A Sudbury construction company has pleaded guilty and fined $20,000 for extracting more aggregate than allowed under its licence, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Rintala Construction Company Ltd., based in Lively,
pleaded guilty to charges under the Aggregate Resources Act. The
company was fined a total of $20,000 for four counts of contravening
the conditions of its licence under the Aggregate Resources Act.
From 2006 to 2009, Rintala Construction exceeded by more than
60,000 tonnes the maximum amount of aggregate it was allowed to
extract under its licence for a pit in Waters Township. This is the
second conviction of this type for the company, according to the
MNR.
The over-extraction was reported by Rintala Construction to
the Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation, but reports submitted to
the Ministry of Natural Resources stated that the extraction was in
compliance with the licence.
David Yaw, who worked for the company
at the time, received a suspended sentence for three counts of
falsely stating that the amount extracted by the company complied
with its licence, the MNR stated.
Justice of the Peace James Bubba
heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury on March
13.
The Aggregate Resources Act is a statute that is administered
and enforced by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
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