Brett Thoms
Luskville July 19, 2022
Recently the Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Struggle Against Climate Change announced that two Gatineau based companies, Charlie and Jamie Young Transport and Construction, and Centre de tri-Myra had illegally dumped construction materials on five properties in the Municipality of Pontiac in the summer of 2012, according to a press release.
The ministry found . . .
construction materials that could potentially contaminate the land they were deposited on, such as plastic particles, polystyrene, concrete, brick, wood, glass, ceramics, gypsum, electrical components, asphalt shingles and fine sieving residues.
The materials were included in backfill used on the property.
The properties where the two companies were cited for include 55 and 88 chemin du Village, 107, 113 and 129 chemin Julie and 1895 chemin de la Montagne.
The ministry issued Order No. 704-A, issued under Article 114 of the Environment Quality act, which lays out the mandate for the construction companies to restore the site approaching to where it was before the backfilling was performed.
The companies must submit restoration plans which need to be approved by the ministry and need to test and repair any environmental damage that may have occurred because of the material in the backfill. The restoration work also needs to take measures to ensure the protection of wetlands and the Western Chorus Frog.
The company, Charlie and Jamie Young Transport was previously fined $60,267 in 2018 over the dumping of construction material at the same addresses listed above according to the Quebec Ministry of the Environment and the Struggle Against Climate Change website.
