Upper Columbia cleanup is Canadian company's responsibility
COLUMBIA BASIN — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the United States' Superfund law — governing cleanup at contaminated sites — applies to a Canadian smelter operator that dumped millions of tons of heavy metal pollution into the Columbia River, allowing the waste to flow downstream and eventually settle in Lake Roosevelt.
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