几年前,我曾在这个论坛询问过法律建议,回来汇报一下目前的结果。
安省环境局在2016年12月签发了新的污染排放许可证给沥青厂,我们依法申请上诉,安省 Environmental Review Tribunal 驳回,再申请 Ontario Court judicial review ,再次败了。
多伦多星报在 2017年10月底来采访这个沥青厂的事,带来了一些好的变化,安省环境局最终对沥青厂下了 order, 责令做一些整改。
但是,民众并不满意,我们希望看见的是遵照环保法,停止造成不利影响的污染排放。
安省环保法:https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90e19
Section 14:
14 (1) Subject to subsection (2) but despite any other provision of this Act or the regulations, a person shall not discharge a contaminant or cause or permit the discharge of a contaminant into the natural environment, if the discharge causes or may cause an adverse effect. 2005, c. 12, s. 1 (5).
Exceptions
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to,
(a) a discharge that is authorized under this Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, if the discharge does not cause and is not likely to cause an adverse effect; or
(b) a discharge of a contaminant that arises when animal wastes are disposed of in accordance with normal farming practices, if the only adverse effect that is caused or that may be caused by the discharge is an adverse effect referred to in clause (a) of the definition of “adverse effect” in subsection 1 (1). 2005, c. 12, s. 1 (5).