Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements for the Petroleum Industry

Directive 071 - View PDF file - Revised edition November 2008 - effective November 18, 2008 - republished November 24, 2009 including Directive 071 errata dated November 24, 2009 

What's New - Directive 071 ERCB Changes

October 17, 2011 - First Call form added to Directive 071 Tools

December 22, 2010 - Bulletin 2010-48: Adoption of ERCBH2S Version 1.20, Clarification of Consultation Between Licensee and Local Authorities, and Deferral of Revised Edition of Directive 071

November 24, 2009, Errata to Directive 071 November 2008 released, effective November 24, 2009. Updated Versions 1.19  and 1.20 Beta of the ERCBH2S model released, effective November 24, 2009. 

November 13, 2009, Bulletin 2009-41: Processing of Applications for Sour Oil and Gas Development in Light of the Court of Appeal Decision in the Matter of Kelly v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board) and Grizzly Resources Ltd.

November 18, 2008 New edition of Directive 071 released with Bulletin 2008-41) This edition is effective November 18, 2008. Other documents updated include ERP Application Form and Updated Non-compliance events table.

I. Directive 071 Tools

First Call Communication (added October 2011)

Emergency Response Plan Registration Matrix
(January 2011) designed to assist applicants in determining registration, application form, and ERCBH2S requirements in accordance with the respective version of Directive 071 the plan is written to

ERP Application Form
(November 2008) application form for companies submitting ERPs under Directive 071

NonCompliance Events (Updated: November 2008)

February 8, 2011 - Finalized ERCBH2S Version 1.20 is available for download. See ERCBH2S Model - Calculating Emergency Response and Planning Zones for Sour Wells and Sour Pipelines (pursuant to Directive 071) 

Directive 071 2005 edition

II. Other Supporting Documents and Webpages

EnerFAQs 13: Emergency Response Preparedness in the Energy Industry (October 2009)

Public Safety and Sour Gas: Information about the Public Safety and Sour Gas Project