By Brock Cullen and Josh Hall

Environmental charges laid against Rocky View man for alleged actions in Caroline area

Apr 29, 2023 | 2:06 PM

Environment and Protected Areas has laid charges against a male for not following environmental legislation.

John Andrew Beck, a 56-year-old resident of Rocky View is alleged to have contravened environmental legislation and regulations related to unauthorized shoreline modification along Clearwater River in Clearwater County.

Charges under the Water Act and Public Lands Act were laid on April 26.

Beck is facing eight charges including:

• two charges for contravening the Water Act
• six charges for contravening the Public Lands Act

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All offences are alleged to have occurred between April 20, 2010 and October 28, 2022, with public court documents on the Government of Alberta website indicating the alleged acts took place at or near Caroline.

In the second count under the Water Act, it’s worded that the alleged actions caused or may have caused, “the siltation of water or the erosion of any bed or shore of a water body.”

Further, in counts under the Public Lands Act, it’s worded that the alleged actions, “did cause, permit or suffer the disturbance of any public land in any manner that results or is likely to result in injury to the bed or shore of any river, stream, watercourse, lake or other body of water or land in the vicinity of public land”; and that they could have resulted in soil erosion.

Beck’s first court date is scheduled for May 31 in the Alberta Court of Justice, Rocky Mountain House.