Charter of Operations - Section 2
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II Committee Structure

The membership of the Committee shall consist of one representative from each crude oil shipping company, each gathering and feeder pipeline and trunk line and terminal and cleaning plant operating company, two representatives from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and one representative each from the Small Explorers & Producers Association of Canada (SEPAC), the Alberta Energy & Utilities Board (AEUB), Saskatchewan Energy & Mines (SEM), the National Energy Board and the Administrative Manager. CAPP and SEPAC will represent only the interests of those companies that are producers but that are not shippers of their own production.

For the purpose of this document, all subsidiary and affiliate companies in the Committee shall be considered as one company. Each member representative from the producer associations is deemed to represent his/her association, not his/her individual company.

The Committee shall be directed by a Chairperson, First Vice-Chairperson, Second Vice-Chairperson, Past Chairperson, the Administrative Manager and an ex-officio representative from each of CAPP and SEPAC. These seven people shall be referred to as the Executive of the Committee.

There will be three levels of operation of the Committee:

1. The Executive - four elected industry representatives, one independent consultant and two ex- officio producer association representatives.

2. A Working Group - volunteer member representatives actively involved in addressing industry issues.

3. Committee of the Whole - all the member representatives involved in the logistics of crude oil in western Canada. Attachment A provides an organizational chart of the Committee structure.

The Executive shall ensure all sectors of the industry are sufficiently represented in the Working Group in order to fairly represent the Committee at the regular monthly working meetings and any extraordinary working meetings, as required.

Each member of the Committee shall be either an active member of the Working Group or shall designate an active member of the Working Group as their representative. Any member of the Committee may become involved in the Working Group operations.

To be a member of the Committee a company or other organization shall be the shipper of record of one or more crude oil and/or condensate types on at least one western Canadian gathering or feeder pipeline or trunk line; the operator of at least one western Canadian gathering or feeder pipeline or trunk line or terminal or cleaning plant; an industry association representing the interests of producer groups; or a government regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the movement of crude oil and/or condensate. To join the Committee, a company or other organization representative shall notify the Administrative Manager. The Administrative Manager shall then include the new member on the distribution lists for statistical reports, notification of meetings, correspondence, voting, etc.

Each member of the Committee shall be invited to vote on proposed changes made to industry's crude oil movement procedures, and proposed changes to the Committee Charter of Operations. The voting procedure is outlined in Section VII.

Each member of the Working Group shall be invited to vote on the decisions and recommendations under the consideration of the Committee, as determined by the industry crude oil movement procedures. The Working Group shall elect, at the end of the calendar year, the new Executive to serve for the next calendar year. The voting procedure is outlined in Section VII.