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The Alberta Energy Regulator said Sunday it was monitoring the situation after 27 waterfowl were found dead at one of Suncor Energy’s oilsands tailings ponds.
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The company informed the regulator on May 13 that the birds were found at its Syncrude Mildred Lake Settling Basin, AER said in a post on its website.
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The deceased birds at Syncrude included seven Grebes, with another five of the endangered bird species being found at the Millennium Mine site tailings pond at Suncor Base Plant.
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The Western Grebe, facing the danger of becoming extinct, is listed as a “special concern” in Canada and as “threatened” in Alberta.
Suncor did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for a comment.
In April, 32 waterfowl were found dead at Suncor’s tailings pond on its Base Mine Site.
Tailings — a toxic mix of water, clay, sand, residual bitumen and trace metals — are a byproduct of extracting bitumen from mined oilsands and are stored in huge engineered ponds.
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