On July 10, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada Enforcement laid 5 charges against Teck Coal Ltd. for contraventions of subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act, which prohibits the deposit of a deleterious (harmful) substance into water frequented by fish, or in any place where the deleterious substance may enter any such water.
The charges stem from an investigation opened by Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers on March 7, 2023. The investigation was conducted into alleged deleterious (harmful) deposits into Dry Creek on Teck Coal’s Line Creek Operations mine in British Columbia, and the adjacent Fording River.
All charges are currently before the court, and they have not yet been proven. Under Canadian law, those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, Environment and Climate Change Canada will not be commenting further at this time.
