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EDMONTON (CP)--Two years after a massive explosion killed two refinery workers and sent towers of toxic smoke into the sky over Calgary, Hub Oil has been charged with unlawfully releasing a harmful substance into the environment.
The Alberta Justice Department announced recently that charges under the Environment Protection and Enhancement Act have been laid against both Hub Oil Co. Ltd. and company president Diane Grant.
The maximum fines under the law are $500,000 to a corporation and $50,000 to a named individual.
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