The decision document from the B.C. Environment Ministry says the contravention at Teck\u0027s mine outside Elkford was \u0022major.\u0022
The province’s natural resources compliance and enforcement database shows three fines were issued at the end of January, including one penalty of nearly $15.5 million as a result of the company’s failure to get its Fording River south water treatment facility operational by the December 2018 deadline in its permit.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
A statement from Teck Coal, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited, says the Fording River water treatment facility is now operating and “achieving near-complete removal of selenium from treated water.”Article content Teck says the delay in the completion of the facility was “necessary to implement a fix for a water treatment challenge” and the COVID-19 pandemic also affected construction.
The Jan. 31 fines are the latest in a string of penalties imposed on Teck Coal in B.C. The largest came in the spring of 2021 when a judge ordered the company to pay $60 million after it pleaded guilty to contaminating waterways in the region.
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