Hazardous Waste Carrier Fined $120,000 + $30,000 VFS

Buckham Transport Limited, a registered carrier of hazardous waste, was recently fined $120,000 following a guilty plea to three offences under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA):

1. Providing false or misleading information to a Provincial Officer;
2. Failing to transport waste to the receiving facility named on manifest; and
3. Failing to comply with a Ministry order.

In July 2011, a fire broke out in a bin used to bulk together solid hazardous wastes at Buckham's waste transfer and processing facility. This prompted the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to issue an order prohibiting Buckham from bulking solid hazardous waste until its concerns had been addressed.