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Case summary: |
Wayne Cavanaugh was a foreman for Snow White Drycleaners (T Bear Cleaners LTD) a company in the dry cleaning business located in the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
On December 12, 2012, Enforcement Officer conducted a Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) compliance inspection of Snow White drycleaners and found that the secondary tetrachloroethylene (PERC) waste device was being bypassed by the foreman Wayne Cavanaugh and a home-made decanting system was being used in its stead. A verbal environmental protection compliance order (EPCO) was issued to stop the release and to collect and contain the perc waste.
On December 14, 2012, Enforcement Officer conducted a follow up inspection and collected samples which were sent to an Environment Canada laboratory for analyses.
On December 21, 2012, Enforcement Officer received information from the laboratory that the samples contained tetrachloroethylene, a written EPCO was issued to the owner.
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Charges: |
One count, on or between the 12th day of December, 2012 and the 14th day of December, 2012, at or near Sydney, cape Breton County, Nova Scotia did fail to store tetrachloroethylene, waste water and residue used for dry cleaning at all times in closed containers, contrary to s. 4 of the Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations SOR/2003-79, thereby committing an offence under s. 272 of the Canadian Environmental protection Act, 1999 C.33.
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