PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN

1 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Rev:2019-04 PONY-PEST-PLAN-001 Printed copies of this document are considered uncontrolled Page 1 of 34 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Rev:2019-04 PONY-PEST-PLAN-001 Printed copies of this document are considered uncontrolled Page 2 of 34 REVISION SUMMARY No. Description Revised By Date: 2019-01 Issued for Review Bob Ellis February 1, 2019 2019-04 Approved Plan April 18, 2019 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Rev:2019-04 PONY-PEST-PLAN-001 Printed copies of this document are considered uncontrolled Page 3 of 34 TABLE OF CONTENTS SCOPE, PURPOSE & PLAN.

2 5 SCOPE .. 5 RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTACT INFORMATION .. 5 PURPOSE .. 5 PROGRAM PLAN (PREVENTION) .. 5 LEASE AND RISER LOCATIONS .. 6 PIPELINE AND ROAD RIGHTS OF WAY .. 7 STANDARDS AND PRACTICES .. 7 IDENTIFYING TREATMENT BOUNDARIES .. 7 ASSESSING NEED FOR PESTICIDE USE PRE-TREATMENT .. 8 RATIONALE FOR TREATMENT methods .. 9 DAILY OPERATIONS .. 9 TABLE 1: TREATMENT FLOWCHART (LEASE AND RISER LOCATIONS) .. 10 TABLE 2: TREATMENT FLOWCHART (ROAD AND PIPELINE ROW S) .. 11 DOCUMENT CONTROL .. 12 CONTROL methods .. 12 BACKPACK SPRAYER.

3 12 BOOM SPRAYER ON ATV OR 4WD VEHICLE .. 12 CUT STUMP APPLICATIONS (LEASES AND ROW S) .. 12 NON-PESTICIDE methods (HAND PULLING, HAND TOOLS) .. 13 CULTURAL / NATURAL CONTROL .. 13 EFFECTIVNESS OF TREAMTMENT POST TREATMENT .. 13 PROCEDURES FOR THE SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES .. 14 SAFETY .. 14 TRANSPORTATION OF PESTICIDES .. 14 STORING PESTICIDES .. 15 MIXING, LOADING AND APPLYING PESTICIDES .. 15 MIXING AND LOADING PROCEDURES .. 16 APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES .. 16 SIGNS IDENTIFYING TREATMENT AREAS .. 17 MAINTAINING AND CALIBRATING PESTICIDE APPLICATION EQUIPMENT.

4 17 PRIOR TO APPLICATION .. 17 DURING APPLICATION .. 18 AFTER APPLICATION (RECORD KEEPING) .. 18 DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDES .. 18 SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE .. 19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGIES (PESTICIDE USE) .. 20 GENERA STRATEGIES .. 20 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Rev:2019-04 PONY-PEST-PLAN-001 Printed copies of this document are considered uncontrolled Page 4 of 34 FISH, WILDLIFE, AND RIPARIAN HABITAT PROTECTION .. 21 FOOD PRODUCED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION .. 21 TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF TOXICITY TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE MOVEMENT IN SOIL SPECIFIC HERBICIDES.

5 22 PESTICIDES USED .. 23 TABLE 4: SUMMARY OF CHEMICAL HERBICIDES COVERED UNDER THESE 23 1. GLYPHOSATE (ROUND-UP WEATHER MAX, VANTAGE) .. 24 2. DIURON (KARMEX) .. 24 3. CHLOROSULFURON (TELAR XP) .. 25 4. IMAZAPYR (ARSENAL) .. 25 5. DICAMBA (VANQUISH, ORACLE) .. 25 6. PICLORAM (TORDON 22K, TORDON 101) .. 26 7. AMINOPYALID (MILESTONE, CLEARVIEW) .. 26 8. METSULFURON METHYL (CLEARVIEW, ESCORT) .. 26 9. 2,4-D AMINE (2,4-D AMINE 600, TORDON 101) .. 27 10. TRICLOPYR (GARLON ULTRA) .. 27 11. ADJUVANTS (GATEWAY) .. 27 PREPARATION, CONSULTATION / PESTICIDE USE NOTICE.

6 27 APPENDIX A (GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED TREATMENT AREA) .. 29 APPENDIX B (TREATMENT ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING FORM) .. 30 APPENDIX C (NOXIOUS WEED identification FORM) .. 32 APPENDIX D (EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION) .. 33 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Rev:2019-04 PONY-PEST-PLAN-001 Printed copies of this document are considered uncontrolled Page 5 of 34 SCOPE, PURPOSE AND PLAN Scope Painted Pony Energy Ltd. (Painted Pony) operates infrastructure which includes facilities, wellsites, pipelines and roads in the province of British Columbia.

7 Painted Pony has developed and implemented a Pest MANAGEMENT Plan as part of Painted Pony s ongoing operations that ensures the safe and reliable operation of their facilities, pipelines, wellsites, roads and associated infrastructure. The purpose of this plan is to define the processes used by Painted Pony to manage vegetation within property owned or operated by Painted Pony Energy Ltd. in Northeastern British Columbia. All Painted Pony owned and operated infrastructure located in British Columbia is included within the scope of this Plan.

8 Painted Pony has developed this Pest MANAGEMENT Plan for managing pest populations or reducing damage caused by pests, based on integrated pest MANAGEMENT , and establish methods of handling, preparing, mixing, applying and otherwise using pesticides within the program, as well as comply with the applicable provincial acts and regulations in British Columbia including; Integrated Pest MANAGEMENT Act [SBC 2003] Chapter 58 Reg. 604/2004, Integrated Pest MANAGEMENT Regulation BC Ministry of Environment, Integrated Pest MANAGEMENT Act and Regulation Summary Invasive Species Council of British Columbia.

9 2014. Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia. Eighth Edition. The Government of British Columbia. Digital Copy. 94 pp. Peace River Regional District. 2019, Profile of Invasive Plant Species with in the Peace River Regional District (Current as of February 2019). PRRD Environmental Services Department. Digital Copy. 102 pp. Peace River Regional District. 2019. Invasive Plant Program, Strategic Plan and Profile, 2019. PRRD Environmental Services Department. Digital Copy. 33 pp. Painted Pony expects all plans, policies and guidelines developed to protect its infrastructure will be followed when activities are conducted on Painted Pony s properties.

10 These standards are maintained through a document revision process, completed by the various owner groups and available to personnel via Painted Pony s online document MANAGEMENT system (Blackbox). Responsibilities and Contact Information Painted Pony Pest MANAGEMENT Plan is implemented under the following Painted Pony approved plans; a) Professional Practice MANAGEMENT Plan (PPMP) b) Integrity MANAGEMENT Plan Facilities (IMP-F) c) Integrity MANAGEMENT Plan - Pipelines (IMP-P) The PPMP, IMP-F and IMP-P has the full support of the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and meets the requirements of Painted Pony s Infrastructure Integrity MANAGEMENT Policy.