Alberta’s energy regulator failed to publicly disclose 5.3 million litres of waste water that escaped a catchment pond
Alberta’s energy regulator may have ignored provincial law by not publicly disclosing that waste from a large oilsands tailings pond was escaping containment and seeping into groundwater, says a lawyer.
Yewchuk points to sections in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act that say any public body is obliged “without delay,” to inform the public about any “risk of significant harm to the environment or to the health or safety of the public” or any information “clearly in the public interest.”
“There have been no impacts to local drinking water sources. There is no indication of impact to wildlife.” She said, however, that there was never any environmental threat and the province’s environment department said none of the tailings got into tributaries. “Proper monitoring, public safety and public notice are among the most basic government responsibilities in these situations,” Notley said. “The failed at all of them.”Neither the Alberta government nor the two federal departments – Environment and Fisheries and Oceans – that have relevant regulatory responsibilities have responded to repeated questions about when they learned of the spills.
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