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Transport Company pleads guilty to diesel spill on Hay River

July 22, 2009

YELLOWKNIFE, NT – The Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, and make a $3,000 contribution to the Environmental Damages Fund after pleading guilty to violating subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.

The incident leading to these fines occurred on April 25, 2008, when a fuel tank rupture resulted in 550 litres of diesel fuel spilling onto the ice of the Hay River.

NTCL pleaded guilty to this charge on July 22, 2009 in a Yellowknife, NT court.