C.M. Security Holding Ltd. - conviction information for 2018-07-31
| Corporation name: | C.M. Security Holding Ltd. |
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| Address: | 19400 Cruickshank Street |
| City: | Montreal |
| Province/territory: | Quebec |
| Postal code: | H9X 3P1 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 339 - Miscellaneous manufacturing |
| Location of offense: | 19400 Cruickshank Street, Montreal, Quebec |
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| Case summary: |
C.M. Security Holding Ltd., having its head office in Baie D’Urfé in the judicial district of Montréal, is a business corporation identified in the Quebec enterprise register as a holding company. The business is the first shareholder of a company located at the same address, Goupe Sécurité C.M. Inc., which identifies itself as a manufacturer of windows for prisons. On March 12, 2014, a major electrical failure occurred, putting the company’s two transformers out of operation. The electrical transformers, contaminated with PCBs, were never declared to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). On January 16, 2015, an employee of C.M. Security Holding Ltd. contacted an environmental emergencies officer and ECCC enforcement officer to report the release of PCB-laden oil as a result of the vandalism of two transformers on the company’s premises. On January 19, 2015, ECCC enforcement officers carried out an inspection that confirmed the release of PCBs into the environment in a concentration exceeding 2 mg/kg. Given the failure of the owner of the transformers to take every measure to remedy the hazardous situation, an environmental protection compliance order was issued on February 16, 2015. The file was finally referred for investigation for failure to comply with an environmental protection compliance order, release of PCBs into the environment, failure to submit a written report after the release, illegal use of equipment containing PCBs, illegal storage of PCBs and failure to submit annual reports on time between 2008 and 2016. |
| Charges: |
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 238(1), PCB Regulations 5(1)a), Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 95(1)b), PCB Regulations 6c), PCB Regulations 19(1), Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 95(1)a), PCB Regulations 39(1), PCB Regulations 39(2)
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| Enforcement notification: | C.M. Security Holding Ltd. ordered to pay $240,000 penalty for violations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2018-07-31 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | CEPA - Section(s) | 238(1) |
| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | PCB Regulations | 5(1)a, 6c), 19(1), 39(2) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2018-07-31 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Montreal |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $240,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On July 31, 2018, before a Court of Québec judge, C.M. Security Holding Ltd. pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the PCB Regulations and one count of failing to comply with an environmental protection compliance order, contrary to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. It was fined $240,000, all of which was paid into the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. The fine is broken down as follows: - Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 238(1): $75,000 - PCB Regulations 5(1)(a): $75,000 - PCB Regulations 6(c): $40,000 - PCB Regulations 19(1): $40,000 - PCB Regulations 39(2): $10,000 The company must also publish, at its expense, a notice of violation in a known newspaper. |