Comments on the Draft Environmental Protection and Management Regulation

Submission to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

December 4, 2009
Publication
West Coast Environmental Law
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Karen Campbell
Former Director, Strategy and Staff Council
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The 
Pembina 
Institute 
and
 West 
Coast
 Environmental 
Law submitted
the following 
comments 
to the
 Ministry 
of
 Energy, Mines
 and

Petroleum
 Resources
 in response
 to
 the 
November
 4,
 2009,
 draft

Environmental
 Protection
 and
 Management 
Regulation
 under
 the

Oil 
and 
Gas 
Activities 
Act.

 While 
pleased
 that
 a 
new

regulation 
regarding
 the 
environmental 
impacts 
of 
oil 
and
 gas

activities 
in 
British 
Columbia will be established, the groups
expressed
 serious 
concerns
 with 
the 
regulation 
as
 proposed.

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Karen Campbell
Former Director, Strategy and Staff Council

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