ENCS352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Environmental Protection, Fda Warning Letter
23 Nov 2016
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How is an investigation triggered: self-report - key in alberta, keystone feature of approval based regime. If you contravene your approval you must report to the director (aer). Fail to report is taken very seriously by the government: approvals/licences/dispositions usually require approval holder to immediately report any approval contravention. The enforcement decision: the investigators can act without warrants, it"s a contravention to interfere with an investigator. !1: directors with e&p or aer can make enforcement decisions under epea, water. Act, public lands act: energy resource activity > aer, not an energy resource activity > e&p. Probably the most common way to deal with spills in the province. Order given to the person responsible: person responsible is tied to the substance released. Not linked to land ownership however: exemptions for municipalities and persons who test for contamination. !2: some examples of relatively recent substance releases (next 3 pictures show. Tuesday, november 22, 2016: (knowingly) contravene an eo.
