Suncor incident highlights ‘continued failure’ of Alberta regulator: First Nation chief
The note sent to First Nations said the water is from a pond used to settle suspended solids in surface water that runs in from various parts of the site. The water has drained from muskeg, rock and soil overlaying the bitumen, material being stored for reclamation and other areas of the site that are undisturbed by mining.However, the government of the Northwest Territories said that Alberta failed again to let it know about what’s going on in a watershed they share.
“This speaks to trans-boundary nature of this problem and is an object lesson in why the federal government needs to take control of the tailings problem immediately.”Global News has reached out to the Alberta government and the AER for comment.Timely notification of water releases from oilsands mine became an issue earlier this spring.
Three inquiries have since been called into that nine-month silence — an internal probe called by the regulator’s board, an inquiry by Alberta’s information commissioner and a series of hearings by the House of Commons environment and sustainability committee.Story continues below advertisement
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