Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to oilsands releases: document
EDMONTON — The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows.
Discoloured water, later found to be groundwater contaminated with oilsands tailings, was discovered seeping from a Kearl pond in May. First Nations were not kept informed of that investigation until Feb. 7, when the Alberta Energy Regulator issued an environmental protection order against Imperial after the another release of 5.3 million litres ofindustrial wastewater including some tailings from a containment pond.
Five days later, on March 7, Alberta Environment began an emergency response to the spill, which contained toxic levels of contaminants including arsenic. It took another three days before provincial emergency response staff made it to the site. "You'd think this would be right up their alley," said Alan in a statement."Maybe there's a bigger crisis happening in our region that I don't know about that they're focused on instead."
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