CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD RANGE STANDING ORDERS 2018 EDITION RANGE STANDING ORDERS 2018 EDITION RECORD OF AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT DATE OF PAGES DATE ENTERED BY NUMBER AMENDMENT AMENDED ENTERED SN, RK, NAME, INIT CHAPTER 1 – RANGE ORIENTATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW ................... 1 PART 1 – INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 Section 1 – Mission .............................................................................................................................. 2 Section 2 – Land Management Governance ......................................................................................... 2 Section 3 – Range Standing Orders (RSO) Structure ........................................................................... 3 PART 2 – RANGE CHARACTERISTICS AND CAPABILITIES ............................................................. 3 Section 1 – History ............................................................................................................................... 3 Section 2 – Land Users ......................................................................................................................... 4 Section 3 – Base Zoning ....................................................................................................................... 5 Section 4 – Range Classification .......................................................................................................... 7 Section 5 – Base Support Capability .................................................................................................... 8 Section 6 – Fixed Ranges ..................................................................................................................... 8 Section 7 – Range Licenses .................................................................................................................. 8 Section 8 – Airspace ............................................................................................................................. 8 Section 9 – Maps .................................................................................................................................. 9 PART 3 – LAND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS ....................................... 9 Section 1– Base Ops (G3) Branch ........................................................................................................ 9 Section 2 – Base Environmental Officer (B Env O) .......................................................................... 11 Section 3 – Real Property Operations Unit (West) Detachment Suffield (RPOU(W) Det Suffield) . 12 Section 4 – Committees ...................................................................................................................... 12 Section 5 – External Organizations .................................................................................................... 14 Section 6 – Land Management Plans and Tools ................................................................................ 15 PART 4 – COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE AND ENFORCEMENT ......................................................... 17 Section 1 – Compliance Assurance Monitoring ................................................................................. 17 Section 2 – Non-Compliance Enforcement Response........................................................................ 18 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER 2 – LAND USE AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES ...................................................... 20 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 20 LAND USE AUTHORIZATION ............................................................................................................... 21 Land Use Requests ............................................................................................................................. 21 PART 1 – LAND USE PLAN ENDORSEMENT ...................................................................................... 22 Section 1 – Military, Grazing, and Other Non-Oil and Gas Land Users ............................................ 22 Section 2 – Oil and Gas Land Users................................................................................................... 22 PART 2 – BOOKING MILITARY TRAINING AT CFB SUFFIELD ...................................................... 23 Section 1– Booking Procedure ........................................................................................................... 23 Section 2 – Coordination of Ranges ................................................................................................... 24 Section 3 – Logistical and Administrative Support ............................................................................ 25 PART 3 – APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT (AFD) AND ACTIVITY (AFA) PROCESSES ...... 25 Section 1 – Land Uses Requiring an AFD ......................................................................................... 25 Section 2 – Land Uses Requiring an AFA ......................................................................................... 26 Section 3 – Application Submission .................................................................................................. 26 Section 4 – Application Review ......................................................................................................... 27 PART 4 – NWA PERMITS ........................................................................................................................ 31 Section 1 – Application Process ......................................................................................................... 31 Section 2 – Permit Issuance ............................................................................................................... 31 Section 3 – Routine Activity Permits ................................................................................................. 32 PART 5 – NOTIFICATION OF INTENT (NOI) PROCESS ..................................................................... 32 Section 1 – Land Uses Requiring an NOI .......................................................................................... 32 Section 2 – NOI Submission .............................................................................................................. 35 Section 3 – NOI Review ..................................................................................................................... 35 1/6 PART 6 – POST-APPROVAL RANGE CLEARANCE PROCESSES ..................................................... 37 Section 1 – Range Safety Briefing (RSB) .......................................................................................... 37 Section 2 – Ground Disturbance Clearances ...................................................................................... 38 Section 3 – Confirmatory Wildlife Surveys ....................................................................................... 39 Section 4 – Clearance Process for Use of Bivouacs by Visiting Military Units ................................ 40 CHAPTER 3 – RANGE ACCESS AND MOVEMENT CONTROL ................................................... 42 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 42 PART 1 – MONTHLY RANGE CALENDAR .......................................................................................... 43 PART 2 – MOVEMENT CONTROL STATIONS .................................................................................... 45 Section 1 – Range Control Ops Room ............................................................................................... 45 Section 2 – EPG Movement Control .................................................................................................. 45 Section 3 – MTA Movement Control Cells ....................................................................................... 45 Section 4 – SIRC ................................................................................................................................ 46 Section 5 – Airspace Control ............................................................................................................. 46 PART 3 – TEMPLATES ............................................................................................................................ 46 Section 1 – Types of Templates ......................................................................................................... 47 Section 2 – Template Controllers ....................................................................................................... 48 Section 3 – Template Control Measures ............................................................................................ 49 PART 4 – ACCESS ROUTE CONTROL .................................................................................................. 50 Section 1 – General Route Discipline ................................................................................................ 50 Section 2 – Site Definition and Access. ............................................................................................. 53 Section