The B.C. government has rejected a request by environmental groups to sit on a committee conducting a mining regulation review sparked by Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley tailings dam failure last year.
In a letter on Tuesday, Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett said the six groups — which include the human-rights group Amnesty International — can participate by making a written submission to the review committee.
The minister did not directly address the groups’ request to be part of the committee, which is headed by B.C.’s chief mines inspector Al Hoffman and includes representatives from industry, First Nations and unions.
GORDON HOEKSTRA – VANCOUVER SUN – AUGUST 14, 2015.
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