New excess soil rules take a big step forward in Ontario
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has released a plan to make it less costly for builders to reuse excess soil, more costly for builders and haulers who break soil management rules, and easier for developers to...
5/3/2019 | Full Story
BRITISH COLUMBIA - environment legislation
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Carbon Tax Act. Subsection 47(2) is amended. Subsection 47(6) is added. In force April 11, 2019.
4/26/2019 | Full Story
QUEBEC - environment legislation
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Burial of Contaminated Soils Regulation. Section 1 is amended. Effective April 18, 2019.
4/26/2019 | Full Story
Group warns Alberta oilpatch clean-up costs may fall to taxpayer
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A new coalition of former regulators, researchers, and landowners impacted by Alberta’s aging oil and gas wells says the cost of cleaning up Alberta’s unreclaimed oil and gas wells will be between $40 billion and $70 billion –...
4/12/2019 | Full Story
ALBERTA - environment legislation
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Coal Conservation Rules. Section 88 is amended. Effective February 1, 2019.
3/27/2019 | Full Story
MANITOBA - environment legislation
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Contaminated Sites Remediation Regulation. Clauses 8(1)(g) and (l) are repealed. Clause 8(1)(v) is added. Effective March 11, 2019.
3/27/2019 | Full Story
BRITISH COLUMBIA - environment legislation
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Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation. Paragraphs 2(2)(j)-(k) and 4(1)(d) are amended. Effective February 28, 2019.
2/26/2019 | Full Story
BC proposes changes to soil relocation provisions
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The British Columbia (B.C.) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy is considering updating the provisions of B.C.’s contaminated sites legal regime addressing the prevention of contamination from soil relocation and the...
2/26/2019 | Full Story
Supreme Court says bankrupt oil companies must fulfill clean-up responsibilities before paying creditors
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Alberta oil and gas companies cannot hide behind the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to shield themselves from the cost of abandoning wells. On January 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada gave the final word on the Redwater case,...
2/1/2019 | Full Story
ALBERTA - environment legislation
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Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Regulation. Subsection 7(0.1) is added. Subsection 7(2) and Schedule 2 are amended. Subsections 35(1) and (4.1) are replaced. Effective November 20, 2018.
1/29/2019 | Full Story
