Alleged violations never put public at risk: Vale

Alleged violations of the Fisheries Act from Vale, dating back to 2012, never put the public at risk, said a spokesperson for the company today.

Vale spokesperson Angie Robson confirmed RCMP officers, working on behalf of Environment Canada, visited the company's Sudbury offices yesterday, where they exercised a warrant to collect information on alleged Fisheries Act violations dating back to 2012.

“Vale cooperated fully in providing the information required, and Environment Canada is no longer on our site. There has been no impact to our operations,” Robson said in an email to NorthernLife.ca Friday.

“When the issue that is presently the subject of investigation was discovered in 2012, in communication with government regulators, Vale immediately undertook measures to address it,” she continued. “We believed then, and believe now, that our actions were appropriate and responsible.”

Robson did not provide more details as to the nature of the alleged violations.

NorthernLife.ca contacted the RCMP and Environment Canada for more details, but had not heard back by deadline.