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Government of Nunavut ordered to pay $100,000 fine for Rankin Inlet diesel fuel spill into Hudson Bay | |
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2022-04-25 | |
发布年 | 2022 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 加拿大 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | News releaseApril 25, 2022 – Iqaluit, Nunavut The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health, safety and environment of Canadians. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) enforces several laws that protect Canada’s air, water and natural environment, and we take pollution incidents and threats to the environment very seriously. On April 14, 2022, at the Nunavut Court of Justice, the Government of Nunavut was ordered to pay $100,000 after pleading guilty to one offence under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), in violation of subsection 2.1(1) of the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations. The fine will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund to support projects that benefit the natural environment. In addition to the fine, the Court issued a number of court orders to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future. The Government of Nunavut is required to:
In April 2020, ECCC enforcement officers responded to information received through the Northwest Territories/Nunavut spill reporting website that indicated a fuel release in the mechanical room of Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik High School in Rankin Inlet. Officers conducted a thorough investigation of the spill incident and found that the spill was the result of human error in the manual transfer of fuel from a CEPA-regulated storage tank system. Fuel began to overflow from the internal day tank in the mechanical room on the afternoon of April 16, 2020, and continued to spill until the morning of April 17, 2020, when it was reported. Approximately 18,400 litres of diesel fuel made its way into the Hudson Bay. Environment and Climate Change Canada has created a free subscription service to help Canadians stay current with what the Government of Canada is doing to protect our natural environment. Quick facts
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来源平台 | Environment and Climate Change Canada |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/350611 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
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