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BRENT RICHTER
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District of North Vancouver council will revisit its decision to stop Chemtrade from producing chlorine at its Maplewood area plant.
Mayor Mike Little made the announcement on Tuesday, May 5, saying new information has come forward that merits a second look. “It is a significant enough change that it both requires reconsideration and a new public hearing,” he said. The chlor alkali plant has been operating on the North Vancouver waterfront since the 1950s but the company is facing a 2030 deadline from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to move the chlorine production portion of its business onto land that is subject to the district’s zoning bylaw which doesn’t allow manufacturing of hazardous materials. If leaked, chlorine can be fatal. On April 13, a split council voted 4-3 to deny that request, putting into question the future of the company as well as the supply chain for water treatment Continued on A11
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