Thursday, November 19, 2015

Mt Polley Shut Down Again?

Earlier this week - Williams Lake City Council passed a Resolution directing that a letter be sent to Victoria imploring that the Mt Polley Short Term Water Discharge Permit be issued forthwith.

In Friday's Williams Lake Tribune/Weekend Advisor, Imperial Metals VP of Operations, Steve Robertson, says that the current water mark in the Springer Pit at the Mount Polley mine site is 6.5 metres below the critical 1030m level while Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb says the Ministry of Environment's timeline to issue the permit by Nov 30th is not acceptable.  For their part - both the Williams Lake and Soda Creek Indian Bands held meetings this week to review the Permit however Kirk Dressler from the Williams Lake Indian Band says the two Bands need to do their due diligence but do sympathize with the urgency required

Read the article from the Williams Lake Tribune here

~SF

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