Industry Challenges

Regulations are changing and decisions by regulators are increasingly being called into question raising uncertainty for a project team. Current events are increasing the pressure on industry and the regulators to find ways to assure public and environmental safety.

Project teams seek answers to know how far to go or to know “how much is enough” when it comes to public consultation and the resolution of their issues. Companies often find they don’t have the in-house capacity to pay attention to all the regulatory requirements to file a compliant application and to continue to manage the regulatory requirements that are necessary to achieve their project license.

Regulatory Compliance Assurance

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Certus ensures that our clients' projects are not just regulatory compliant (completing the must do's) but also regulatory effective (completing the should do's).

Value Proposition

Certus brings its experienced and knowledgeable team to assist you to create a comprehensive regulatory compliant strategy that guides your project documentation, manages your regulatory relationships and supports your project team to position your company as an industry leader.

Certus’ regulatory compliance assurance program ensures you will fully comply with your regulators “must do’s” and effectively respond to your regulators “should do’s” allowing your project to get ahead and stay ahead of legal challenges including hearings.

Service Offering

Certus will work with your team to ensure all regulatory and legislative requirements are understood, have been effectively met and your documentation is accurate, understandable and complete. Certus will build and file your NEB, ERCB, BC OGC and Saskatchewan Energy and Resources applications schedules and audit binders to ensure a seamless audit process.

Certus will prepare you for hearings, help you develop your hearing statements and develop responses to information requests. Certus will work with your database or manage your data to ensure your data collection and reporting processes are effective and efficient and serves you when it comes time to tell the story of consultation, notification and issues resolution to the regulator.

 

What experience do we have?

Certus has experience in routine and nonroutine applications for wells, facilities and pipelines, audit binders and materials, Section 52 and 58 NEB applications, regulatory compliance reports, coaching and supporting project leads, hearing preparation and data management advice.

 National Energy Regulator

National Energy Board (NEB), Municipality, Territory, Federal Government, Railway, Landowners and Developer

Issue: Certus was engaged by the NEB to bring together the interests and issues of a number of parties involved in an abandoned tank farm to bring resolution to reclamation issues that were outstanding for 12 years. Over a three month period, Certus gathered input from all parties using its leading edge tools and processes and staged a two-day facilitated session with all parties to air all issues and provide input that led to the NEB issuing abandonment permits.

Tools and Processes: Workbooks, Technical Conference, Facilitated Conversations and Summary Report

Oil and Gas Company

Oil and Gas Company, Landowners and the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)

Issue: After a Court of Appeal decision calling a well license into question, Certus provided support to the company to prepare and be part of a court mandated hearing process. Following the hearing, the company's licenses remained in good standing.

Tools and Processes: Consultation Documentation, Issues and Concerns Chronologies, Responses to Request for Information from Interveners, Hearing Preparation Q&A's, Mock Hearing Preparation, Document Support and Hearing Panel Support

 Pipeline Company

Pipeline Company and the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)

Issue: Certus worked with a Pipeline Company to review and audit its initial application. Certus provided strategic advice and enhanced the required public and stakeholder consultation program and subsequently assisted in rebuilding a compliant and effective application and accompanying audit materials.

Tools and Processes: Application and Audit Materials, Project Description and Updates, Issues and Concerns Chronologies, Preparation of Hearing Materials and Mock Hearing Preparation

 Pipeline Company and the National Energy Regulator

Pipeline Company and the National Energy Board (NEB)

Issue: Having never filed a NEB application, the pipeline company sought out Certus to manage its regulatory relationship with the NEB and ensure that the project met all requirements, timelines, schedules and conditions.

Tools and Processes: Regulatory Timeline, Public Consultation, Application Materials and Hearing Preparation