A spill of 90 litres of diesel in Edmonton costs CN Rail $2.5 million in fines
EDMONTON — A spill of 90 litres of diesel fuel into an Edmonton storm sewer will cost Canadian National Railway more than $2.5 million in fines.
The federal government says the company has been ordered to pay up after pleading guilty to several environmental charges this week.
CN (TSX:CNR) was ordered last month to pay $125,000 for charges laid under Alberta environmental laws in the same spill.
The federal government says the diesel spilled in April 2015 because of a fuel-storage system that did not meet standards at CN’s Bissell Yard in Edmonton.