. Agri-news. Agriculture. APfl 8 April 6,1998 Irrigation Act- recommendations for change On March 9th, the Standing Policy Committee on Agriculture and the Environment approved the final report and recommendations of the Irrigation Act Review Committee. Last June, Ed Stelmach, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development appointed MLAs Glen Clegg, Ron Stevens and Ron Hierath to an MLA review committee to examine the province's legislation governing irrigation in the 13 irrigation districts in southern Alberta. This Act, proclaimed in 1968, established the rules and procedures for the or
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. Agri-news. Agriculture. APfl 8 April 6, 1998 Irrigation Act- recommendations for change On March 9th, the Standing Policy Committee on Agriculture and the Environment approved the final report and recommendations of the Irrigation Act Review Committee. Last June, Ed Stelmach, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development appointed MLAs Glen Clegg, Ron Stevens and Ron Hierath to an MLA review committee to examine the province's legislation governing irrigation in the 13 irrigation districts in southern Alberta. This Act, proclaimed in 1968, established the rules and procedures for the orderly formation, operation and dissolution of the districts. "The Irrigation Act needed to be reviewed as part of the Klein government's commitment to assess all legislation by 1998, " says Stelmach. "The legislation is almost 30 years old and a lot has changed in the irrigation community since 1968." Public meetings were held in Taber, Picture Butte and Brooks last July. From these meetings and written submissions, the review committee got a sense for what the issues or concerns were with the current legislation. Based on this input, the) developed a draft report and policy recommendations. The draft report was mailed to everyone who had participated in the process or requested a copy. In November, the review committee met with the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association, representatives of the districts and Irrigation Council. They also received 17 written submissions in response to the draft report. The final report and recommendations of the committee were based on the feedback received. Some of the changes recommended by the review committee are: • The new Act. named the Irrigation Districts Act, signifies that it governs irrigation within districts. Alberta Environmental Protection also licenses over a quarter million acres of private irrigation outside the districts, to which the legislation doesn't apply; Conl d on page 2 This Week Irrigation Act -