# B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks

Type: government

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## Timeline

- **2026-03-13T02:18:50Z**: Compliance Failures — 122 instances of failed environmental sampling and monitoring occur.
- **2026-03-03**: Penalty Issued — B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks imposes $23,305 in fines.
- **2021-01-01**: Extraction Begins — Fertoz starts extracting 8,000-tonne bulk sample at Sparwood mine.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Fertoz Fined $23K Over 122 Environmental Monitoring Failures at B.C. Mine
2026-03-13 02:18:50 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Fertoz International Organic Inc. has been penalized $23,305 by British Columbia regulators for 122 breaches of environmental monitoring requirements at its Sparwood phosphate mine. The failures created a critical data gap, preventing the province from verifying if heavy metals or nutrients contaminated local groundwater between 2021 and 2025.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/fertoz-phosphate-mine-environmental-penalty-bc

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