The AER penalizes Tallahassee for failing to report methane emissions
May 07 2024 - 11:06AM
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has fined Tallahassee
Exploration Inc. (Tallahassee) for failure to meet its fugitive
emissions and methane reporting requirements in 2021. The company
has been ordered to pay $191,885.
The AER began investigating Tallahassee in 2022 and has
determined that the company contravened the Methane Emission
Reduction Regulation (MERR) on two counts:
- Failure to submit
methane emissions reports for the 2021 reporting period.
- Failure to conduct
fugitive emission surveys at any of its facilities in 2021.
The AER also found Tallahassee contravened the Environmental
Protection and Enhancement Act by providing false or misleading
information by resubmitting information from the 2020 reporting
period and representing it as data from the 2021 reporting
period.
The MERR requires adherence to methane requirements outlined in
Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating,
and Venting. Under this regulation, companies must submit annual
methane emissions reports for each facility. Reporting methane
emissions gives the AER the necessary data to evaluate whether
emission reduction strategies are working.
A fine or an administrative penalty are two possible enforcement
tools the AER can use when companies break the rules.
For more information on the AER’s investigation enforcement
processes, please see the Investigations webpage on aer.ca.
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