Municipality of York, ONTARIO CANADA
November 4, 2002
The Regional Municipality of York has been charged in connection with a sewage discharge from its Wood River Bend sewage pumping station. The station collects sewage from the north end of the town of Sutton, as well as Jackson Point.
The charges allege that ? between May 25 and 28, 2001 ? sewage was discharged from the station into a tributary of the Black River. It is alleged that approximately one million litres of sewage was released.
The Regional Municipality faces one charge under section 30(1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act, which relates to discharging a contaminant that may impair water quality, as well as one charge under section 14(1) of the Environmental Protection Act, which pertains to discharging a contaminant that is likely to cause an adverse effect on the environment.
A court date has been set for December 9, 2002 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Richmond Hill.
Contact:
John Steele
Ministry of the Environment
(416) 314-6666
