Sara Blacklaws works in the Oil and Gas Subsurface sector of the Regulatory Applications branch at the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), as a Remediation and Contamination Management Senior Specialist. She is responsible for providing technical support and subject matter expertise on contamination-related submissions, and evaluating legislative compliance within the oil, gas and pipeline sectors. Sara has over 15 years of experience with environmental site assessments, contamination management and remediation from consulting in upstream and downstream environments and from working as a regulator.