Opening Remarks

At present we have: 11 operating major coal mines with over 19,000 acres disturbed, two oil sands mining operations with over 21,000 acres disturbed, one commercial in-situ oil sands operation under construction, over 65,000 acres affected by sand and gravel operations, an operating total of over 17,000 oil and gas wells with another 5,000 being drilled annually over 200,000 miles of pipelines of one size or another