Company Director Fined $5,000 for Environmental Protection Act Violation

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Convicted -Martin Hackborn

Court Location -Kitchener Description of Offence -The conviction is for failing to comply with a Director's Order by failing to remove all waste from a site using an authorized waste hauler.Date of Offence -During the period beginning on or about April 29, 2022, and ending on or about April 24, 2023.

Date of Conviction- June 7, 2024

Penalties Imposed -

• Martin Hackborn was convicted of one violation under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), fined $5,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of $1,250 and given six months to pay.

Background -

• Martin Hackborn is a director of 2366352 Ontario Ltd., which operates as Deerfield Excavating and Trucking.

• In July 2020, the ministry issued an Order to Mr. Hackborn and the company, requiring the removal of waste materials that had been deposited at a site in North Dumfries.

• The deposited waste materials at the site were identified as foundry sand wastes, a by-product residue created from industrial processes that typically contain soluble chemicals and other chemical binders.

• Following a request for ministry review of the Order, a Director's Order was issued to Mr. Hackborn and the company in August 2020.

• The Director's Order required Mr. Hackborn to remove all waste from the site using an authorized waste hauler by September 2020.

• Between April 2022 and April 2023, the ministry confirmed that the waste materials were still present at the site and had not been removed by a licensed waste hauler.

• The ministry's Environmental Investigations and Enforcement Branch investigated and laid charges which resulted in the conviction.

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