Spruce Falls pleaded guilty to several charges under the Fisheries Act.
Spruce Falls pleaded guilty to several charges under the Fisheries Act.
Appearing before a Quebec Court judge, the Tembec division plead guilty to having deposited a deleterious substance (in this instance, a final effluent from the biological treatment system) into the Ottawa River, a total of 16 times between April 9, 2003 and December 14, 2004. These acts violate subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.
In addition, the company failed, on two occasions, to monitor the effluent, and, between March 1 and June 14, 2004, Spruce Falls partially ignored a direction issued by an inspector that required it to implement measures to prevent further effluent deposits from occurring.
Spruce Falls has been ordered to pay a $750,000 fine.
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