WBI biofuel plant charged
Western Biodiesel, a biodiesel company based in Alberta, Canada, is facing charges under the Environmental Protection Act and the Waste Control Regulation following a number of offences.
Back in 2008 two incidents occurred at the facility where wastewater containing methanol and biodiesel was released onto nearby land.
As a result Western Biodiesel and the plant’s former operations manager Jason Freeman are both being charged.
Speaking about the legal action the president and CEO of WBI Dean Cockshutt said: ‘The US plant design engineers that commissioned the equipment told our operations manager… that a wastewater tank contained only distilled water and it was safe to release it to our yard to evaporate.’
The case will appear in Okotoks Provincial Court on 29 November.
Back in 2008 two incidents occurred at the facility where wastewater containing methanol and biodiesel was released onto nearby land.
As a result Western Biodiesel and the plant’s former operations manager Jason Freeman are both being charged.
Speaking about the legal action the president and CEO of WBI Dean Cockshutt said: ‘The US plant design engineers that commissioned the equipment told our operations manager… that a wastewater tank contained only distilled water and it was safe to release it to our yard to evaporate.’
The case will appear in Okotoks Provincial Court on 29 November.
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