A BROOKLYN company has been found guilty in the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court of one charge of water pollution.
A magistrate ordered McColls Tankers to pay $30,000 plus court costs following a diesel spill into the Stony Creek in July 2005.
The company has paid $100,000 for the clean-up of the creek.
Environment Protection Agency officers traced the spill to a stormwater drain, which was carrying the diesel into Stony Creek after a pump became blocked.
The company was found guilty of polluting the creek to make it harmful or potentially harmful to birds, fish or other aquatic life, plants or other vegetation.
