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It remains unclear when the pipeline that leaked 200,000 litres of oil into the North Saskatchewan River was last inspected. The province said that, up until November, that data was kept by paper.

By late Monday afternoon, the province was unable to track that information down and provide it to media.

Government officials were able to confirm Monday that Husky Energy Inc., which owns the pipeline that leaked, had a required emergency response plan in place.

It is expected that the company would be filing its initial incident report with the province on Monday.

That report is expected to be made public. Husky had five days following the incident to file an initial incident notification, which offers a record of where it took place, when the leak was discovered, the surface water impacted and whether or not a reclamation report is required.

Up until November 2014, Husky was the largest active oil producer in Saskatchewan.

Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter said Monday time will tell if Husky followed all the proper procedures and that “I have no reason to believe that they wouldn’t have.”

Trent Wotherspoon, leader of the Opposition NDP, said many questions about the leak will have to be answered in the future, but that right now the priority should be on cleaning the spill up and ensuring communities affected have adequate and reliable drinking water.

Premier Brad Wall said last week, first and foremost, there was work to be done on the clean up and, “obviously this is not something anyone wants to see happen.”