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Donald Wishart
John Hayes
The effectiveness of a soil conservation method employed on recent major pipeline construction in Western Canada was investigated. Prior to any major construction activities, topsoil was salvaged over...
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Problems associated with soil degradation have, in some parts of Canada, reached crisis proportions. Combatting these problems is a complex task involving the consideration of social, economic, and...
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P.S.C. Rao
L.S. Lee
D.C.M. Augustijn
A.L. Wood
Current approaches for describing the environmental dynamics of organic constituents in complex waste mixtures are reviewed. Factors controlling equilibrium and nonequilibrium sorption of organic...
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This handbook recognizes the potential adverse impact of pipeline construction on the environment and the public and identifies environmental protection measures to minimize those impacts.
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Dean Mutri
Donald Wishart
Topsoil conservation has become standard practice on pipeline construction in western Canada over the last 30 years. Pipeline contractors have used a variety of procedures and equipment with different...
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V. Coulombe
B. Bussière
J. Côté
M. Paradis
In this field study conducted on Raglan Mine's tailings storage facility (TSF), tailings oxidation rates were characterized with the oxygen consumption (OC) method. Surface tailings unfrozen...
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W.M. White
Art Limbird
S.C. Josefowich
During the 1980's, the impact of frequent droughts and consequent erosion of topsoil by the wind have become of increasing concern to the agricultural community of southern Alberta. This paper...
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Maurice Dusseault
Hal Soderberg
The post-reclamation subsidence of cast-back overburden is of interest to mining companies and regulatory agencies. Although subsidence may be of lesser concern than the prevention of soil degradation...
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Wayne Pettapiece
M.W. Dell
Intent is to provide a simple guideline to follow when dealing or confronted with problem soils that require alternative soil handling procedures, while meeting the main criteria of equivalent capabil
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On June 25, 2018, InnoTech Alberta, the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESSA) and Alberta Economic Development and Trade co-hosted a workshop entitled Harnessing the Innovation System...
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Martyn Riddle
Ed Osborne
Brian Geddes
The objective of industrial site decommissioning is to leave the site in a safe condition consistent with its proposed future use. Environmental and human health concerns are key ingredients in any...
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Mathias Mayer
Cindy Prescott
Wafa Abaker
Laurent Augusto
Lauric Cécillon
Gabriel Ferreira
Jason James
Robert Jandl
Klaus Katzensteiner
Jean-Paul Laclau
Jérôme Laganière
Yann Nouvellon
David Paré
John Stanturf
Elena Vanguelova
Lars Vesterdal
Almost half of the total organic carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems is stored in forest soils. By altering rates of input or release of C from soils, forest management activities can influence soil...
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This document Is a guideline for the preparation of a Development and Reclamation (D & R) Application for a regulated pipeline
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During the 1980's, environmental issues grew rapidly in importance, and more sophisticated modelling scenarios were developed as an aid in predicting the transport and persistence behaviour of...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Resource Date:
April
2021
This document was developed by CCME’s Cumulative Effects Working Group (CEWG).
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Gravel is a very valuable natural resource because of its many uses as a construction material. It is the basic component of concrete and asphalt and is used by itself wherever pervious materials are...
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Objective - develop a collective understanding of the scope of sites impacted by soil sterilants (bromacil and tebuthiuron) and the specific challenges associated with their remediation and management
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Bonnie Drozdowski
Chris Powter
Simone Levy
Several major challenges were identified associated with management of sterilant-impacted sites in Alberta through this literature review, industry consultation and personal communication
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Five common soil handling procedures for conservation of agricultural lands during pipeline construction are discussed in terms of their relative effectiveness for different soil types
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Restoration programs based on the use of natural processes can reduce the costs of restoration while providing self-sustaining restored ecosystems that re-integrate with the local recovery...