Scamp Industries Ltd. - conviction information for 2019-06-17

Corporation details
Corporation name: Scamp Industries Ltd.
Address: 5550 268th Street
City: Langley
Province/territory: British Columbia
Postal code: V4W 3X4
Country: Canada
Sector or industry: 412 - Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers
Case details
Location of offense: 1271 and 1301 Salish Road, 401 Paul Lake Road , Kamloops, No 1 Indian Reservation, British Columbia
Case summary:

Beginning in March 2015, Environment and Climate Change Canada inspected a number of gas stations located on First Nations lands in the Thompson-Nicola Area of British Columbia.  The inspections showed that Scamp Transport had been delivering fuel to a number of unregistered tank systems and a number of tank systems that did not display Environment Canada identification numbers.

 

Search warrant evidence determined that Scamp Transport was supplying fuel to four gas stations on First Nations Lands in violation of the Regulations after receiving a warning letter in 2012 for the same violations. 

Charges:

On or about the 15th day of March, 2015, at the Shell Salmon Arm at 311 10 Street SW, Salmon Arm, Switsemalph No. 7 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Salmon Arm, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

 

Count 1

On or about the 17th day of March, 2015, at the Halston Esso at 1271 Salish Road, Kamloops, Kamloops No. 1 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Kamloops, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

 

Count 3

Between the 1st day of January, 2014, and the 17th day of April, 2015, both days inclusive, at the Salish Esso at 1301 Salish Road, Kamloops, Kamloops No. 1 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Kamloops, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

 

Count 5

On or about the 15th day of March, 2015, at the Shell Salmon Arm at 311 10 Street SW, Salmon Arm, Switsemalph No. 7 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Salmon Arm, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

 

Count 6

On or about the 11th day of November, 2015, at the Shell Salmon Arm at 311 10 Street SW, Salmon Arm, Switsemalph No. 7 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Salmon Arm, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

 

Count 8

Between the 1st day of January, 2014 and the 31st day of March, 2015, both days inclusive, at the Husky Kamloops Food Store at 401 Paul Lake Rd, Kamloops, Kamloops No. 1 Indian Reservation, at or near the City of Kamloops, in the Province of British Columbia, did transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible, contrary to section 29(b)(i) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations, thereby committing an offence under section 272.1(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Enforcement notification: British Columbia fuel-supply company fined $200,000 for offences under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Conviction
Result: Guilty Plea
Date of conviction: 2019-06-17
Court level: Provincial and Territorial Court
Nature of offense(s):
  • Other
Additional details about the nature of the offense:

Transfer petroleum products into a storage tank system when the storage tank system identification number was not visible


 

 

 
Legislative details
Act Regulations Section(s)
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations 5 counts under 29(b)(i)
Sentencing
Date of sentencing: 2020-05-21
Location of sentencing: Abbotsford, British Columbia
Sentence(s):
  • Penalty for the EDF
Amount of fine(s): $200,000
Sentencing details:
Scamp Industries Ltd. plead guilty to five counts under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 272.1(1) for violation of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations.  Scamp Industries Ltd. to pay a $200,000 fine to the Environmental Damages Fund no later than September 30, 2020.
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