A Whistler based company has been fined for dumping sludge from their wastewater treatment plant into an unauthorized pit.
The fine was issued by Environment Compliance BC, a regulatory agency of the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
Black Tusk Strata Corporation in Whistler has been issued a $9,000 administrative penalty for disposing of sludge from their wastewater treatment plant into an unauthorized pit.
The company also failed to notify the ministry and did not immediately report the disposal to the Provincial Emergency Program as required by their permit.
The penalties are discretionary financial penalties that can be administered with less onerous procedural and legal requirements than a court prosecution, making them an effective and efficient enforcement option, according to the ministry.
The penalties are issued under the Environment Management Act, which regulates industrial and municipal waste discharges, pollution, air quality, hazardous waste and contaminated site remediation.
