North 60° Petro Limited Convicted in Environmental Enforcement Case in Yukon

November 16, 2010

WHITEHORSE, Y.T. -- November 16, 2010 -- North 60° Petro Limited was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and make a $28,000 contribution to the Environmental Damages Fund after pleading guilty on November 12, 2010 to failing to comply with an Environment Canada Inspector’s Direction, which constitutes an offence under the Fisheries Act.

In December 2006, North 60° Petro Limited was issued an Inspector’s Direction by Environment Canada that required the company to stop the release of deleterious substances/hydrocarbons into the Yukon River from groundwater flowing from their bulk terminal site in Whitehorse. North 60° Petro Limited’s bulk terminal site is the main storage and distribution facility for all of their operations throughout the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia. The company markets and distributes bulk and drummed petroleum products to a variety of industries.

The Territorial Court has also ordered North 60° Petro Limited to prevent the release of deleterious substances (i.e. hydrocarbons) into the Yukon River.