Shell Canada Energy (Shell) applied to the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) for an amendment to the Jackpine Mine. Phase 1 (Phase 1) Approval 9756 to increase bitumen production. The Jackpine Mine Expansion Project (the Project), located about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, would include additional mining areas and associated processing facilities, utilities, and infrastructure and would increase bitumen production by 15,900 cubic metres per day. Shell submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development 1, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), and the ERCB. The EIA forms part of the application to the ERCB.