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Article

17 Dec 2003

Author:
Stephen Mercer, Star of Grand Coulee

EPA begins a legal challenge against Canadian metal company - Company says U.S. agency overstepping border

A possibly precedent-setting debate over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can collect money from a Canadian company took another step last week...The EPA issued an order...intended to protect the American taxpayer from paying millions to clean up Lake Roosevelt...Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. is accusing the EPA of overstepping its authority by pursuing a foreign company.