Imperial’s Sarnia manufacturing site is set to undergo planned maintenance starting this week, which could cause plant emissions to become darker than normal.
The manufacturing site will be shutting down the coker unit and main boiler for maintenance on Friday. This may cause the change in emissions, but it is not expected to to exceed government guidelines.
"Testing conducted during past boiler outages indicates emissions have not exceeded health-related air quality standards during those occurrences," says Imperial in a statement. "While the appearance of the stack may be of concern to some residents, Imperial does not expect the situation will result in any adverse impact to the community."
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has also been notified of the planned maintenance, which is expected to last several weeks.
Anyone who would like further information can call Imperial's 24-hour number at 519 339-5666.
