CP Rail appeals order to deal with local gas well
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A view from the Sixth Avenue trail provides an outline of the area where natural gas well known as WX0000225 is located. The News has learned that Canadian Pacific Railway is appealing an order from Alberta Energy Regulator that places responsibility for remediating the well on the rail company. News Photo Collin Gallant
Canadian Pacific Railways and the City of Medicine Hat are disputing which is ultimately responsible for an abandoned gas well near S. Railway Street that is leaking methane.
Neither the company nor the city provided comment to the News about the issue that is currently part of an appeal hearing process staged by the Alberta Energy Regulator.
Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Laurie Pushor says the agency is not about to start collecting municipal property taxes or rent to landowners when it comes to…
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Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Laurie Pushor says the agency is not about to start collecting municipal property taxes or rent to landowners when it comes to unpaid bills by oil and natural gas producers.
That’s not the regulator’s mandate.
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