Lafarge Fined $45,000
$45,000 Fine for Removing Aggregate From Unlicensed Area
Lafarge Canada Inc. has pleaded guilty to operating in an unlicensed area adjacent to its quarry operation in Dawson Township, Manitoulin Island.
The company was fined $45,000 and was ordered to rehabilitate the vertical rock faces located on unlicensed private land and Crown land. As part of the agreement, Lafarge will pay an additional $45,900 in outstanding royalties to the Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation for materials excavated from the Crown land.
The court heard that Lafarge alerted an aggregates officer that the company had removed aggregates from outside its licence. A subsequent investigation confirmed that Lafarge had extracted nearly 148,000 cubic metres of limestone outside its licence area, as well as 119,000 cubic metres from adjoining Crown land. Although the Crown land is part of an aggregate permit that the company holds, the company did not have the required approval to excavate the area at that time.
Justice of the Peace Darlene Hayden heard the case in Little Current on June 17, 2010.
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