P.O. BOX 132
16 ANDERSEN STREET
MAKKOVIK, NL, NUNATSIAVUT
AOP 1JO

TELEPHONE EMAIL
General (709) 923-2221 townclerk@makkovik.ca
Manager (709) 923-2299 townmanager@makkovik.ca
AngajukKak (709) 923-2455 barry.andersen@nunatsiavut.com
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09 APRIL 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE RANGER BIGHT WATER SUPPLY.

IT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF MICG SNOWMOBILERS ARE SKIPPING WATER AT RANGER BIGHT BROOK ON SNOWMOBILES.
PLEASE BE ADIVED THAT THE ENTIRE RANGER BIGHT WATER SUPPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MAKKOVIK IS OFF LIMITS TO SNOWMOBILING. THIS INCLUDES RANGER BIGHT POND AND BROOK. SEE BELOW MAP FOR REFERENCE.

MICG HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS UNDER SECTION 39 OF THE WATER RESOURSES ACT SNL 2002 cW-4.01.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN KEEPING OUR WATER SUPPLY SAFE.

Barry Andersen
AngajukKak

Penalty for this offence is below and MICG will be taking a ZERO tolerance stand on this behavior.
Penalty
91. (1) A person who is guilty of an offence under this Act, where a penalty is not otherwise provided for that offence, is liable on summary conviction
(a) in the case of a corporation or a municipal authority,
(i) for the first conviction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,000,000, and
(ii) for a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $4,000 and not more than $1,000,000; and
(b) in the case of a person who is not a corporation or a municipal authority,
(i) for a first conviction, to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $10,000, or to a term of imprisonment of not more than 3 months, or to both the fine and imprisonment, and
(ii) for a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, or to a term of imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or to both a fine and imprisonment.
(2) Every continuance of an offence for a day or part of a day constitutes a separate offence.
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act and the court is satisfied that, as a result of the commission of the offence, monetary benefits accrued to the offender, the court may order the offender to pay, in addition to a fine under subsection (1), a fine in an amount equal to the amount of those monetary benefits.
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act, in addition to another penalty that may be imposed under this Act, the court may, having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstances surrounding its commission, make an order
(a) prohibiting the offender from doing a thing that may result in the continuation or repetition of the offence;
(b) directing the offender to take the action that the court considers appropriate to remedy or prevent harm to water resources that results from the act or omission that constituted the offence;
(c) requiring the offender to monitor the effectiveness of the remedial and preventive measures in a manner and for a period of time as decided by the court;
(d) directing the offender to post a bond or pay money into court in an amount that will ensure compliance with an order made under this section;
(e) directing the offender to compensate the minister, in whole or in part, for the cost of remedial or preventive action that was carried out by the minister, or caused by the offender to be carried out by the minister, and was made necessary by the act or omission that constituted the offence; or
(f) requiring the offender to comply with other conditions the court considers appropriate in the circumstances for securing the offenders good conduct and for preventing the offender from repeating the same offence or committing other offences.