WINNIPEG, MB, April 13, 2022/CNW/ – The Government of CanadaEnforcement of laws that protect Canada’sair, water and natural environment. It takes pollution incidents as well as threats to the environment very seriously.
On April 11, 2022CaNickel Mining Limited was given the order to pay $200,000After pleading guilty at the Provincial Court of ManitobaTwo offenses, which are violations to the Metal Mining Effluent RegulationsMade pursuant to the Fisheries Act.The Government of Canada will receive the fine. Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
CaNickel Mining Limited was arrested in December 2018 after an investigation by Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officials.
One count of allowing or depositing an effluent that contained a harmful substance in excess of the authorized limits in a location where the effluent could enter water used by fish was brought against the company.Bucko Lake). Sampling conducted by the mine showed that effluent released from the mine during the month of July2017 contained higher-than-authorized levels of the radioactive element radium226.
The company was also charged with one count related to the failure to comply with requirements to collect and test effluent samples at scheduled dates in 2017. Effluent sampling must be done before a permit to release mine effluent. Metal Mining Effluent Regulations. To verify that the effluent meets standards for protecting fish and habitat, sample testing is performed.
Today’s conviction will result in the company’s name being added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.
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Quick facts
- Under subsection 40(2) Fisheries ActFor second or subsequent offenses, offenders will be subject to a greater fine range. In October 2016,CaNickel Mining Limited received a fine $80,000After pleading guilty, I pleaded guilty to two offenses under the Fisheries ActIn violation of Metal Mining Effluent Regulations. These charges were related to the 2014 deposit of effluent that contained nickel and radium 226, in excess of the permitted limits.
- The Metal Mining Effluent RegulationsThese were amended in 2018 and renamed to the Regulations for the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent.
- Environment and Climate Change Canada oversees the administration and enforcement for the pollution prevention provisions. Fisheries ActThese laws prohibit the dumping of harmful substances in water that is used by fish.
- The Environmental Damages Fund was established in 1995 by the Government of Canada. CanadaEnvironment and Climate Change Canada administers the program. The Fund is based on the principle of “polluter pays” and ensures that penalities imposed by courts can be used to support projects that have positive environmental impacts.
- The Environmental Offenders Registry provides information about corporations that have been convicted for violating federal environmental laws.
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