While AltaLink may have complied with the requirement to inform landowners potentially affected by a new powerline route, they possibly also negated the information by indicating there was virtually no chance of any alternate routes being approved, say Dunmore residents.
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FORT SASKATCHEWAN – Local landowners may be set to benefit off the recently-passed Bill 2, the Responsible Energy Development Act.
The bill creates a new single energy regulator for the province, which Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jacquie Fenske said can only benefit locals.
“For the Fort Saskatchewan area, there will be two aspects of that bill that will be very important,” she said following the bill being passed in the Alberta Legislature. “One will be that the single regulator for industry will streamline that process; and secondly, for our landowners, there are some additional opportunities for them to ensure that their rights are being addressed.”
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Landowners have expressed concern to the Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) regarding the registration of builder’s liens against their Certificate of Title by sub-contractors for oil and gas companies. General rule of thumb is that builder’s liens for oil and gas development should only be registered against a leasehold interest and not the freehold interest of the landowner.
Builder’s Lien Act (BLA) and Leasehold Interests Sec 4 of Builder’s Lien Act (BLA) permits any person who has provided work or materials for an improvement to land to place a lien against the estate or interest of the owner in the land;
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