Environment
B.C. ENVIRONMENT

WEST VANCOUVER

vestigation.

Minister John Cashore said Mon-

day on the North Shore that he gets angry when he sees

repeat offenders turn up on

_piled by his ministry.

Cashore made. the comment
during a tour of six environmental
industries and recycling’ facilities
on the North Shore and follows
his ministry's release of a list of
charges and fines handed to B.C.
industrial operators who are in
violation of their pollution control
permits.

The summary lists 147 charges
laid under environmental protec-

tion legislation against 100 opera-'

tions and individuals for the

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poliution violation lists com-

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

six-month period covering April 1
to Sept, 30, 1992.

Between April and September,
79 convictions were handed down,
resulting in fines totalling
$230,750.

Significant fines included a
$50,000 penalty levied against
North Vancouver-based Van-

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Fire Department ilrefighter Mark Barton hoses down the roof of a home
located at 2976 Mathers Ave. on Friday, Feb. 12. The occupants of the house were away on holiday
when the fire started in the roof space. The roof was destroyed. The cause of the fire is under in-

couver Wharves Ltd. for introdue-
ing business waste into the en-
vironment, :

Vancouver Wharves has been
on the provincial environmental
hit list on three previous occa-
sions. :

Said Cashore: ‘‘It does hother
me to see repeat offenders. | think
there needs to be several ways that
you can address this issue and :o
have adequate penallics and to
have adequate monitoring and en-
forcement.”’

He added that his ministry is
working with pollution permit vio-
lators to try to solve the problem,
but Cashkore said he did not know

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if that was the
couver Wharves.

“tt does not make me happy to
sce them on ther? as repeat of-
fenders, and I think we have to be
considering several ways of work-
ing with those situations. People
from our Surrey office would be
in touch with them (Vancouver
Wharves) and be discussing ways
of addressing the issue,’’ said
Cashore,

The ministry’s report found that

See Ministry page 5

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