For all remediation and reclamation work completed after January 1, 2008, in Alberta a designated professional must sign a Professional Declaration for Reclamation Certificate Application.
To support the professional's sign-off, a Joint Practice Standard has been developed by six professional regulatory organizations in consultation with the Alberta government. The sign-off must occur when the following are completed:
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
- Compliance Option Checklist for Drilling Waste Disposal
- Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
- Remediation and confirmatory sampling, and
- Reclamation Detailed Site Assessments
The professional must be a member in good standing of one of the following six professional regulatory organizations:
- Alberta Institute of Agrologists
- Alberta Society of Professional Biologists
- Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta
- Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
- College of Alberta Professional Foresters
- College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists
For more information see: http://www.alberta.ca/acn/200801/228485FCF9817-EA7F-237A-2FA0CB3232295742.html