Alberta Energy Regulator suspends monitoring requirements across oil and gas industry

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Monique Dubé, former chief scientist of the regulator from 2014 to 2017, who recently left a senior position at Alberta Environment and Parks, told Global News that some of the AER decisions are risky and don’t appear to be justified. “We’re talking about protection of people and the environment from acute incidents that could affect environmental health and human health in the short term,” she said.

“On one hand, we’ve got reopening plans, well underway, including conversations related to the NHL, where precautions could be taken. On the other hand, we are basically at 95 per cent of what the AER regulates — all of its environmental monitoring — has been suspended under the umbrella of COVID-19, which seems like a major inconsistency to me.

But both federal and provincial officials said that their enforcement officers would continue inspections and other activities, during the pandemic.

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