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More on the salmon and mining issue in the forwarded message  below.



Dawn Morrison, BC Food Systems Network

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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:29 AM, David Ellis <davidellis at lightspeed.ca>
wrote:

> From Facebook During approximately the past two months, Mt Polley has
> been proudly displaying their remediation efforts of the Lower Hazeltine
> Creek by way of tours for the public, political figures and even some
> international observers. This area (the part that can be seen) had been
> covered with wood chips and had randomly placed logs strewn about so that
> the tailings beneath were not visible. A creekbed had been rebuilt to allow
> the Hazeltine creek to once again flow and two catchment ponds had been
> installed near the creek entrance into Quesnel Lake. At this very moment,
> Mt. Polley Mine has heavy equipment in the area between the Ditch Road and
> Quesnel Lake and is in the process of installing a pipeline right into the
> Lake. They have destroyed much of the remediation that was completed
> earlier which is now obvious for public consumption and photo ops. The
> lower catchment pond water exit has been closed off and the 5 culverts have
> been removed. A large open ditch now serves as the Hazeltine creek mouth
> into Quesnel Lake. There is another large ditch approximately 20' deep
> started towards the Lake that I would guess will bury the steel pipes that
> will accomodate the mine wastewater that is planned to go into our once
> pristine Quesnel Lake. Where is our Government Ministry of Environment?
> You would think especially with what has transpired over the past 15 months
> that they would be present during any and all actions by this company in
> this area. The MOE claims this creek is currently non fish- bearing. There
> are still fish in the upper catchment pond. I have written letters to the
> Mine and to the Government with real concerns that have gone unresponded
> to. The responses that I have received from the MOE leads me to believe
> they have no idea what is going on in this area. To my knowledge, the
> Government has not yet given the Mine permission to dump 9.5 million cubic
> meters of mine waste water per year into Quesnel Lake. If this is the case,
> how do they have permission to install a pipeline into Quesnel Lake. If
> the Mine put this much effort and cost into the water management plan, they
> would likely have a water treatment plant in place by now and our
> environment would not sustain further intentional dumping of pollutants.
> The travesty continues and the Government seems to be hiding behind other
> messes and natural disasters.
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