Carillion Canada Inc. has been fined $80,000, for depositing two barrels containing petroleum oil and weathered paint/protective coating in land that was not an approved waste disposal site. Depositing waste in land that is not a ministry approved waste disposal site is contrary to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA).
In 2012, the company entered into a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to perform maintenance on provincial highways in the Huntsville area. The company also leased a yard in the same area to run their operation. In May 2014, an employee of Carillion discovered two 45-gallon drums of unknown material in the yard. He requested direction on what to do with the drums and was told to bury them at the back of the yard.
In January 2015, the ministry received information from a complainant who alleged that employees from Carillion were instructed to bury drums containing an unknown substance. As a result, the ministry’s Investigations and Enforcement Branch initiated an investigation of the allegations. The buried drums were subsequently located and exhumed. They were found to contain waste petroleum oil and weathered paint/protective coating. As a result, charges were laid.
On January 12, 2016, Carillion Canada Inc. was convicted of one offence, and was fined $80,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of $20,000, and was given 90 days to pay the fine.
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$100,000 Fine is a huge joke for a multibillion dollar company like Carillion.