Calgary company charged over releasing contaminated water from oilfield pipeline

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Calgary company charged over releasing contaminated water from oilfield pipeline yyc

The Alberta Energy Regulator has said 400,000 litres of contaminated water was released, some of it into the North Saskatchewan River about 130 kilometres southwest of Edmonton, from a pipeline owned by ARC Resources Ltd. between Dec. 9 and Dec. 25, 2020.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Even so, after an investigation by its major investigations team, the AER this week announced it had laid four charges against the company under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. Charges include releasing a substance into the environment that caused or may cause a significant adverse effect. Another count alleges ARC failed to report the release as soon as they knew or ought to have known of the release.Article content

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