WRAP Background

The Waste Receiver Assessment Program (WRAP) was initiated by a consortium of upstream oil and gas producers in 1999. The purpose of the program is to determine the liability and risk associated with taking waste products to third party waste receivers. The waste receivers that are assessed provide a wide range of services which include, but are not limited to, treatment facilities, transfer stations, landfills and incineration facilities. The reports that are generated for each assessment include a description of the assessment process, a facility description, plot plans, facility photographs, observations, findings, a detailed assessment scoring protocol and the overall facility rating.

Wotherspoon Environmental Inc. (WEI) took ownership of WRAP in 2011 and are responsible for completing the assessments and reports each year.

WRAP Outline

• Typically 30-50 assessments conducted each year across North America.
• Waste receiving facilities are assessed based on a three-year rotating schedule to meet most corporate and/or regulatory requirements.
• Over 200 waste disposal facilities have been assessed through WRAP.
• An organization can sign up to be a WRAP member (generator or receiver) and obtain a specified number of assessment reports based on the Membership Tier selected in a given year.

WRAP Benefits

• Managed 3 year rotation schedule of waste receiver site assessments to meet corporate and/or regulatory requirements.
• Costs are shared across the membership base, so the cost per assessment is greatly reduced for generators.
• One assessment conducted on behalf of multiple waste generators rather than one assessment for each waste generator. This leads to improved productivity for waste receivers as less time is spent going through external assessments.
• Can be used as a method to satisfy external auditing requirements (for member receivers).
• Increased awareness of waste receiver practices across North America.
• A standard assessment protocol is used so that disposal facilities can be compared across multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
• Opportunity for input into which facilities are assessed each year, as well as the aspects in the assessment protocol.

Wotherspoon Environmental Inc. (WEI)

Wotherspoon Environmental Inc. (WEI) has been involved in waste management planning since 1988. WEI was the primary author of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) "Waste Management Guidelines for the Upstream Petroleum Industry". WEI’s experience with regards specifically to waste facility audits includes a 20 year partnership with a national insurance underwriting organization. For this term WEI has been the exclusive provider of Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) assessments and reports in Western Canada, which has included EIL inspections of hundreds of municipal and corporately owned waste transfer stations, landfills, recycle centres, and petroleum industry waste sites. WEI has managed the WRAP since 2011. As the steward of the WRAP program, WEI is responsible for completing the assessments and reports each year. Further information on WEI's complete line of services can be found at www.wenvinc.com.