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Environmental Studies Research Fund levies no longer applied

This dataset provides the geospatial boundary of the area where levies are no longer applied to ESRF prescribed regions.

Context:

The Environmental Studies Research Fund (ESRF) is a research program, which sponsors environmental and social studies. It is designed to assist in the decision-making process related to oil and gas exploration and development on Canada's frontier lands. The funding for the ESRF is provided through levies on frontier lands paid by interest holders such as the oil and gas companies. The ESRF is directed by a joint government/industry/public Management Board and is administered by a secretariat which resides in the Office of Energy Research and Development, Natural Resources Canada.

The ESRF receives its legislative mandate through the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. The ESRF regions are described in the Environmental Studies Research Fund Regions Regulations. As well, the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act provide legislative direction in the Southern Regions.

Funding for ESRF is collected annually through levies paid by lease-holding oil and gas companies active in a specific ESRF region. In accordance with the legislation, levies are recommended by the Management Board to the Ministers of NRCan and CIRNA for approval. The levies are calculated by multiplying the levy rate of a region by the number of hectares of land under lease.

The ESRF has sponsored studies on oil and gas exploration and development on frontier lands, including such topics as environmental effects on fish, bird and animal habits and habitats, iceberg detection and flow patterns, oil spill prevention and countermeasures, dispersant effectiveness in cold waters and ice, frontier social and economic issues, improving accuracy of ocean and weather forecasting, and verification of codes and standards.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2018-06
Date ( RI_366 )
2018
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada - ( ESRF Secretariat )
580 Booth Street , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0E4 , Canada
www.esrfunds.org
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Offshore area
  • Research
  • Boundaries
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng
Metadata language
fra
Topic category
  • Boundaries
Begin date
1987
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 / Canada Atlas Lambert
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.5 )

RI_417
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; SPRS / CCMEO / FGP - ( GeoAnalytics )
OnLine resource
ESRF levies no longer applied ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
ESRF levies no longer applied ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

File identifier
ed100552-bcad-430c-8d56-a5edee22dab0 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Environmental Studies Research Fund: data collection 462c5702-b2e4-4a37-837a-88d3d9937f5f
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2018-09-13T18:46:45
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Innovation and Energy Technology Sector - ( ESRF Secretariat )
580 Booth Street , Ottawa , Ontario , K1A 0E4 , Canada
www.esrfunds.org
 
 

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