Northeast Capital Industrial Association

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Northeast Capital Industrial Association

• Supporting the Sustainable Development of Our
  Community

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Presentation Overview

• Overview of NCIA
• Growth in our area
• The challenges
• The NCIA role in meeting them
• Questions?

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Overview of NCIA

• Formed in 2001
• New, more active association
• Full-time Executive Director
• New mission
• To understand and reduce the environmental
  impacts of member industries through
  collaborative efforts with the community and all
  levels of government while supporting sustainable
  industrial growth

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NCIA active committees

• Executive
• Environment, Health Safety
• Education
• Communications

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Map
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Economic impact 2005

• 3,200 employees
• 416 million in local goods services
• 1.3 million to charitable causes
• 38 million in property taxes

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Future Impact

• Albertas economy hot many sectors
• Current members expanding
• BA Energy Heartland Upgrader approved
• Proposed
• North West Upgrading
• Petro-Canada Fort Hills Upgrader
• Synenco Energy Northern Lights Upgrader

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Incredible Growth

• Pipelines
• Transportation infrastructure
• Service industries
• Manufactured goods suppliers

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Pipeline Projects
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Oilsands Developments
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Oilsands Developments (cont)
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The Challenges

• Skilled labor
• Demands on community infrastructure
• Cost control
• Cumulative environmental impacts
• Is it sustainable in the long-term?

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The NCIA Role

• Environmental initiatives
• Regional Groundwater Quality Study
• Fort Air Partnership support
• Regional air dispersion modeling
• Collaboration with governments, other
  stakeholders and the public

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Regional Groundwater Quality

• Understanding the Beverly Channel
• Phase II launched in 2005
• 23 research wells 13 turned into permanent
  monitoring wells
• Phase III to begin Q2 2006
• Goal groundwater management plan

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Air Quality

• Member and major funder, Fort Air Partnership
• Accurate, reliable and credible information
• Regional air dispersion modeling project now
  under discussion
• Goal better air quality management

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Open dialogue and collaboration

• Industry members
• Governments regulators
• Municipalities
• Other stakeholder organizations
• The public

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Northeast Capital Industrial Association

• Questions?