Ammonia leak, $25,000 fine
Windsor company, 38 Chatham Street East Ltd., pleaded guilty to discharging anhydrous ammonia into the natural environment, which interfered with the normal conduct of business, contrary to the Environmental Protection Act of Ontario.
View the post titled Ammonia leak, $25,000 fineKawartha Lakes to seek leave to appeal
The City of Kawartha Lakes has given notice that it will seek leave to appeal the Divisional Court’s decision, which upheld an MOE order against it. The Order required Kawartha Lakes, the victim of a third party oil spill, to pay for the cleanup of that spill on public property. This i…
View the post titled Kawartha Lakes to seek leave to appealMOE wins: Kawartha Lakes must pay
innocent victims of contamination now have no defence against a Ministry cleanup order. They will be forced into the civil courts if they hope for any remedy
View the post titled MOE wins: Kawartha Lakes must payVale Fined $150,000 For Failing To Report Spill
Fines for not reporting environmental spills are soaring. Vale Canada Limited has pled guilty to one violation under the Ontario Environmental Protection Act for failing to notify the Ministry of the Environment of an oleum acid escape during tanker loading.
View the post titled Vale Fined $150,000 For Failing To Report SpillBig personal fine for contractor
Fines imposed on individuals for environmental offences keep increasing.
View the post titled Big personal fine for contractorERT rejects neighbours' plea re 22 year old spill
Should it really take more than 22 years to clean up a domestic fuel spill?
View the post titled ERT rejects neighbours' plea re 22 year old spillConstruction accident spill
Balterre Contracting Limited was fined $200,000 for rupturing a natural gas pipeline during road construction, spilling natural gas into the environment, causing an adverse effect.
View the post titled Construction accident spillBP civil claims trial start delayed
Civil claims arising from the explosion and oil spills of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig were scheduled to start trial today before U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier. More than 500 lawsuits against BP PLC and other defendants were consolidated into one of the largest multidistrict litigatio…
View the post titled BP civil claims trial start delayedJail for victim of vandalism?
1197338 Ontario Inc. was fined $150,000 plus the 25% Victim Fine Surcharge for failing to comply with a Director’s Order to clean up a spill of PCBs; its president, Lawrence Brander was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the same offence. But why did the spill occur?
View the post titled Jail for victim of vandalism?Northern Gateway, oil tankers and spills
One of the issues in the Northern Gateway pipeline hearing is the threat that oil tankers will pose in the dangerous channels and sensitive ocean environments near the proposed port, Kitimat. Enbridge soothingly predicts that major spills will be inconceivably rare:
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