2199395 Ontario Inc. (Operating as Team Dry Cleaners) - conviction information for 2014-04-16
| Corporation name: | 2199395 Ontario Inc. (Operating as Team Dry Cleaners) |
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| Address: | 2370 Midland Building C, Unit 10 |
| City: | Toronto |
| Province/territory: | Ontario |
| Postal code: | L7P 1K9 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 453 - Miscellaneous store retailers |
| Location of offense: | 2370 Midland Building C, Unit 10, Toronto, Ontario |
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| Case summary: | On April 17, 2013, the Enforcement Officer (EO) inspected the facility and found violations including open containers of residue and no containment under wastewater. When inspecting the Annual Reports, the EO noted that wastewater was not being treated or transported. The EO asked the owner what he does with the wastewater, and he replied that he poured it down the toilet. Caution was read to the owner, and he decided to give a recorded statement indicating over a 3-year period when the waste drum was full, he would pour the wastewater down the toilet. |
| Charges: |
the charges under the Tetrachloroethylene (use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations Count 1- s.4 Counts 2-4-s 5(f)(i) |
| Enforcement notification: |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2014-04-16 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
| Nature of offense(s): |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: | Storing waste with no impermeable secondary container |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations | s.4, s.5(f)(i) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2014-07-16 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $12,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On July 16, 2014, the owner and operator of Team Dry Cleaners, pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to have secondary containment under containers of Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations (PERC) contaminated waste water. The owner was fined $12,000 ($6,000 per count) to be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund and ordered to write a letter to a textile magazine about the results of the court proceeding (publication and wording of letter to be approved by Crown). The court granted the owner a 12-month deadline to pay the fine.
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