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Environmental Enforcement Act provisions come into force

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On June 22, 2012, the penalty provisions in sections 72-80, 87 and 88 of the Environmental Enforcement Act (EEA) came into force

New wastewater regulations enacted

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 18, 2012, the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (SOR2012-139) came into force

Ontario amends Renewable Energy Approval regulations

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 1, 2012, amendments to O. Reg. 35909 the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) regulation came into force

Ground source heat pumps exempt from environmental compliance approval

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On June 2, 2012, O. Reg. 9812 was enacted

Federal Court rules that Canada can withdraw from Kyoto Protocol

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 17, 2012, the Federal Court in Turp v. Canada dismissed an application for judicial review of Canada’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol

New Environmental Assessment Act comes into force

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 6, 2012, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (Act) came into force, replacing the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Metron Construction fined for criminal negligence causing death

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 13, 2012, Metron Construction (Metron) pled guilty to one charge of criminal negligence under the Criminal Code and was fined $200,000 for the deaths of four of its workers, who died in December 2009 when the suspended work platform they were using collapsed

Court affirms decision to order “innocent” landowner to remediate its property

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Canada, USA
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July 3 2012

The Ontario Divisional Court recently upheld the Environmental Review Tribunal’s decision, which in turn upheld an order that required the City of Kawartha Lakes to remediate the contamination on its land resulting from a heating oil spill on a neighbouring property

Decision in landfill case complicates merger enforcement landscape

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Canada
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June 15 2012

On May 29, 2012, the Competition Tribunal released its decision in Commissioner of Compeition v CCS Corporation, the first contested merger challenge since 2005