Teck Cominco Aug. 1 filed a motion in a U.S. district court, asking the court to enforce a settlement between the operator of the Red Dog Mine and six residents of Kivalina, a Northwest Alaska village 66 miles, or 106 kilometers, downstream from the mine.

Teck Cominco wants U.S. District Judge John Sedwick to enforce the settlement with changes agreed upon last spring.

Besides an undisclosed ca...