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Refinery didn’t breach pollution standards: Regional federation of municipalities

Click to play video: 'Foul odour blankets parts of Metro Vancouver'
Foul odour blankets parts of Metro Vancouver
Tens of thousands of people woke up to a foul stench in the air Sunday morning in Burnaby and Vancouver. It was an acrid smell, like burning plastic or creosote. While we now know where the odour came from, we still don't know what it was. Julia Foy has the story – Jan 21, 2024

Metro Vancouver says an acrid odour that blanketed parts of the region on Sunday contained elevated contaminant levels, but didn’t breach pollution standards.

The regional federation of municipalities says it monitors emissions of particulates, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide from Burnaby’s Parkland fuel refinery, and air quality objectives for the contaminants weren’t exceeded.

However the air quality update says sulphur dioxide levels were higher than normal.

Metro Vancouver says there were “very few” complaints about odour related to the refinery on Monday, after receiving more than 100 from Vancouver and Burnaby residents on Sunday.

Click to play video: 'Burnaby firefighters at Parkland Refinery for vapour discharge'
Burnaby firefighters at Parkland Refinery for vapour discharge

The refinery says it experienced an issue in one of its processing units on Sunday morning, resulting in the odour.

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It says it informed Burnaby Fire Department and the RCMP, but no injuries were reported.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 22, 2024.

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