Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. and two other firms more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways.
A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service issued Tuesday says it worked with the Department of Fisheries and Environment and Climate Change Canada to investigate possible contraventions of the act.