WILLIAMS LAKE – On Sept.4, 2014, the Mount Polley mining facility was
inspected by staff from the Ministry of Environment and was found to be
out of compliance with the Environmental Management Act (EMA) because
effluent was still discharging from the tailings storage facility into
Hazeltine Creek.

Today, a ministry statutory decision-maker sent an advisory to the Mount
Polley Mining Corporation directing the company to take prompt action to
abate all discharges from the tailings storage facility into the
receiving environment.

While discharges have stopped since the Sept. 4, 2014, inspection,
ministry staff are concerned future rain events will trigger further
discharges. A copy of that advisory can be found here:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/eemp/incidents/2014/mount–polley/pdf/20140909/Order-107461-Non-Compliance-Advisory-LetterV2(3).pdf This advisory is the first step of an escalating enforcement response to a violation of the Environmental Management Act. More information regarding response to the Mount Polley mine incident can be viewed here: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/eemp/incidents/2014/mount–polley.htm