Environment committee  I don't think I have the right to speak on his behalf. It would be good to bring him here, but I have—

Environment committee  Yes, well, I don't understand why the regulators aren't here. I have to bring this up. I don't understand why CAPP is here instead of Alberta Environment and the regulator. I think Dr. Schindler is very worried. He has great concerns, too, about the amount of water being used fo

Environment committee  Yes, and about the contamination, he is also very concerned.

Environment committee  May I add a quick comment about the noise assessment? I'm sorry to jump in. I'll be very quick.

Environment committee  One of the interesting things is that when EnCana studied the noise at my property, they had their consultant do the work. They were to study the ambient noise, which is the noise without the industry. So they turned off two of the compressors--they are supposed to study for 24 h

Environment committee  Yes. I would like to be able to rely independently on my well and be able to bathe and not have my skin burn.

Environment committee  I don't think I mentioned music, or at least I don't remember that; I think I was mentioning cattle. On that, I was talking about a neighbour's farm. I'm not exactly sure of the distance; I think it was about 300 metres from their house. Some compressors are much closer. In m

Environment committee  Did I make that here today?

Environment committee  I have mentioned music before, yes. Interestingly, I don't listen to music any more because I find I'm so craving quiet. I used to listen to classical music a lot. I don't listen to it any more.

Environment committee  Yes, a very big factor.

Environment committee  That's a good point. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify. What I meant by wanting the water back is having it the way it was before the CBM came, when my taps weren't whistling—my taps felt like a gas well, and I had so much gas blowing out, you could feel the gas

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Cullen. I'll try to be very quick, Mr. Mills. There are a few things. In the States, one of the contamination cases that EnCana suffered with their CBM was where the methane came up through a creek. I don't know if we've done studies on what...but I imagine it

Environment committee  I don't think so. The regulations say that cumulative effects are supposed to be assessed—should be, but they're not. The best practices say “should be”; we need “must”. I think we need to join together, federally and provincially, for B.C., Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New B

Environment committee  I think we have risk with the old wells, but we also have risk with the new wells. From the studies I have been looking at, even with the good cements, it's quite difficult to get a perfect seal from the well casing to the formation. The more you're going to go in and perf and

Environment committee  I will clarify, Monsieur Lussier. This is one of the problems where the MAC has failed the people of Alberta. The testing was only begun in 2006. These experiments took place in our drinking water in 2004 and earlier. I do not know what was in my water. EnCana actually came to i