Dragun Corporation Staff, Author at Dragun Corporation

Environmental Enforcement Across Canada

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Nov 12, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

Enforcement of environmental laws can result in penalties and fines ranging from a few-thousand dollars up to seven figures or more. In 2020, Volkswagen paid a $196.5 million fine for the class action settlement in what became known as “dieselgate” or “emissionsgate.” This was on top of the agreement to provide benefits and buyback options to Canadian consumers of the non-compliant vehicles up to a maximum of nearly $2.4 billion Regardless of the amount of the fine,...

Amendments to Ontario’s Excess Soil Regulations

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Oct 31, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The next phase of Ontario’s excess soils regulations is set to take effect on January 1, 2025, (limiting soils that may be landfilled). Ahead of this deadline, there are (additional) proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 406/19. You may recall that in January 2022, contractors were scrambling to comply with the more stringent soil management requirements. By April 21, 2022, these new requirements were officially paused by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation...

The Federal Government Announces Framework to “Modernize” CEPA

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Oct 15, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

On October 2, 2024, Steven Guilbeault, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Mark Holland, Minister of Health Canada (HC) announced a framework to “protect the right to a healthy environment through the modernization and administration of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act” (CEPA). In the announcement, they state that the public will have an opportunity to comment on several initiatives including the following: A Draft Implementation...

Six-Figure Environmental Fines in the News

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Oct 2, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

While issues such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and managing excess soils are often the topic of discussions at conferences and meetings, it’s still “routine” environmental compliance issues that get the attention of the public, as well as provincial and federal regulators. Below we provide some recent environmental enforcement news, all of which are six-figure fines. Six-Figure Recycling Violation On July 1, 2023, the Blue Box program under the Ontario Resource...

Prohibition on Landfilling Most Excess Soils in Ontario Set to Take Effect

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Sep 17, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The implementation of the excess soil regulations will reach the final phase of the multi-year rollout on January 1, 2025. This may be the most challenging phase of the provincial regulation of excess soils. Ontario’s Excess Soil Restrictions for Landfills According to the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Parks (MECP), excess soil that is suitable for reuse should be viewed as a resource and not disposed as a waste. The excess soil regulation restricts...