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Today we released a new edition of Manual 023 Licensee Life-Cycle Management that includes clarifications based on feedback received as part of the ongoing implementation of the Government of Alberta’s Liability Management Framework (opens in new window) (LMF), including the following:
- general administrative and editing clarifications
- the addition of definitions for active liability, inactive liability, and marginal liability
- the removal of references to closure spend forecasts and changes to support the end of the supplemental closure spend quota, first announced in Bulletin 2023-35: Mandatory Closure Spend Quotas for 2024 (section 4)
- clarification of the security refund request process for liability programs identified in Directive 088: Licensee Life-Cycle Management (section 6)
- the incorporation of the following changes to the licensee capability assessment (LCA) that were introduced November 28, 2023:
- an update to the closure spend parameter in the closure factor to use actual reported spend rather than estimated spend for all licensees
- an update to the orphan fund levy compliance parameter in the administration factor to include late and payment plan data
- an update to the administration levy compliance parameter in the administration factor to include late and payment plan data
- various bug fixes regarding data anomalies
Manual 023 is available on the AER website, www.aer.ca. If you have any questions, contact our Customer Contact Centre by phone at 1-855-297-8311 or by email at inquiries@aer.ca.
