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1981
Snow samples were collected in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of northeastern Alberta in mid-January and late February 1981. The snow depth was measured and snow cores were taken at .60 sites around the oil sands plants. Snow sample collectors were set out at six of the sites in mid-January and...
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2003-01-01
The Acid Drainage Technology Initiative (ADTI) was initiated in 1995 by federal agencies, the National Mining Association (NMA) and the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) to identify, evaluate and develop cost-effective and practical acid drainage technologies. In 1999, ADTI was expanded...
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1979
Giles, M. A., Lawrence, S. G., Klaverkamp, J. F.
In order to conduct oil sands mining operations in the surface mining region of the Athabasca oil sands deposits, most regions require depressurization of the basal sandstone formations. The groundwater produced by depressurization operations is of poor enough quality to be toxic to fish. The...
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1977
Energy and Natural Resources, Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority, Energy Resources Conservation Board
This report provides an overview of the oil sands, current commercial developments, experimental work, an overview of Fort McMurray and the role of government agencies in development and management of oil sands.
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The Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program: Methods Report
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The Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program was modeled after the USEPA TEAM approach. The TEAM approach is based on four fundamental characteristics: direct measurement of all routes of exposure (breathing, ingestion, and skin contact), direct measurement of...
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The Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program: Summary report
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This report provides an overview of the Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program Main Study. The report describes the population and personal distribution of exposure to airborne chemicals and particulates in the city of Fort McMurray. Using a personal exposure...
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The Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program: Technical report
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The Main Study of the Alberta Oil Sands Community Exposure and Health Effects Assessment Program had three main objectives: 1. Describe the population and personal distribution of exposure to airborne chemicals and particulates: • estimate the population distribution of selected airborne...
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The Alberta Oil Sands Then and Now: An Investigation of the Economic, Environmental and Social Discourses Across Four Decades
Download2013-08-22
Williams, A., Steward, G., Paskey, J.
A detailed study of dozens of documents pertaining to the Alberta oil sands produced by the Alberta government over the past 40 years shows the government’s perspective regarding this vast resource has undergone a major shift. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Alberta government initiated...
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2012-01-25
Twenty journalists who regularly produce articles, televised reports and videos about the Alberta oil sands and issues pertaining to the oil sands participated in this study. Although most of the stories about the Alberta oil sands that appear in the news media have a business or economic focus,...
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2003
Garvie, A. M., Brown, P. L., Short, T. A.
Kestrel Mine co-disposes around 1.5 Mt of fine (<0.5 mm) and coarse (<50 mm) coal washery wastes per year to form out-of-pit dumps. The bulk material has a net acid producing potential (NAPP) up to 260 kg H2SO4/t and to date around 9 Mt has been deposited. The mine plans to co-dispose of...