Reclamation and Industry in Alberta Today and Tomorrow (1990s)

This paper provides the author's perspective on a series of questions posed by the symposium's Organizing Committee. The paper does not represent an endorsed industry wide collective response. Questions posed by the Organizing Committee and addressed by the author include: (1) How does industry work within current reclamation legislation, (2) what changes are
needed to address future problems (e.g., industrial sites), (3) what should be the role of industry in developing reclamation regulations, (4) who should decide end land use (government, industry or public), (5) what is the role of the public in reclamation and what should it be, and (6) what are the costs and benefits of reclamation to industry? Comments also are presented on the topic of whether darns, highways, agricultural practices, etc. should fall under reclamation legislation.