幾年前,我曾在這個論壇詢問過法律建議,回來匯報一下目前的結果。
安省環境局在2016年12月簽發了新的汙染排放許可證給瀝青廠,我們依法申請上訴,安省 Environmental Review Tribunal 駁回,再申請 Ontario Court judicial review ,再次敗了。
多倫多星報在 2017年10月底來采訪這個瀝青廠的事,帶來了一些好的變化,安省環境局最終對瀝青廠下了 order, 責令做一些整改。
但是,民眾並不滿意,我們希望看見的是遵照環保法,停止造成不利影響的汙染排放。
安省環保法: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).