Construction equipment near Grassy Mountain in 2014, with Crowsnest Mountain in the background. This week's decision to reinstate Alberta's 1976 coal policy does not restore the status quo, according to natural resources law professor Nigel Bankes.
The Alberta Energy Regulator promised to hold public hearings into three applications from Northback Holdings to explore for coal on the Grassy Mountain site.The Alberta Energy Regulator is holding public hearings into three applications to explore for coal at the Grassy Mountain site in southwestern Alberta.
The Grassy project has been previously rejected by an environmental panel and stymied by a provincial ministerial order blocking coal development in the Rockies. But the regulator accepted Northback's applications after receiving a letter from Energy Minister Brian Jean suggesting Grassy Mountain was an "advanced project" and should be exempt from the ban.
"Appealing the dates can be costly and time-consuming and I don't know how much benefit it would be," he said Monday. "We still have the opportunity to put our case forward at the Appeal Court and I think we're covered there."
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