A metal\u002Drecycling company is fighting the BC government over whether it was discharging too much heavy metals and PCBs into the Fraser River
“The usefulness of the environment has been substantially altered or impaired due to the presence of significantly high concentrations of contaminants, including but not limited to, polychlorinated biphenyls , metals and total suspended solids,” said the province’s pollution stoppage order, signed by Daniel Bings, a senior official in the Environment Ministry’s compliance and enforcement section.
PCBs are a group of manufactured chemicals that were used mainly as coolants and lubricants in transformers, capacitors and other electrical equipment. PCBs have been banned in Canada since 1977, although some equipment that contains PCBs remain in use.Article content “In the meantime, we are only discharging to the Metro Vancouver sanitary sewer system … ,” said Kynoch.Article content
“Ministry staff have shared their concerns and information with Metro Vancouver and are working to determine if additional compliance actions are required,” David Karn, an Environment Ministry public affairs officer, said in a written response.Article content
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