CP fined for environmental violation NEWSWIRE

CP fined for environmental violation NEWSWIRE

By Angela Cotey | June 10, 2019

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


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GOLDEN, British Columbia — Canadian Pacific has been fined $31,500 (Canadian) by the Province of British Columbia for a pollution violation, the Coast Mountain News reports.

The penalty, for failure to comply with terms of a waste discharge permit, was assessed in the third quarter of 2018.

A CP spokesman told the news site the railroad has taken steps to correct the problem, including upgrading its treatment system and hiring a full-time treatment plant operator.

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