Residents observed oily water along the North Saskatchewan River following an oil spill in 2016.(file photo/paNOW Staff)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

OIL SPILL

Husky pleads guilty to three environmental charges for 2016 oil spill

Jun 12, 2019 | 10:08 AM

Husky Energy has pleaded guilty to three environmental charges stemming from a 2016 oil spill near Maidstone.

The company was facing ten charges, one provincially and nine federally.

Seven were withdrawn by the Crown in Lloydminster Provincial Court Wednesday morning.

In March 2018, the province announced it had laid one charge against the Calgary-based oil and gas producer under the Environmental Management and Protection Act. Earlier that month, Environment and Climate Change Canada laid nine charges against Husky, eight under the federal Fisheries Act and one under the Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA).

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Guilty pleas were entered on the provincial charge and one under the Fisheries Act and MBCA.

In July 2016, about 40 per cent of 225,000 litres of diluted heavy oil from a pipeline went into the North Saskatchewan River, affecting water intakes in the cities of North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort.

Sentencing is expected to come later today.

More to come …

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