Court Bulletin

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November 12, 2008

Edward Ryan Langtry fined $8,000 for waste violations

OTTAWA - On October 20, 2008, Edward Ryan Langtry was convicted in absentia of two counts of establishing a waste disposal site without a Certificate of Approval, and one count of arranging for the deposit of waste upon land that is not an approved waste disposal site, after the ministry found that Langtry and his employees had been illegally dumping waste from his Ottawa landscaping business onto private property. Edward Ryan Langtry was charged following an investigation by the ministry’s Investigations and Enforcement Branch. He was fined $8,000 plus a victim fine surcharge, and was given one year to pay.

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