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QuoteFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, January 31, 2013) – TSSA's ongoing crackdown on unqualified fuel contractors has netted two contractors operating in Huron and Bruce counties in southwestern Ontario.

The Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich and Owen Sound levied fines totaling $13,000 against two fuels contractors for violating safety regulations under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000.

Fuels contractor Rick Hughes of Huron County pled guilty to installing a natural gas furnace in the municipality of Huron East without holding the appropriate certification and operating as a fuels contractor without being registered. Hughes was fined $6,000 plus the mandatory 25% victim surcharge for a total penalty of $7,500.

Fuels contractor Ted Tenbergen, who operates Tenbergen Contracting based in Sauble Beach, pled guilty to installing a natural gas furnace in a Sauble Beach home without the appropriate certification. Tenbergen also pled guilty to providing false information by filling out a pressure tag test with another contractor's name and certificate number. Tenbergen was fined $7,000 plus the mandatory 25% victim surcharge for a total penalty of $8,750.