News Release – Coal Mine Spill
The AER announced that charges under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (“EPEA”) and the Public Lands Act (“PLA”) were laid against Sheritt International Corporation (“Sherritt”) and Coal Valley Resources Inc. (“CVRI”), a subsidiary of Sherritt, from a wastewater containment pond spill that occurred in October, 2013. Six charges have been laid in total under the EPEA and PLA.
The AER noted that the waste water containment pond spill occurred at the Obed Mountain Coal Mine on October 13, 2013, located approximately 30 km east of Hinton, Alberta. The leak contaminated two tributaries of the Athabasca River.
A first appearance for Sherritt and CVRI is scheduled for January 20, 2016 in Hinton Provincial Court.
