Golden Touch Drycleaners (1513531 Ontario Ltd.) - conviction information for 2016-07-11
| Corporation name: | Golden Touch Drycleaners (1513531 Ontario Ltd.) |
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| Address: | 94 Grandlea Cresent |
| City: | Markham |
| Province/territory: | Ontario |
| Postal code: | L3S 4A3 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 453 - Miscellaneous store retailers |
| Location of offense: | 3031 Markham Rd, Unit 29, Scarborough, Ontario |
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| Case summary: | On May 25, 2015, Enforcement Officers (EO) completed an inspection at the dry-cleaning business 1513531 Ontario Ltd. (Golden Touch Dry Cleaners) located at 3031 Markham Rd., Unit 29, Scarborough, Ontario. Following the inspection, it was determined that no waste water or residue produced by the dry-cleaning machine had been shipped to waste management facility no less than every 12 months. |
| Charges: |
All offences under the Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations (PERCR) or Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA):
Count 1 – s. 16 - PERCR Count 2 – s. 8(1)(a) - PERCR Count 3 – s. 8(1)(b) - PERCR Count 4 – s. 9(1) - PERCR Count 5 – s. 8(1)(a) - PERCR Count 6 – s. 8(1)(b) - PERCR Count 7 – s. 9(1) - PERCR Count 8 – s. 228(a) - CEPA |
| Enforcement notification: | Scarborough dry cleaner fined for environmental offences |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2016-07-11 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
| Nature of offense(s): |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: | Failed to ship drycleaning waste to a waste management facility. |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations | s.8(1)(a), s.9(1) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2016-07-11 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $10,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On July 11, 2016, before the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto, Ontario, the owner pled guilty of failing to have waste water and residue shipped to a waste management facility no less than once every 12 months and was sentenced to pay $10,000. The owner was ordered to pay the fine within six months to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund and publish an article in an industry standard magazine. All other charges against the owner and the business were withdrawn.
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