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Teck Metals smelter fined for polluting Columbia River in BC-The 17th China(Guangzhou)Int’l Metal &Metallurgy
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The Globe and Mail reported that Teck Metals Ltd. has been hit with what is being described as the largest environmental penalty in British Columbia’s history for discharging heavy metals and other pollutants into the Columbia River at Trail. The mining company has been fined a total of $3.4-million for “multiple events” at the Teck smelter in southeast BC.
Mr Marko Goluza, Pacific and Yukon regional director for Environment Canada, said that Teck Metals was fined $3-million for three offences under the federal Fisheries Act and $400,000 for two offences under provincial legislation.
Mr Goluza said he couldn’t recall a company ever having to pay an environmental fine in BC of more than $1-million, making the total fines the largest ever awarded in one environmental case.
The company said in a statement that “The charges relate to 13 accidental discharges that occurred between November, 2013 and February, 2015. Water with elevated levels of copper, zinc, ammonia, chlorine and cadmium were discharged.
Teck Metals said reviews conducted after each incident showed there was “no human health risk and no indication of long-term impact on fish.”
-The 17th
China(Guangzhou)Int’l Metal &Metallurgy Exhibition
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