EPA talks with B.C. smelter end on sour note By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, AP
The company's lead and zinc smelter at Trail, B.C., is considered the prime culprit in the pollution of the lake, which is the portion of the Columbia River behind Grand Coulee Dam.
Teck wants federal help with EPA By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun
Teck's Trail smelter discharged about 400 tonnes per day of heavy metal-laden slag into the Columbia, about 15 kilometres north of the border, for 90 years until a major cleanup effort in 1994.