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Daron K. Naffin

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With a practice that is directed towards energy, environmental and regulatory law, municipal planning as well as expropriation and surface rights, Daron Naffin acts for oil and gas companies, municipalities, and utilities.

Clients benefit from his experience with matters involving all aspects of energy facility applications. He is also involved in environmental matters concerned with contaminated sites and Alberta power projects.

Daron appears before the Supreme Court of Canada, all levels of the Alberta courts, the Alberta Energy Regulator (formerly, the Energy Resources Conservation Board), the Environmental Appeals Board, the Land and Property Rights Tribunal, the Natural Resources Conservation Board, the BC Oil and Gas Commission, the BC Oil and Gas Appeals Tribunal, the BC Surface Rights Board, the Canadian Energy Regulator and various municipal and expropriation tribunals.

Daron is a past president of the Alberta Expropriation Association, is a member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA), a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) and sat on the Disciplinary Hearing Panel Roster for the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA).

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University of Calgary, BA, 1995 University of Alberta, LLB, 1999 

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Alberta, 2000

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Daron's experience includes appearances before the Alberta Alberta Energy Regulator, the Land and Property Rights Tribunal, the Natural Resources Conservation Board, the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board, Alberta Environment and Parks, municipal boards, all levels of Alberta courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.
 

Alberta Energy Regulator

  • Facility approval proceedings for sweet and sour facilities, with particular experience with sour gas infrastructure adjacent to urban areas and along Alberta's Eastern slopes
  • Facility approvals for major Alberta pipeline projects
  • Facility approval proceedings relating to coalbed methane development in Alberta
  • SAGD oil sands development projects in Fort McMurray and Peace River areas
  • Oil Sands upgrader projects in Ft. Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta
  • Reclamation issues and related appeals
  • Matters associated with hydraulic fracturing
  • Rateable Take/Common Carrier/Common Processor Proceedings
  • Waste Disposal Proceedings
  • Regulatory Appeal Proceedings
  • Enforcement proceedings

Surface Rights Tribunals

  • Alberta Land and Property Rights Tribunal and related appeal proceedings to Court of Queen's Bench respecting right of entry and compensation
  • BC Surface Rights Board respecting right of entry, rental review and other arbitrations in NE British Columbia
  • Manitoba Surface Rights Board regarding Right of Entry and compensation proceedings

Natural Resources Conservation Board

  • Sulphur forming and shipping facility approval proceedings
  • Enforcement proceedings

Alberta Environmental Appeals Board

  • Contaminated site designations, environmental protection orders, enforcement orders and environmental prosecutions
  • Water/wetland issues and related approvals
  • Reclamation issues/appeals

BC Oil and Gas Commission/BC Oil and Gas Appeals Tribunal

  • Approvals/licenses associated with major pipeline infrastructure and related appeal proceedings

Expropriation

  • Significant expropriation experience before Inquiry Hearings and the Alberta Land Compensation Board involving lands/interests across Alberta
  • Urban expropriations related to energy, flood prevention/mitigation, mass transit (LRT and BRT) and road projects
  • Rural expropriations related to water diversion and road projects
  • Judicial reviews of expropriation decisions

Municipal Boards

  • Various Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) and Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) hearings in several Alberta Municipalities
  • Appeals of municipal matters to the Alberta Court of Appeal

Supreme Court of Canada

  • Utility rates matter relating to property division between ratepayers and utility company shareholders

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Repeatedly recommended, Energy (Oil & Gas)
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