Syncrude Canada Ltd. applied, pursuant to Section 14 of the Oil Sands Conservation Act, to amend Approval No. 7550 to allow for the expansion of its Mildred Lake upgrading complex, in which the proposed expansion would increase Syncrude's production of marketable hydrocarbons through the addition of a new fluid coker, a flue gas desulphurization unit, new froth treatment facilities, additional hydrotreating and sulphur recovering capabilities and associated ancillary units. Syncrude sought approval for a production scheme for the expanded facilities that would increase annual production volume to 27.5 from 15.3 million cubic m per year of marketable hydrocarbons, and removal of the annual production volume and term limits for the upgrading complex. Under a coordinated application process adopted by Alberta Environment and the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, Syncrude filed a joint application and environmental impact assessment. It also filed for an amendment to its Approval No. 26-01-00 issued under the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. The issues to be considered with respect to the application are: technology - diluent recovery, bitumen conversion technology selection, and removal of production and term limits; environment - sulphur dioxide emissions from the base plant, sulphur recovery from acid gas, greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides, particulates, and ozone; and water management - cumulative effects. Considering all the evidence, the Boards. Considering all the evidence, the Board was prepared, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to approve Syncrude's Application No. 980381 with conditions and requirements as referenced in this report and that will be specified in the approval