Beausite Métal inc. - conviction information for 2025-12-17
| Corporation name: | Beausite Métal inc. |
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| Address: | 65 Route 255 |
| City: | Wotton |
| Province/territory: | Quebec |
| Postal code: | J0A 1N0 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 41811 - Recyclable metal merchant wholesalers |
| Location of offense: | Lots 5 667 982 and 6 583 929 of the Cadastre of Québec, Val-des-Sources, Quebec |
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| Case summary: |
On May 4, 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers inspected the site operated by Beausite Métal Inc., located in Val-des-Sources, Quebec, to verify compliance with the PCB Regulations. They found unused equipment, including electrical transformers, pole-top electrical transformers, capacitors, and ballasts containing PCBs in concentrations exceeding the 50 mg/kg limit allowed by the Regulations. On July 25, 2022, enforcement officers issued an environmental protection compliance order that ordered, among other things, the disposal and destruction of PCB-contaminated equipment within a specified deadline.
However, Beausite Métal Inc. challenged the order issued by the enforcement officers before the Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada. The Tribunal confirmed the order on October 11, 2023.
Enforcement officers visited the site between May 22 and May 24, 2024, and found that some of the measures required in the order had not been followed. The equipment to be disposed of and destroyed was still on site. Failure to comply with an environmental protection compliance order is a violation of subsection 238 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
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| Charges: |
Between October 11, 2023, and March 13, 2024, failed to comply with an Environmental Protection Compliance Order, namely failing to ensure the disposal and destruction of all unused equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at concentrations in excess of 50 mg/kg, contrary to subsection 238 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, thereby committing an offence punishable on summary conviction pursuant to subparagraph 272 (4)(b)(i) of that Act.
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| Enforcement notification: | Beausite Métal inc. fined $40,000 for failing to comply with an environmental protection compliance order |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2025-12-17 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | 238 (1) |
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2025-12-17 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Sherbrooke, Québec |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $40,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On December 17, 2025, before the Court of Québec, Beausite Métal Inc. pleaded guilty to one count of contravening subsection 238 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
The company was sentenced to pay a fine of $40,000. The fine will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
In addition, as measures were required to ensure the good conduct of Beausite Métal Inc., the Court ordered, in addition to the fine imposed, a series of measures aimed at restoring compliance. |