Algoma Steel was charged under the Environmental Protection Act and the Ontario Water Resource Act in response to a spill that occurred nearly two years ago, in June 2022
Algoma Steel is facing environmental charges in relation to a spill two years ago — including an allegation that the company failed to notify the Ministry of the Environment about the incident.
The charges have yet to be tested in court. When contacted on Thursday, the company offered a no comment about the charges, as well as a second set of charges the company is facing from the Ministry of Labour for an unrelated death of a contract employee in 2023. "The focus of the ministry’s charges, as per the information sworn, is around the spill on or about June 17, 2022," said ministry spokesperson Gary Wheeler in an email. "As the matter is before the courts, it would be inappropriate to comment further."
While the U.S. Coast Guard reported that more than 20,000 litres of oil entered the St. Marys River, both the transcript of the arbitration hearing and information from ministry suggest that only a "small quantity" of the oil actually made its way into the waterway.
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