Ship-Shape Cleaners Limited - conviction information for 2018-09-05
| Corporation name: | Ship-Shape Cleaners Limited |
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| Address: | 537 Pleasant Street |
| City: | Dartmouth |
| Province/territory: | Nova Scotia |
| Postal code: | B2W 1A6 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 812 - Personal and laundry services |
| Location of offense: | 537 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
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| Case summary: |
On January 9, 2017, an Environment and Climate Change Canada Officer conducted an inspection at “Ship-Shape Cleaners Limited”, a dry cleaning company located in Dartmouth, NS. A shop vacuum containing lint was observed not in secondary containment and open on both ends. Samples confirmed the lint to be tetrachloroethylene waste and residue. Ship-Shape Cleaners Limited was found guilty at trial. Defense argued undue financial hardship and fine was set at $10,000. |
| Charges: |
Two counts – s. 4 and s. 5 of the Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations.
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| Enforcement notification: | Dry cleaner in Nova Scotia fined $10,000 for contravening dry-cleaning regulations |
| Result: | Guilty (Court Decision) |
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| Date of conviction: | 2018-09-05 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
| Nature of offense(s): |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
Did fail to store tetrachloroethylene, waste water and residue used for dry cleaning at all times in closed containers contrary to s.4. |
| 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 |
| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations | s.5 |
| Date of sentencing: |
2018-09-05 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Dartmouth |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $10,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On September 5, 2018, before the Provincial Court of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the corporation Ship-Shape Cleaners Limited has been convicted of failing to store tetrachloroethylene, waste water and residue used for dry cleaning at all times in closed containers and using tetrachloroethylene for dry cleaning contrary to s. 5 and was sentenced to a fine of $10,000 to be paid to the Environmental Damages Fund.
In 2014, the company was issued a written warning for open buckets of dry cleaning lint and tetrachloroethylene residue waste. In 2015, an inspection found open buckets and no secondary containment. |