Two tailings pond leaks at Imperial Oil facilities have inflamed tensions in Alberta over the management of mining wastewater. Read on.
Wilkinson added: “But that’s the whole point behind the development of the is to find longer-term solutions to what is a real environmental challenge.”
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said it only learned about the seepage when the Alberta Energy Regulator , despite the band having met with Imperial officials on a number of occasions in the intervening months. ACFN Chief Allan Adam said he is also angry with the provincial regulator for not warning the public about the seepage before the second incident came to light.Article content
“I’m lost for words because I’ve never had so many ministries and officials call me up,” Adam said. “Well, ‘sorry’ doesn’t cut it after nine months of concealing it.” The company said the seepage from the spring, discovered last May, escaped its interception system for the tailings area because it occurred in shallower ground layers not protected by the system.Article content
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