The Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) has received notice from Environment Canada regarding conditions to resume dredging and ocean disposal activities. Environment Canada has attached two new conditions to the existing ocean disposal permit:

Condition 1: An independent marine surveyor, mutually agreeable to Environment Canada and VPA, must be on-board all tugs towing material destined for disposal at sea; and

Condition 2: Environment Canada requires a daily report on volume of material and coordinates of disposal for all disposal activities.

All other existing ocean permit conditions remain in place.

The contractor will resume dredging once VPA is satisfied that compliance and monitoring activities are successfully implemented to adhere to Environment Canada's new permit conditions.

Environment Canada's investigation is still ongoing.

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Anne McMullin
Director, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Vancouver Port Authority
(604) 665-9069 (office)
(604) 665-9073 (fax)
(778) 231-6978 (cellular)
anne.mcmullin@portvancouver.com

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