Environment Canada Charges Teck Metals Over Spills
May 16, 2011
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Teck Metals Ltd. has agreed to pay $325,000 for depositing mercury into the Columbia River, and allowing a leachate to overflow into Stoney Creek. This action is in response to two chemical spills that took place in 2010.
Of the total amount being paid, $100,000 will go to the Environmental Damages Fund (EDF). This fund was created in 1995 as a means to direct monetary penalties and settlements toward the repair of the actual harm done to the environment. The designated funds will be applied to projects that will improve water quality monitoring or protect, enhance or restore fish habitats in the lower Columbia River.
