$10,000 FINE FOR CONTRAVENING AGGREGATE PIT SITE PLAN
April 2, 2009
A Concord-based subsidiary of Lafarge Canada Inc. has been fined $10,000 for permitting the contravention of an aggregate licence site plan.
Warren Materials Inc. pleaded guilty to allowing the unlawful removal of a 30-metre treed setback on their licensed pit, in the former Township of Manvers, City of Kawartha Lakes.
Court heard that the Ministry of Natural Resources conducted the investigation leading to the charges during the late fall of 2007 and early 2008. Under the Aggregates Resources Act, licensed operators must adhere to site plan conditions set out by the ministry.
The court also issued a rehabilitation order for the site. The ministry and the licensed company have worked co-operatively to develop a rehabilitation plan.
Justice of the Peace Diane Jackson heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay on March 27, 2009.
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