Rail Company Charged with Environmental Offences

The government has charged a rail company with six violations of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act relating to the release of a substance into the environment on or about April 9, 2015, and failing to immediately report that release to Alberta Environment and Parks. The charges also include releasing or permitting the release of a substance that causes or may cause a significant adverse effect and failing to repair, remedy and confine the effects of the substance [Canadian National Railway Co., Govt. News Release, Nov. 14, 2016].