The province says the Calgary-based trucking company, Executive Flight Centre, will be responsible for all cleanup costs after one of their trucks crashed into Lemon Creek on Friday.

A tanker truck that spilled 35,000 litres of jet fuel has been removed from a creek in the West Kootenay, but concerns remain about the impact to the environment and drinking water.

The recent jet fuel spill in the Kootenays is shining a new light on the safety of transporting hazardous substances and, in particular, the ongoing debate over the controversial proposal to build a fuel pipeline to the Vancouver International airport.