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Oil Sands Reclamation Site. At other sites where active mining is no longer occurring Syncrude is building a lake and a type of wetland known as a fen. Please contact the Industry Champion identified for each research project if any additional information is needed. This study uses data from monitoring plots to assess how stockpiling of cover soil impacts plant community development on reclaimed oil sands mine sites in northern Alberta. Shopik of Suncor Inc.
Usually a reclamation certificate is needed before a company can close its energy development site. View the images for highlights on how we made it happen. It is located on an out-of-pit overburden disposal area that is composed of lean oil sand LOS material removed during mining to expose the oil sand. The company responsible for using the land must follow a series of steps in an often long process known as reclamation. Reclamation means that land is returned to a self-sustaining ecosystem with local vegetation and wildlife. Creating the Surface Constructing the surface of Pond 1 and covering it with a 50-centimetre deep layer of soil about 65000 truckloads.
Canadas oil sands industry is committed to reducing its footprint reclaiming all lands affected by operations and maintaining biodiversity.
Total active footprint 953015 hectares. It is located on an out-of-pit overburden disposal area that is composed of lean oil sand LOS material removed during mining to expose the oil sand. Total active footprint 953015 hectares. COSIA Land EPA 2017 Mine Site Reclamation Research Report. Oil Sands Land Reclamation - What Does it Take. View the images for highlights on how we made it happen.