The province of British Columbia has ordered three companies to pay $550,000 in fines and penalties for their roles in a 2007 oil spill incident in Burnaby, British Columbia.
The province of British Columbia has ordered three companies to pay $550,000 in fines and penalties for their roles in a 2007 oil spill incident in Burnaby, British Columbia.
B. Cusano Contracting Inc., R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd. and Kinder Morgan subsidiary Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P.were all sentenced on November 10, 2011 in provincial court. The two contractors and the pipeline owner will each pay a $1,000 fine to the Crown and contribute $149,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. .dTrans Mountain Pipeline was also ordered to contribute $100,000 to the British Columbia Common Ground Alliance, in order to raise awareness to prevent similar incidents as well as organizing DigSafe BC workshops.
The incident occurred on July 24, 2007 when construction crews ruptured an underground pipeline and created an oil geyser which spilled approximately 250,000 litres of synthetic crude oil into the land and marine environment of Burrard Inlet.
JOC DIGITAL MEDIA
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