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In the past the Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment conducted investigations differently. Alberta Surface Rights Group, the United Landowners of Alberta, First Nations, farmers and ranchers have expressed concerns about the streamlining of regulatory processes that may benefit oil and gas industries at their expense. [5]
The Surface Rights Board settles disputes between companies that have the right to drill for subsurface fossil fuels and the owners of the surface of the land. It can also direct the government to pay surface lease rentals on behalf of delinquent operators. The Surface Rights Board was under Alberta Environment and Parks until 2018.
A lawyer representing Action Surface Rights, a landowners group, Christine Laing, called on the AER to use the power it has more often and in a timely fashion to "protect the public interest". [43] Cases, such as Lexin and Sequoia, shed light on the complexity and opacity of ownership groups.
Surface Rights Board of Arbitration land rights: The SRBA is a last-resort body that deals with disputes between landowners or occupants and oil/gas or potash operators who are unable to reach an agreement for surface access to private land and related compensation. Workers' Compensation Board workers' compensation
In April 1978, the provincial government sold the AEC production rights to the Primrose Lake block. Similar to Suffield, the province owned the mineral rights while it leased the surface rights to the federal government for use as an air weapons range, part of CFB Cold Lake. The AEC paid $45 per acre for the 1.25 million acres.
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is a quasi-judicial, independent agency regulating the development of energy resources in Alberta. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the AER's mandate under the Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA) is "to provide for the efficient, safe, orderly and environmentally responsible development of energy resources and mineral resources in Alberta.” [1]
After leaving Parliament he became a member of the Alberta Surface Rights Board, and a Farmers Advocate of Alberta member and had been lobbying for surface rights for 20 years before retiring in 2006. [2] He was a native of Castor, Alberta, and has seven children, and two stepdaughters, including former MLA Brian C. Downey.
After retiring from provincial politics Broda was appointed by the Government of Alberta to serve on the Alberta Surface Rights Board in April 2005 to serve as Vice-Chairman. His appointed term on the board was scheduled until March 31, 2010.