Alberta oilsands exploration company fined for contravening water licence by Canadian Press, April 9, 2013, The Calgary Herald
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – An Alberta oilsands exploration company has been fined $100,000 for breaking the terms of a water licence issued under the Water Act. Grizzly Oil Sands ULC of Fort McMurray pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions of a licence that allowed the company to temporarily divert water. A contracted employee provided false information about water use for several of the company’s projects. Almost all of the money — more than $90,000 — is to go to a program that revegetates boreal wetlands.
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