Transfer Application Processes
Below is detailed information regarding various transfer application processes.
Energy Resource Enactments
A. Scheme approval transfers

All AER scheme approvals must show the current approval holder that is responsible for the project. Nochange in the approval holder is in effect until the approval has been amended to reflect the change.
To transfer the approval, the AER requires the information below:
I.

The following applies for the transfer of resource application approvals for oil and gas
reservoirs:•For an approval holder change, complete and submit a transfer of approval form agreement in
Directive 065, appendix D. The form is required to show the change of the approval’s holder if
the scheme is sold or divested or to show a name change that has occurred since the scheme
was approved.

•Provide a copy of the certificate of amalgamation, which is required as proof of the merger of
a company that holds energy resource schemes with another that is expected to have thoseschemes transferred to it.

•If the present holder no longer exists, provide evidence that the new holder is the correct
person or company that will assume responsibility for the scheme and provide evidence thatthe present approval holder no longer exists.

Contact resources.applications@aer.ca for more information.
II. The following applies for the transfer of approval relating to oil sands projects and coalmines, including oilfield waste management facilities:•Provide the AER project approval number.

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For an approval holder change, complete and submit the transfer of approval form agreement
in Directive 023, appendix J.

•For a change to the approval holder’s name, provide evidence of the change or details on whensuch evidence was filed with the AER. For a change in the name of an approval holder for
multiple projects, attach a list of the approval numbers.

•If the current holder no longer exists, provide evidence that the new holder is the correct
person or company that will assume responsibility for the project, and provide evidence thatthe current approval holder no longer exists.

•For in situ oil sands, all transfers of well licences associated with the scheme must either beapplied for in conjunction with, or be already completed at the time of, the transfer application
submission.

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For more information on in situ oil sands applications, contact
insituapplications@aer.ca.
For more information on coal mining applications, contact coalmining@aer.ca.
For more information on oil sands mining applications, contact
OSMining.Applications@aer.ca.
For more information on oilfield waste management, contact Directive058@aer.ca.
Specified Enactments
A. Land use assignments under the Public Lands Act (PLA)•Dispositions that are expired in the Electronic Transfer System assignment cannot be includedin the transfer. Including expired dispositions in the transfer will result in the entire assignmentapplication being rejected. For dispositions that are expired, please contact Land Use
Authorizations directly for further direction.

•Dispositions that have an open application in the assignment cannot be included in the transfer.

•If the licensee also holds any PLA dispositions with Alberta Environment & Parks (AEP), thetransferee will need to deal directly with AEP on those dispositions.

Contact AER.ETSAssign@aer.ca for more information.
B. Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) transfers•The facility licence associated with the EPEA approval of a facility must be either approved
already or submitted at the same time as the submission of the transfer of the EPEA approval.

•A consent-to-transfer document is required for all EPEA approvals and registrations relating tosweet gas plants and compressor stations that have a registration number.

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Request that the transfer document be submitted to EPEA.WA.Applications@aer.ca.

•Once a consent-to-transfer document has been executed by both the transferor and thetransferee, the document is submitted to EPEA.WA.Applications@aer.ca for approval to issue
the transfer.

Contact EPEA.WA.Applications@aer.ca for more information.
C. Water Act approvals and licences

Note that under the Water Act, “transfer” means the removal of an allocation of water from one
licence and the addition of this volume to a different licence; “approval” means authorization under
the Water Act for an activity within or affecting a water body. For the purposes of this document,these Water Act terms are not used. Instead, the discussion relates to applicants taking over existing
authorizations.

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•On the application form, provide information about the existing licence, including licencenumber, and provide information to show the change of holder of the authorization from theold holder to the new one.

•If the current holder no longer exists, submit a statement attesting to that and saying that theproposed new holder is the proper person or company to assume responsibility for theapproval or licence.

•For Water Act licences, email the application form to EPEA.WA.Applications@aer.ca.

•For Water Act approvals, submit the application via the OneStop system.

Contact EPEA.WA.Applications@aer.ca with any questions.

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