Laval, Quebec — A Quebec-based bodywork products distributor, Plastique Royal Inc., has been fined for selling automotive refinishing products with a volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration beyond the maximum, then violating the ensuing environmental protection compliance order.
Plastique Royal Inc. was fined $600,000 on November 6 after the company officials pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and one count of violating the VOC Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations.
These charges stem from an initial April 2019 inspection by ECCC enforcement officers at the company’s facility in Laval, QC.
“The officers then issued an environmental protection compliance order to the company to immediately stop the sale and marketing of the products concerned,” states an announcement by ECCC.
When the department’s inspection officers followed up on the environmental protection compliance order and compared the new data with the analysis of results of previously sampled products, it was determined that the company had continued to sell the products banned under the order.
The fines issued to Plastique Royal Inc. will soon be directed to Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
