$75K Fine Upheld Against Tolko Almost a Decade After Landslide Into Shuswap Lake - Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
The commission said Tolko’s road design and drainage failures caused the slide, and the company must also pay for Crown timber lost.
- The Forest Appeals Commission upheld a $75,000 fine against Tolko on July 15, rejecting the Vernon forestry company's appeal over a 2017 landslide near Rosemond Lake. The decision confirms penalties for two violations of the Forest and Range Practices Act.
- An investigation determined Tolko's road construction caused the landslide, which sent 11,500 cubic metres of debris into Rosemond Lake. The slide occurred six years after the 2011 road construction, coinciding with a "significant weather event."
- The Commission cited "apparent oversights and lack of due diligence" as the root cause, noting Tolko failed to notify the Ministry of the slide. Staff discovered it while working nearby despite the company's internal monitoring systems.
- Beyond the fines, Tolko must cover costs for lost Crown timber, with the total amount still to be determined by the province. The $75,000 breaks down into $50,000 and $25,000 penalties for two separate contraventions.
- The Commission rejected Tolko's argument that the double penalty constituted unfair duplication, citing the company's history of "previous contraventions of a similar nature" regarding road construction. The fine stands as reasonable under Forest and Range Practices Act enforcement.
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$75K fine upheld against Tolko almost a decade after landslide into Shuswap lake
A Vernon forestry company’s bid to reduce a $75,000 fine, incurred after it caused a landslide in the Shuswap, has been denied. Tolko will have to pay the full amount after the Forest Appeals Commission found the fine was reasonable, nearly a decade after a logging road Tolko built caused an estimated 11,500 cubic metres of debris to slide into Rosemond Lake, just south of Mara Lake, in 2017, according to a decision published by the Commission J…
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