Minister of the Environment Will Not Seek Leave to Appeal the Supreme Court of Canada on Bennett's Belledune Facility

OAKVILLE, ON, Sept. 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bennett Environmental announced today that The Honourable Stephane Dion, Minister of the Environment and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, has accepted the July 19, 2005 Federal Court of Appeal decision, which upheld a lower court order setting aside the Federal Government's referral of the Bennett Environmental High-Temperature Thermal Oxidizer to a federal environmental assessment review panel.

Al Bulckaert, President and CEO of Bennett Environmental Inc. commented that he is "extremely pleased with the Minister's decision and is looking forward to working with both the Federal and New Brunswick Governments to demonstrate that Bennett's thermal oxidizer meets the rigorous protection standards established by the regulators in those jurisdictions".

The subject of the decision is the facility in Belledune, New Brunswick which arose as a result of the public's concerns regarding whether there were likely to be any trans-boundary environmental effects as a result of the operation of the facility. A study group of federal officials had previously concluded that any such effects were unlikely.

About Bennett Environmental Inc.

Bennett Environmental Inc. is a North American leader in high temperature treatment services for the remediation of contaminated soil and has provided thermal solutions to contamination problems throughout Canada and the US. Bennett Environmental's technology provides for the safe, economical and permanent solution to contaminated soil. Independent testing has consistently proven that the technology operates well within the most stringent criteria in North America.

Bennett Environmental is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol "BEV") and the American Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol "BEL"). 

DATASOURCE: Bennett Environmental Inc.



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President of Environmental Affairs & Government Relations at the Oakville

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