Railway Administrative Monetary Penalties

On or before August 23rd, 2023, or thereabouts, at or near the Kettle Falls Subdivision (the “Canadian railway”) between Waneta, British Columbia (B.C.) and Columbia Gardens, B.C., St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad Company, LLC (“the railway company”) failed to ensure that persons, other than employees of the railway company, who were authorized by the railway company to access the Canadian railway and whose activities may affect the safety of railway operations, had knowledge of the requirements of the instruments referred to in paragraph 10 (1)(c) of the Railway Safety Management System Regulations, 2015 that the persons needed to know to carry out their activities safely before they accessed the railway track, thereby contravening section 26 of the Railway Safety Management System Regulations, 2015.

Specifically, St. Paul & Pacific Northwest Railroad Company, LLC failed to ensure that workers of its track maintenance contractor, Lakeside Contracting Ltd. (LCL) (the “LCL workers”), accessing the railway company’s Canadian railway were knowledgeable respecting the requirements of the Rules Respecting Track Safety which were approved or established by the Minister under section 19 of the Railway Safety Act that apply to the railway company and which LCL workers needed to know to carry out their activities safely before they accessed the railway track.

The company has requested a review at the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada