1. MANAGEMENT BOARD 1 Working Safely While Protecting the Environment – Role of the ESRF Paul Barnes, ESRF Management Board Chairperson U.S. – Canada Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum November 13, 2012

2. MANAGEMENT BOARD 2 Purpose of Funds “ To finance environmental and social studies pertaining to the manner in which, and the terms and conditions under which, exploration, development and production activities on frontier lands authorized under this Act or any other Act of Parliament should be conducted.” Canada Petroleum Resources Act, s. 76 (2)

3. MANAGEMENT BOARD 3 Legislative Background Originated in 1983 Described in Part VII of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act (CPRA) Ministers of NRCan, IANC responsible NL, NS Accord legislation provides for application to Accord areas C-NLOPB, C-NSOPB approve levies for their respective areas of jurisdiction

4. MANAGEMENT BOARD 4 Administration of Funds 12-member Management Board Jointly, Ministers appoint 10 members: Federal departments (4) Offshore industry (4) Offshore Boards (C-NLOPB, CNSOPB - 1 member each) Respective Ministers appoint 1 public member each (1 north - IAND, 1 south - NRCan) Chair – Appointed by Ministers from within the Management Board Administrator – Appointed by the Ministers Secretariat – Administrative support from within Natural Resources Canada

5. MANAGEMENT BOARD 5 Funding: Regional Levies 31 ESRF regions Unique annual levy in each region on petroleum land interests (per hectare) Overall budget set each calendar year Levy in each region depends on: applicability of each proposed study to region prospectivity of region existence of moratorium/prohibition

6. MANAGEMENT BOARD 6 2012 Projects: North Seabed Stability Conditions in the Shelf/Slope Transition Zone, Canadian Beaufort Sea (Beaufort Sea Legacy Data Synthesis) e-SPACE: Emergency Spatial Pre-SCAT for Arctic Coastal Ecosystems – Beaufort Sea /Mackenzie Delta Improving the Accuracy of the Short-term Ice and Ocean Forecasts in the Beaufort Sea Upstream Oil and Gas Waste Stream Study, NWT Uniqueness of Fishes and Habitat Utilization in Oil & Gas Lease Blocks Relative to Non- Lease Areas in the Canadian Beaufort Sea Oil Spill Countermeasures Field Trials in Arctic Marine Waters Oil Spill Countermeasures Workshop

7. MANAGEMENT BOARD 7 2012 Projects: East Coast Air Emissions from Offshore Installations Sable Island Air Monitoring & Source Apportionment Seismic & Lobster Feeding Snowcrab CPUE and Seismic Activity – NL Offshore Area Biological Effects of PW on Life Stages of Fish Effect of oil and gas discharges on Early Life Stages of fish Biodegradation of Crude Oil – chemically dispersed versus non-chemically dispersed Labrador Coast Seabird and Marine Mammal Baseline Surveys Simulation of fate and “detectability” of “dead” seabirds

8. MANAGEMENT BOARD 8 2013 Research Priorities Northern Regional Effects Management Oil Spill Preparedness, Fate and Effect East Coast Hydrocarbon Spills Seabirds Seismic Wastes