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Sunday, 05 February 2012 |
A new oil sands monitoring plan will collaborate with local scientists in order to put industry under the microscope.
Executive Director of the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association, Dr. Kevin Percy says the strategy, announced on Friday, will build on the organization's existing air quality equipment and data.
"Really the intent is to build on much of the existing monitoring that's being done up here and through significant enhancements both in the number of stations as well as the number of parameters that are measured, the plan is going to evolve over a three year period such that there will be a greater frequency and more monitoring done," said Percy.
The joint strategy by the Alberta and Federal governments will see increased monitoring of air, water, land and biodiversity in the oil sands region.
The plan, expected to be rolled out this Spring, is expected to cost $50 million annualy with industry providing the funding. |