About Central Region

Central Region is one of three Alberta Environment regions in the province and combines the former Northern East Slopes and Parkland regions. More about Central Region

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Our Staff

	Name	Title
	Larry Williams	Regional Director
As Regional Director for the Central Region, Larry oversees a diverse team of multi-disciplinary individuals. The Regional Director administers the mandate of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and the Water Act . The Regional Director is responsible for a consistent and timely approval process, a firm and fair enforcement process, an education oriented compliance process, an inspection program to ensure compliance, development and implementation of regional strategies and plans, a safe drinking water program and service orientation to our clients. Larry holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Alberta. He has enjoyed 25 years of service with Alberta Environment and held positions with AENV in Grande Prairie and Edmonton prior to Red Deer. Larry has worked as a Municipal Engineer focused on drinking water and wastewater treatment and as Approvals Manager prior to becoming the Central Region Director. Office: Provincial Building, #304, 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 6K8
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	Andy Lamb	Regional Approvals Manager
The Regional Approvals Team is responsible for issuing approvals under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act for activities that have air and water emissions or solid waste products that must be monitored, regulated and reported. This includes industrial activities, drinking water, wastewater, pesticides, land reclamation and waste management activities. Under the Water Act, activities include approvals for work in watercourses, licensing all surface and groundwater allocations and managing the water use priority system during water shortages.
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	Rick Ostertag	Regional Compliance Manager
The Regional Compliance Team has the responsibility of delivering the Department's compliance program for both the Water Act and the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act within the region. Proactive facility inspections, compliance education, responding to environmental complaints, report reviews, conducting investigations and delivering enforcement actions are many of the major activities performed by the regional compliance staff. The Regional Monitoring Team is responsible for the ambient monitoring of the region's air and water resources. Conducting snow surveys; measuring stream flows and lake /reservoir levels; gathering and maintaining water quality data; establishing and maintaining meteorological stations; collecting and analyzing ambient air data; and conducting special air monitoring surveys are some of the major functions performed by regional monitoring staff.
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	Al Corbett	Central and Northern Water Operations Manager
The Operations Team is responsible for the provincially owned water management infrastructure. This includes: Safe and efficient operations of the dams, diversion structures and canal systems. Safety of the infrastructure through inspections, instrumentation monitoring, and analysis. Inspection, identification and prioritization of maintenance and capital rehabilitation requirements. Public safety through emergency preparedness planning, emergency response planning, testing and awareness programs. Managing environmental monitoring programs on projects such as Buffalo Lake, Gull Lake, and Paddle River Dam.
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	Roger Ramcharita	Regional Environmental Management
The Regional Environmental Management team is responsible for watershed management planning, providing scientific expertise related to the health of lakes and rivers, public education and environmental stewardship, aboriginal relations, and environmental impact assessments in Central Region. The team is made up of planners, scientists, public education specialists and aboriginal relations specialists. Some examples of the work that we do include providing leadership for initiatives such as Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils and other multi-stakeholder committees; providing scientific support for Central Region's Approvals and Compliance Teams; fostering greater public awareness of environmental issues and encouraging public stewardship of the environment; and administration of the environmental impact assessment process for major industrial applications as set out in the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.
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Contacts

Larry Williams - Regional Director
Ph: (403) 340-7747
Fax: (403) 340-5022

Andy Lamb - Regional Approvals Manager
Ph: (403) 340-4326
Fax: (780) 723-8542

Tom Slater - District Approvals Manager, Spruce Grove
Ph: (780) 960-8611

David Helmer - District Approvals Manager, Red Deer
Ph: (403) 340-7721
Fax: (403) 340-5022

Rick Ostertag - Regional Environmental Compliance Manager
Ph: (780) 960-8613
Fax: (780) 960-8605

Jim Steele - District Compliance Manager, Spruce Grove
Ph: (780) 960-8612
Fax: (780) 960-8605

Wayne Boyd - District Compliance Manager, Red Deer
Ph: (403) 340-7746
Fax: (403) 340-5022

Roger Ramcharita - Regional Environmental Management
Ph: (780) 960-8617
Fax: (780) 960-8605

Regional Information

South Saskatchewan River Basin Water Management Plan
Alberta Environment is preparing a multi-phase water management plan for the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB), which includes the sub-basins of the Red Deer, Bow, and Oldman Rivers (including the South Saskatchewan). The purpose is to resolve water management issues like the availability of water for future allocations and river flows for the aquatic environment. More...

Northern East Slopes Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management (NES) Strategy
The Regional Steering Group for the Northern East Slopes Sustainabile Resource and Environmental Management Strategy provided recommendations to Alberta Environment in May 2003 for balancing economic, environmental and community values in the sustainable managment of resources and the environment. More...

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