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Documents to be Submitted Electronically

Approved filings are related to applications filed under the NEB Act, up to and including compliance to the Board instrument issued.

  • Deactivation / Reactivation of Facilities (OPR)
  • Detailed Route
  • Long-term Crude Oil Export
  • Long-term Gas Export
  • Right-of-Entry
  • Route Deviations (S. 45 of NEB Act)
  • S. 119.03 Electricity Export
  • S. 21 Facilities (Variance, Review, Transfer of Board Instrument)
  • S. 52 Facilities
  • S. 58 Facilities
  • S. 58.11 International Power Line
  • S. 71 Transmission
  • S. 74 Abandonment (Operation of a Pipeline)
  • S. 74 Purchase/Sell/Name Change
  • Tolls & Tariffs
  • Tolls & Tariffs - Matters/General Terms and Conditions
  • Tolls & Tariffs - Negotiated Settlements
  • Tolls & Tariffs - Quarterly Surveillance Report/Financial Statement
  • Tolls & Tariffs - TTF Resolutions
  • S. 47 Leave to Open Pipelines

The types of documents that may be filed under the filings listed above include:

  • Affidavit
  • Application
  • Argument
  • Audit Report
  • Condition Compliance to a Board Order
  • Comprehensive study
  • Declaration of Government Participant Status
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Environment post approval report
  • Environmental screening
  • Errata
  • Export/Import Report
  • Variance of a board Order
  • Current and Revised Toll & Tariff Sheets
  • Information Request
  • Information Request Response
  • Intervention
  • Letters (Cover, etc.)
  • Letter of Comment
  • Map
  • News Release
  • Plans, Profiles, Books of Reference
  • Post Construction Monitoring Reports
  • Supplemental Information
  • Surveillance report
  • Written Evidence

Important

What should NOT be filed electronically?

Filings that meet any one of the following criteria should NOT be submitted electronically.

  • Documents filed under the Canadian Petroleum Resources Act (CPRA), the Canadian Oil and Gas Operations Act (COGOA), Part II.1 of the NEB Act (Oil and Gas Interests, Production and Conservation)
  • Documents filed under Section 16.1 of the NEB Act
  • Documents or manuals containing sensitive/security items, such as emergency response plans, pricing information, reporting requirements, NEB/Labour Canada Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, and incident reports
  • Documents for which the filer has not obtained or provided Copyright authorization

What about confidential material?

If you do not want documents filed in a proceeding to be accessed by the public, submit them to the Board in hard copy with a request for confidentiality under section 16.1 of the NEB Act. The Board will make a decision on whether the documents should be treated as confidential, using the test set out in section 16.1. If the Board grants confidentiality under section 16.1, the documents will not be posted on the web site nor in the NEB library.