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1979

McGill, W. B., Lindsay, J. D., Kong, K.

Two sites have been established for the study of stored peat. These are located at Evansburg ; Alberta and on the Syncrude Canada Ltd. lease at Mildred Lake, Alberta. Fibric and mesic moss peat and fen peat have been investigated in terms of their physical, chemical and microbiological...

2012-08-10

Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures

Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF) and other parties have been investigating reclamation research, development and deployment capabilities and capacities in the province for several months. The concept of a ‘Reclamation Centre’ was first discussed through a Challenge Paper distributed...

2011-04-04

Jasechko, K., Gibson, J.J., Moncur, M., Birks, S.J., Tattrie, S., Yi, Y., Eby, P., Richardson, K.

A pilot study was conducted by Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures during 2009 and 2010 to assess potential for labelling process-affected water from oil sands operations using a suite of isotopic and geochemical tracers, including inorganic and organic compounds in water. The study was...

2014-12-22

Wilson, C., Hopkins, D., Wall, K.

The objective of this study is to measure and characterize concentrations of chemicals in plants, berries and soil predominantly located north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Methods included opportunistic sampling via collection of root vegetables, above ground vegetables, berries and soil and...

1985

Land Conservation and Reclamation Council, Alberta Chapter, Canadian Land Reclamation Association

The question we are faced with today is: How do we establish a system or systems for measuring success in reclamation? That is a challenge that has been going on for quite sometime for all of us, in one way or another. We have tried to apply some useful process and have either failed in part,...

2014-12-21

OSRIN

Until recently pipelines have not received much public or media attention. The lines, and the companies that operated them, flew under the radar. Their journeys through the regulatory system were usually simple, quick and free of rancor. This is certainly no longer the case. Applications for...

2014-12-23

Poesch, M., Christensen-Dalsgaard, K.K., Sinnatamby, R.N.

The Alberta oil sands region contains one of the world’s largest oil deposits, estimated at 1.7 trillion barrels. Development in this region can have negative effects for aquatic species, governed under Canada’s Fisheries Act. The Fisheries Act allows the possibility for offsetting losses in...

2012-11-02

Eaton, B., Humphries, D., Davies, J.

A microcosm-based experiment was conducted to investigate the ability of community level physiological profiling (CLPP) to detect changes in an aquatic microbial community resulting from exposure to oil sands process affected water (OSPW). Detection of the microbial response was done by using...

1982

Land Conservation and Reclamation Council

These 1982 Minimum Reclamation Requirements were an update to the 1980 Minimum Reclamation Standards and expanded coverage to include all public land.

1980

Land Conservation and Reclamation Council

These 1980 Minimum Reclamation Standards applied to patented and and land that was the property of the Crown but covered by the Public Lands Act.