Manitoba Mining Company Fined $200,000 for Violations of Federal Environmental Law

WINNIPEG, MB, April 13, 2022/CNW/ The Government of CanadaProtective laws are enforced Canada’sair, water, or natural environment. It takes pollution incidents and threats 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 indicted after an investigation by Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officials.

One count of allowing or depositing effluents that contained a deleterious chemical in excess of permitted limits in a place where effluents could enter water inhabited by fish was filed against the company.Bucko Lake). Sampling conducted by the mine showed that effluent released from the mine during the month of July 2017 contained higher-than-authorized levels of the radioactive element radium 226.

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. Effluent from Metal Mining Regulations. To ensure that the effluent meets the standards required to protect fish habitat and fish species, samples are tested.

Today’s conviction will result in the company’s name being added to the Environmental Offenders Registry.

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Quick facts

The provisions of subsection 40(2) are applicable. 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 to two offences under Section 3.2, Fisheries ActIn violation of the 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 governing the metal and diamond mining effluents
Environment and Climate Change Canada oversees the administration and enforcement for the pollution prevention provisions. Fisheries ActThey prohibit the introduction of toxic substances into water used by fish.
The Environmental Damages Fund was established in 1995 by the Government of Canada. CanadaEnvironment and Climate Change Canada manages 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 having positive environmental impacts.
The Environmental Offenders Registry provides information about corporations that have been convicted for violating federal environmental laws.