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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]
Alberta Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Advisory Provides strategic advice and recommendations regarding innovation and research. Technology and Innovation: Travel Alberta: Service Delivery Acts as a marketing agency for Alberta's tourism sector and tourism industry companies in domestic, national, and international markets. Tourism ...
As part of Alberta's Area-Based Closure program (ABC), which represented 70% of the provinces remediation activity, the oil and gas industry spent approximately $340 million on clean up. [ 60 ] The federal government provided a grant of $1.2 billion through the COVID-19 Economic Response Plan announced in 2020. [ 61 ]
The Code is published for Alberta by the National Research Council of Canada. The Alberta Building Code 2006 [16] was adopted by provincial regulation on 2 September 2007. [17] The National Building Code – 2019 Alberta Edition came into force on December 1, 2019. [18] This code is based on the National Building Code of Canada 2015. It ...
Land rehabilitation as a part of environmental remediation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters, etc.) has resulted in its damage.
A permeable reactive barrier (PRB), also referred to as a permeable reactive treatment zone (PRTZ), is a developing technology that has been recognized as being a cost-effective technology for in situ (at the site) groundwater remediation. PRBs are barriers which allow some—but not all—materials to pass through.
The process of identifying sustainable remediation is defined by The UK Sustainable remediation Forum [2] as “the practice of demonstrating, in terms of environmental, economic and social indicators, that the benefit of undertaking remediation is greater than its impact, and that the optimum remediation solution is selected through the use of a balanced decision-making process.”
An EIA is prepared to estimate the effects of a proposed development or construction project. EIA provides technical evaluations that are intended to contribute to more objective decision making. In the United States, EIA obtained formal status in 1969, with the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). EIAs have been used ...