, B.C., resident Alexandra Wright, who says the $78,368 fine to nearby neighbour Sander Fruit Packers for illegally discharging effluent into a ditch was “a slap on the wrist.”Ellison residents upset over sewage smell
“Without authorization, discharge limits, monitoring programs, system maintenance and reporting requirements are not able to be defined nor compliance assess with.”The report also noted that Sandher requested the ministry not impose a fine, as they are “actively working towards compliance” and proposed “the setting of benchmarks that would hold Sandher Fruit Packers to the process of achieving full compliance through the application we have submitted.
“To confirm, a ‘major’ violation of the by a multi-million dollar corporation warrants just over $100,000 worth of fines in the past seven years of violations?” Wright said in an email on Wednesday.