A trial date in October has been set on charges filed by the Ministry of Environment against CVRD Inco relating to an incident in Greater Sudbury one year ago.
A trial date of Oct. 4 and 5 was set Wednesday at the Sudbury courthouse on charges of exceeding allowable levels of sulphur dioxide, causing adverse affects to the population and exceeding allowable levels causing adverse affects to the population.
The ministry laid the charges against the mining company in relation to a sulphur dioxide plume inversion from the Copper Cliff smelter Feb. 11, 2006.
The ministry alleges sulphur dioxide levels were exceeded at seven ground monitoring stations across Greater Sudbury that day.
CVRD Inco has stated they will fight the charges. The company has stated strange weather patterns which were not normal for this time of year were responsible for allowable levels being exceeded.
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