Last week, an Australia-based company resurrected a proposal for the Grassy Mountain steelmaking coal mine in southern Alberta, applying for three licences from the AER.
That’s despite the project being denied by both Alberta and Ottawa, as well as a provincial order that forbids any coal activity on those lands.mine near the Crowsnest Pass, approximately seven kilometres north of the community of Blairmore in southwest Alberta.Ron Wallace and Bill Trafford,that recommended the pause to the government, are concerned the recent applications violate both the spirit and letter of the order that enacted that moratorium.
Trafford says he can’t see how the regulator can accept the applications and move forward on them without violating government policy.Spokespeople from Northback, the regulator or the provincial government weren’t immediately available.
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