A developer building condos on contaminated Burnaby land is blaming the owners of nearby lots once used for dry-cleaning businesses and suing them for the cost of cleaning up the contamination.
In B.C. Supreme Court documents, I4PG Hastings Street Inc., which is building a new lowrise condo development at 4437 Hastings St., says the land is a “contaminated site” under the Environmental Management Act.
Burnaby Dry Cleaners and Mr. N’s Fine Dry Cleaning Practically next door, 4429 Hastings has been used for dry-cleaning businesses since at least 1967, most recently by Mr. N’s Fine Dry Cleaning, according to the claim. Last week, the developer also succeeded in adding 1350132 B.C. Ltd. to the list, after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
'Negligence' I4PG claims the contamination at its site has been caused by the defendants’ “negligence,” which “caused or allowed” dry-cleaning chemicals and petroleum products to escape into the soils and groundwater of their properties and then migrate to 4437 Hastings St. Meanwhile, Mr. N’s and Burnaby Dry Cleaners say that, if 4437 Hastings St. is contaminated, it isn’t their fault.
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