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Alberta Environment is committed to promoting the return of contaminated sites to productive use, while ensuring risks to human health and the environment are minimized. Alberta Environment has developed the Remediation Certificate
Regulation as a formal system of regulatory closure for sites that fall under Part 5 of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. This legislation provides
certainty to site owners, managers and other stakeholders involved with a
contaminated site. It ensures that regulatory issues for a given release are no longer a concern under a given land use within the remediated area.
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The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on reclamation certification criteria (Forested Lands in the Green Area) for oil and gas wellsites and access roads, and associated facilities such as borrow pits, campsites, and off-site (remote) sumps. Although many of the factors are relevant, it is not intended as a construction guide. This document should, however be considered when planning for oil and gas construction. This guide also applies to oil production sites, and will be in effect until revisions to the 1995 Reclamation Criteria for Wellsites and Associated Facilities have been completed and implemented. *Please note: Bolded text-boxes in this document indicate documents or elements of an assessment that are required to qualify for reclamation certification.
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This report summarizes previous work on acidic deposition in Alberta (up to 1990) and assesses different approaches for setting deposition limits.
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Describes regulatory approaches to contaminated site management.
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This report examines plant species used in reclamation and their tolerances for soil salinity, sodicity and pH. The information for each species was obtained from a review of the literature and unpublished information conveyed through personal interviews with people conducting research in this area or working in reclamation. The objective of this report is to determine if the current values for soil salinity, sodicity and pH outlined in Soil Quality Criteria Relative to Disturbance and Reclamation (Revised) (Macyk et al. 1993) and Land Capability Classification for Forest Ecosystems in the Oil Sands (Revised) (Leskiw 1998) need to be revised to reflect plant species’ tolerances for these soil parameters. Information on plant response to soil salinity, sodicity and pH is provided, as well as an overview of the soils in the boreal forest.
The results indicate that the current values used for soil salinity, sodicity and pH should not be changed at this time. Additional research to determine tolerances is required for all species and the work should ideally be conducted in the field and for several years, especially for woody species. As well, additional inventories of plant species in undisturbed saline boreal areas would be beneficial, although there are few naturally saline areas in the boreal forest.
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This validation procedure is intended to ensure that modifications to the PHC-CWS Reference Method (ISBN 1-896997-01-5) are as accurate and precise or more accurate and precise than the original published method using benchmark procedures.
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This report has been split into two Parts.
Part One: The Program Inventory and Needs Analysis Report, and Part Two, the Appendices.
Alberta Environment conducted a business needs analysis to review current land monitoring programs, gaps, needs and partnership opportunities. The report also makes key recommendation on integration of information systems and products, development of monitoring programs based on shared outcomes, and development of business and collaborative processes to facilitate land monitoring programs.
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This report has been split into two parts:
Part One: The Program Inventory and Needs Analysis Report, and Part Two, the Appendices.
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This resource kit illustrates vegetation and wildlife found on Alberta’s Prairie and explains how human impact has affected and fragmented grasslands. The intent of the kit is to provide resource material focused at increasing students’ awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the native grassland ecosystem of Alberta. Students will be introduced to the history, biology, geography and even the economics of the grasslands. They will discover the diversity and value of life provided by our grasslands.
Kit contains:
. Grasslands Poster (2 copies)
. Teacher's Guide which includes Activities and Duplicating Masters (64 Pages)
. Additional posters are available separately.
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The operation of upstream oil and gas facilities can result in the release of hydrocarbon compounds to the environment. This can be a concern either during the operation of the facility, or after decommissioning when land is returned to its former or a new use. Site closure is a term often used to describe regulatory acceptance that decommissioning is complete, and the land is ready to revert to its former or a new use. The Alberta Soil and Water Quality Guidelines for Upstream Oil and Gas Sites were developed to assist in environmental management and site closure of upstream oil and gas facilities in Alberta.
The upstream sector of the oil and gas industry includes activities associated with the extraction of oil and gas from the subsurface up to the point it reaches the refinery. Examples of upstream oil and gas facilities include well sites and gas plants. Refineries and facilities for the distribution and sale of refined products are not part of the upstream sector. The Alberta Soil and Water Quality Guidelines for Hydrocarbons at Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities specifically addresses releases of hydrocarbon mixtures from the upstream sector.
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