Law360 Canada ( February 8, 2021, 9:48 AM EST) -- Appeal by Normtek Radiation Services from a judicial review judgment upholding a decision of the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board refusing to hear an appeal from a waste disposal approval. The respondent, Secure Energy Services, received an amendment to its existing landfill approval from the designated Director to accept and dispose of certain naturally occurring radioactive material. The appellant was in the business of decontaminating such material from oilfield waste and equipment. The appellant took the position that the approval for disposal in a landfill of material at the specified level of radioactivity was inconsistent with generally accepted industry standards and national and international guidelines mandating disposal of such materials in a secure subterranean geological formation. The Board declined to hear the appellant’s appeal of the approval on the basis it was not directly affected by the Director’s decision, as it raised concerns that were primarily economic and failed to demonstrate that its use of a natural resource would be affected. The appellant sought judicial review, submitting that the Board employed an unduly restrictive interpretation of “directly affected”. The reviewing court held that the Director’s interpretation was reasonable, and that the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act did not confer a discretionary authority on the Board to hear an appeal by a person not directly affected based on a general public interest standing. The appellant appealed....