Bloom Lake General Partner Limited - conviction information for 2014-12-19
| Corporation name: | Bloom Lake General Partner Limited |
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| Address: | 508-1155 rue University |
| City: | Toronto |
| Province/territory: | Ontario |
| Postal code: | H3B 3A7 |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Location of offense: | Route 389, Fermont, Quebec |
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| Case summary: | Not available |
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| Enforcement notification: | Bloom Lake General Partner must pay $7.5 million for environmental infractions |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2014-12-19 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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Bloom Lake General Partner Limited was ordered to pay $7.5 million in the Criminal and Penal Division of the Court of Québec in Montreal, on December 19, 2014, after pleading guilty to 45 charges under the Fisheries Act, resulting from several incidents including the breach of a tailings pond dam. The charges related to infractions at the Bloom Lake mine site including releases of non-compliant mining effluent and of ferric sulfate into fish-bearing water, and failure to comply with an Inspector’s Direction. The sentence of $7.5 million is the largest penalty ever imposed for environmental infractions in Canada. |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Pollution Prevention provisions (subsection 36(3)) of the Fisheries Act | FA - 36(3), 40(3)(d), 40(3)(e), 40(3)(f) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2014-12-22 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Chambre criminelle et pénale de la Cour du Québec, Montréal, QC |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $7,500,000 |
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On December 19th, 2014, before the Criminal and Penal Division of the Court of Québec in Montreal, Bloom Lake General Partner Limited pled guilty to 45 charges under the Fisheries Act. The charges are related to several infractions at the Bloom Lake mine site including failure to comply with an Inspector’s Direction, the breach of a tailings pond dam, releases of non-compliant mining effluent and a release of ferric sulfate into fish-bearing waters. On December 22nd, 2014, the company was sentenced to pay $7.5 million, the largest penalty ever imposed for environmental infractions in Canada. Of the $7.5 million, $6.83 million will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund, representing the largest ever financial contribution to the Fund.
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