Emergency oil spills are normally the result of an accident, however under the Environmental Enforcement Act a person can be found at fault of negligence or willful pollution after an investigation of the spill and the following penalties may occur.
Penalties
- 187. (1) Every individual convicted of an offence under section 186, other than an offence described in subsection (3), is liable,
- (a) on a first conviction, for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues, to a fine of not more than $50,000; and
- (b) on each subsequent conviction,
- (i) for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues, to a fine of not more than $100,000,
- (ii) to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or
- (iii) to both such fine and imprisonment. 2005, c. 12, s. 1 (57).
Same: corporations
- 187. (2) Every corporation convicted of an offence under section 186, other than an offence described in subsection (3), is liable,
- (a) on a first conviction, for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues, to a fine of not more than $250,000; and
- (b) on each subsequent conviction, for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues, to a fine of not more than $500,000. 2005, c. 12, s. 1 (57).