Legislation says Alberta’s energy regulator may confirm, vary, suspend or revoke its decisions, with or without a hearing
Alberta’s energy regulator is reconsidering a project it approved months ago after receiving a critical report on Fort Hills Energy’s plan to mine oil sands from a unique carbon-storing wetland.
“We note that you have requested a reconsideration,” said the regulator’s April 12 response. “This request will be processed through reconsideration process.” It contains 11,000 years worth of accumulated carbon-rich peat. First Nations have used it for centuries. The plan proposes a complicated set of wells and pumps to control and monitor water levels and chemistry. But its centrepiece is a wall, nearly 14 kilometres long and between 20 and 70 metres deep, which is intended to protect the unmined wetland while the rest is drained and excavated.
“The species in that fen on which the entire ecosystem depends, they depend on that chemistry. As soon as you change that, you will likely lose those species.”
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