B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision
Metro Vancouver and Ebco say the appeal board overreached when it ordered a permit review and new testing rules for a South Surrey plant.
- Metro Vancouver and Ebco Metal Finishing LP are seeking a judicial review of the Environmental Appeal Board's March 27, 2026, decision concerning an air-emissions permit for a South Surrey galvanizing plant.
- Following 19 appeals from residents and non-profit societies, the permit authorized the annual discharge of 3.7 tonnes of contaminants to Metro Vancouver, prompting challenges over human health and environmental protection.
- In its decision, the EAB cited "significant deficiencies" in stack test methodology and found "further, better evidence to be necessary to address the questions of what emissions are being produced" while issuing "highly prescriptive directions."
- Metro and Ebco contend the directions were "issued without first providing the District Director with an opportunity to provide evidence and submissions on their content, in breach of the EAB's procedural fairness obligations."
- Both parties are seeking a stay on the EAB's requirements until the judicial review is decided, while respondents have 21 days from service of the petitions to file a response.
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B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision - Creston Valley Advance
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision - Grand Forks Gazette
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision - Northern Sentinel
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
Williams Lake Tribune
B.C. metal plant, Metro seek judicial review of air-quality decision
Metro Vancouver and the owners of a South Surrey galvanizing plant are seeking a judicial review of a March 27, 2026 decision by the Environmental Appeal Board regarding an air-emissions permit issued to the plant nearly a decade ago, as well as a pair of subsequent amendments. The step is the latest in a process involving a group of area residents, non-profit societies, an association and two companies that brought 19 appeals of the permit – wh…
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