

Pollutant

Answer 1

Any substance that makes materials in contact with it impure, unfit, or unsafe

Question 2

Contamination

Answer 2

The condition or state of soil, water, or air cause by a substance release or escape resulting in an impairment of or damage to the environment, health, safety, or property

Question 3

decontamination

Answer 3

The removal of contamination from a site. May also include the transformation of contaminates to less harmful products

Question 4

remediation

Answer 4

a set of COST EFFECTIVE procedures to remove, reduce, or neutralize substances, waste, hazardous materials from a site so as to prevent or minimize any adverse effects on the environment now or in the future.

Question 5

Brownfields:

Answer 5

abandoned, idle, underutilized properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by contamination- Too contaminated to use.

Question 6

Dismantling:

Answer 6

Is removal of equipment and structures from a site (abandon)

Question 7

Decommissioning:

Answer 7

Permanent closing, dismantling, remediation of a site

Question 8

AER

Answer 8

Alberta Energy Regulator

Question 9

AEP

Answer 9

Alberta Environments and Parks

Question 10

CCME

Answer 10

Canadian Council of Ministers for the Environment

Question 11

UST

Answer 11

Underground storage tanks

Question 12

AST

Answer 12

Above ground Storage tanks

Question 13

PST

Answer 13

Petroleum Storage tanks

Question 14

EPEA

Answer 14

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

Question 15

CEPA

Answer 15

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Question 16

5 reasons remediation is required

Answer 16

1. Contamination concentrations exceed regulatory guideline limits
2. Risk management (health, aquatics, property)
3. Regulatory drivers/closure
4. Stakeholder requests- Liability
5. Brownfield remediation

Question 17

Tier 1 or 2- More “strict”

Answer 17

Tier 1

Question 18

Which agency is responsible for PST remediation certificates?

Answer 18

AEP

Question 19

Examples of contaminates that may be found in drilling waste

Answer 19

salinity, trace heavy metals, toxic metals, PCBs, PAHs, BTEX, F1-F4, chlorides, pH

Question 20

Any substance that makes materials in contact with it impure, unfit, or unsafe is…

Answer 20

Pollutant

Question 21

The condition or state of soil, water, or air cause by a substance release or escape resulting in an impairment of or damage to the environment, health, safety, or property is…

Answer 21

Contamination

Question 22

The removal of contamination from a site. May also include the transformation of contaminates to less harmful products is…

Answer 22

Decontamination

Question 23

a set of COST EFFECTIVE procedures to remove, reduce, or neutralize substances, waste, hazardous materials from a site so as to prevent or minimize any adverse effects on the environment now or in the future. Is…

Answer 23

Reclaimation

Question 24

abandoned, idle, underutilized properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by contamination- Too contaminated to use. is know as

Answer 24

Brown-fields

Question 25

Is removal of equipment and structures from a site (abandonment) AKA:

Answer 25

Dismantling

Question 26

Permanent closing, dismantling, remediation of a site is…

Answer 26

Decommissioning