VICTORIA — Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp.
and two other firms more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways.
The indictment filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Dec. 6 was signed by director of public prosecutions George Dolhai in Ottawa and outlines the charges against Imperial Metals, Mount Polley Mining and Wood Canada Ltd.The indictment alleges the companies allowed a"deleterious substance" from the mine's tailings pond into several bodies of water"frequented by fish," including Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Bootjack Creek, Edney Creek and Quesnel Lake.
Individuals guilty of an offence under the act can be imprisoned for up to three years if they are convicted for a second time, however only companies face charges in connection to the dam's collapse. It said the engineers didn't take into account the complexity of the geological environment in relation to the dam embankment foundation.
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