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B.C. fines Teck Coal $16 million for contaminating Kootenay waterways

B.C. fines Teck Coal $16 million for contaminating Kootenay waterways

A Canadian mining company has been fined more than $16 million for polluting waterways in B.C.'s East Kootenay. The B.C. Ministry of Environment has imposed three administrative penalties on Teck Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Teck Resources, citing the company's failure to have water treatment facilities ready by a required date to limit emissions of nitrate and selenium from its Fording River operations in the Elk Valley.