The tailings breach was a major black eye for the mining industry in B.C. and the provincial government, which faced criticism over perceived lack of oversight in the monitoring of tailings ponds. In March the province drafted a fresh set of rules, developed in collaboration between the ministries of environment and mines, ordering mining companies to consider the possibility of a tailings disaster and to evaluate the environmental, health, social and economic impacts of an accident.
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