$12,000 Fine For Failing To Submit Records

A sole proprietor of a drinking water well company was fined $12,000 plus the twenty-five per cent victim fine surcharge by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The sole proprietor was convicted for maintaining four separate drinking water wells at two locations in the Peterborough area without the appropriate licenses and failing to send the MOECC a well record following the construction of the drinking water wells as required by the Ontario Water Resources Act.

The sole proprietor is in the business of drilling new drinking water wells, decommissioning old wells, and repairing and maintaining existing wells. The sole proprietor did have a Well Contractor's Licence and a Well Technician Licence; however both licences were either not renewed or had expired.