Site C dam's main builder fined $1.1M for polluting B.C. river

[IronNoggin]

Site C dam's main builder fined $1.1M for polluting B.C. river

Peace River Hydro Partners discharged high-aluminum drainage that can kill fish: Environment Canada

The main contractor in charge of constructing the Site C hydroelectric dam project near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C. has been hit with a $1.1 million fine for dumping contaminated drainage water into the Peace River.

The penalty was imposed after Peace River Hydro Partners pleaded guilty in provincial court in Fort St. John on Monday to depositing a deleterious substance into fish-bearing waters, a violation of the federal Fisheries Act, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada,

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-dam-clean-energy-project-penalty-1.6927084

[Harvest the Land]

What a joke of a fine! They're getting $1.75 BILLION for this contract and they won't even notice it. Would a Canadian contractor have done the same? Regardless the bull trout population is pretty much screwed already

"Peace River Hydro Partners is a partnership between Spanish company ACCIONA Infrastructure and South Korean company Samsung C&T. Their $1.75-billion civil works contract with the Site C Clean Energy Project includes building a 1,050-metre-long dam above the Peace River.


This is not the first time the contractor has faced penalties.


In 2020, Peace River Hydro Partners were fined nearly $1 million for serious safety violations that WorkSafeBC classified as "high risk." These violations included an incident where a worker was shocked with 1,000 volts of electricity and potential exposure of workers to dangerous silica dust."

[RyoTHC]

Wow 1.1 million? Cost of doing business god damn this country is lead by absolute brain dead idiots