Mount Polley Mine Tailings Pond Breach - A Local Government Perspective CRD Chair Al Richmond.

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Mount Polley Mine Tailings Pond Breach - A Local Government Perspective CRD Chair Al Richmond

What is a Tailings Pond? The phone rang at 5:30 a.m. Staff & officials told the Mount Polley tailings pond had breached. One staff member commented “What is a tailings pond?” This situation had never happened before! What do we do?

This was how our morning started... Monday, August 4, 2014

The First 48 Hours Task number issued to CRD by 6:15 a.m. Emergency Operations Centre activated and opened by 7 a.m. Calls to First Nations leaders, MLA’s, MP’s. Over 90 media interviews completed Facebook saw over 26,500 unique page views, 45,000 total reach and 555 new likes on August 5 Facilitated meetings between the community and the provincial ministries and the mine and the community.

Challenges Communication between provincial ministries and government agencies. ‒Holiday weekend Providing services for people remaining in their homes. – Showers, drinking water etc. Evacuation of non-residents from remote camping areas. Notifying people in rural areas ‒Labour and time intensive Lack of cell service, satellite service and high-speed connectivity. Affected residents did not know where to turn for accurate information – Single point of information needed.

Opportunities Partnerships – Building existing relationships into a collaborative team Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Tourism Association Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Department of Fisheries and Oceans University of Northern BC Fisheries Research Station First Nations Ministry of Environment Ministry of Energy and Mines Ministry of Justice Emergency Management BC Ministry of Transportation RCMP Community groups

On-going Activities Attending regular Public information meetings with residents Supporting a long term fish monitoring commitment Supporting a comprehensive environmental and cultural restoration plan for the Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake area Working on an economic recovery plan for the region Working with Likely residents to explore economic development opportunities Discussion with other mining operation to develop a co-ordinated emergency response for their mine site