The federal government is stepping in to regulate a company's controversial plan to use water from one of Nova Scotia's major rivers to create huge underground caverns to store natural gas, but a Mi'kmaq leader says Ottawa's move doesn't go far enough.
Environment and Climate Change Canada says the proposed regulations for the Alton Gas project will be aimed at managing potential threats to fish, fish habitat and human health.
Federal officials could not be reached for comment, but the company issued a statement saying it is committed to safe operations that will protect the Shubenacadie River. The leftover brine solution would then be pumped back into the river over a two- to three-year period. However, Gloade made it clear he's worried the project will damage the 73-kilometre tidal river, which runs through the middle of mainland Nova Scotia.
The federal department says regulations under the Fisheries Act, due later this year, will establish "conditions on any brine releases." Last Friday, Alton Gas applied to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for an injunction that would order the removal of protesters from the riverside site near Fort Ellis, N.S.
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