A Hamilton construction company is set to pay six figures to an environmental arm of the federal government in compensation for a 2018 dumping incident near a city pier.
The agreement between Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and The Barclay Construction Group Inc. will see the latter pay $175,000 to the government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund as recommended by a court as an alternative to prosecution.
Charges were laid by enforcement officers following a June 2018 marine training exercise at Pier 12 in Hamilton Harbour after they observed a pump removing water from an excavation site where sediment-contaminated water was deposited into Lake Ontario.
Laboratory results revealed that the contaminated water contained substances that were harmful to fish, a violation of the Fisheries Act.
ECCC didn’t release any information on how much sediment-contaminated water was deposited into the lake.
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A judge has stayed charges amid the agreement between ECCC and Barclay Construction.
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Barclay has also agreed to host an open house and construction conference promoting “effective implementation of environmental management systems” through improvements and an agreement to develop and finalize a standard operating procedure on containment spills and cleanup.
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