Teck Metals Ltd. in Trail was fined $2.2 million for a 2019 effluent spill.
In a Jan. 10 release, Environment and Climate Change Canada says Teck spilled 2.5 million litres of a low pH solution into the Columbia River on Feb. 26, 2019.
According to Teck Trail Operations, the company entered a guilty plea and will pay $2.12 million for violations of the Fisheries Act and Environmental Management Act and an additional $80,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation for fish and habitat conservation projects.
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