Custom Environmental Services Ltd. - conviction information for 2015-04-01
| Corporation name: | Custom Environmental Services Ltd. |
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| Address: | 7722 - 9th Street |
| City: | Edmonton |
| Province/territory: | Alberta |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Location of offense: | Delmany Weigh Scale, Langham, Saskatchewan |
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| Case summary: | Not available |
| Charges: |
Not Available
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| Enforcement notification: | Waste management companies to pay $87,000 for PCB spill |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2015-04-01 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: | Not available |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | PCB Regulations | 5(1)(a) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2015-04-01 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Saskatchewan Provincial Court, Saskatoon, SK |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $50,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On January 14, 2015, before the Saskatchewan Provincial Court, Custom Environmental Services Ltd., pleaded guilty to a charge following the release of approximately 100 litres of oil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a tractor trailer at a weigh scale near Saskatoon, an offence under the PCB Regulations and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). On April 1, 2015, the company was sentenced to a fine of $50,000 to be paid to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
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