All Seasons Mushrooms Inc. - conviction information for 2015-04-24
| Corporation name: | All Seasons Mushrooms Inc. |
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| Address: | 3392 224th Street |
| City: | Langley |
| Province/territory: | British Columbia |
| Postal code: | V3A 9J5 |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Location of offense: | 3392 224th Street, Langley, British Columbia |
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| Case summary: | Not available |
| Charges: |
Not available
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| Enforcement notification: | Mushroom farm to pay $90,000 penalty for Fisheries Act offence |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2015-04-24 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
| Nature of offense(s): |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: | Environment Canada enforcement officers conducted an inspection of the organic mushroom farm in 2012 and identified a discharge of deleterious effluent into a nearby creek, in contravention of the Fisheries Act. An investigation was initiated. In 2013, another discharge point from the site to the creek was discovered and it was determined that the additional discharge was deleterious to fish. |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Pollution Prevention provisions (subsection 36(3)) of the Fisheries Act | General Prohibition | 36(3) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2015-04-24 |
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| Location of sentencing: | British Columbia Provincial Court, Surrey, BC |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $90,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On April 8, 2015, in British Columbia Provincial Court, All Seasons Mushroom Inc. pleaded guilty to a charge for depositing a deleterious substance into waters frequented by fish, an offence under the Fisheries Act. On April 24, 2015, the company was sentenced to a $1,000 fine and a sum of $89,000 to be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund for a total of $90,000.
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