Irving Oil, who was not aware that diesel until after the detection of severe spill and

Government -E emails received by the right to request the information indicate that Irving Oil Ltd. Only after a spill on your Woodstock petrol station knows discrepancies in fuel numbers.

In an e -mail on January 7, Mallory Gilliss, a manager of contaminated locations of the Department of Environment and Local Government, Colleagues after a “high -ranking update” with Irving and the contractor who has hired the company for administration of spill, Dillon Consulting Limited.

“The Irving operations group examines the cause of the leak. There was a crack in the long -distance -filled arch and they rate the cause of the crack. You have already identified some discrepancies in the product inventory in the week before the incident and you will continue to be examined whether this was a process or a software failure,” wrote Gilliss.

“You will see other Irving website to determine if you have the same susceptibility to security.”

What this vulnerability was – which caused thousands of liters diesel to the environment without being recognized immediately – is unclear.

Interview inquiries were also made by e -mail and phone calls to Irving Oil Ltd. sent. The company did not answer the inquiries. In fact, Irving Oil has never responded to CBC inquiries about this diesel back, which is due to its discovery.

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In the days after the first discovery of the diesel corner in mid-December 2024, several local CBC News announced that they had already reported diesel in the water supply in the neighboring Tim Horton-a few weeks before the result of a measure.

The amount of diesel recovered from the spill was recently increased to 180,000 liters.

Motorway officers are surprised

The same documents also show a number of confused e -mails from various organizations, including government agencies that were in the dark over the leak and its possible effects.

The employees of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure were surprised at the extent of the cleanup. It seems that the efforts to grasp the leaked diesel that intervenes on the Trans-Canada motorway and affects traffic without civil servants knowing or approving these operations.

“The cleanup at [Beardsley] The street has extended to NBHC [New Brunswick Highway Corporation] Property. We were not notified by anyone, “wrote Kyle Wright, a company, maintenance and rehabilitation manager for DTI, to a colleague on February 12th.

An email to Wright from Craig Gallant from Atkinsréalis, previously referred to as SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., replied, the company, which undertaken under contract with a contract for the contract, that they also had no idea about the intervention.

“The contractor for cleaning up at Irving seems [Beardsley] The street will now dig out within the motorway row [right of way]. Do you know yourself No plans were advised in this regard. All information that the province has for this cleanup would be estimated, “wrote Gallant.

Groups in the dark

After a publication of CBC News on the initial estimate of at least 100,000 liters, several organizations began to contact the province in order to receive details of spilling.

These e -mails were included in the right to request the information. Some came from a enforcement officer from the environment and climate change Canada and the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick. Both demanded information about the leak and the possible effects on fish rooms.

The department also received calls from the nearby real estate owners who were concerned that their land and their water were contaminated.

On the day after the first CBC news report, the city of Woodstock also requested further information about the spill directly from Environment Minister Gilles Lepage and deputy minister Charbel Awad after expressing frustration with a lack of updates from Irving Oil.

“I trust that Irving follows all the requirements of the Ministry of the Environment in their renovation of work, and we understand that environmental assessment is carried out. In view of the media reports on fuel in surface water in wetlands, however, it is time that I understand the possible gravity of the situation better,” wrote Mayor Trina Jones.

“As you appreciate it, the media will continue to reach me and my advice to search for further information, and although I have continued to divide your questions, our community members will expect us to have more information than the press,” wrote Jones.

The examination continues

On May 5, the environmental department issued a press release in which it was found that an investigation that was initiated into the safety regulations of the petrol station – a direct result of the leak in Woodstock – revealed problems to almost half of the inspected locations.

“The department has carried out 30 inspections in New Brunswick since the start of the exercise in April,” said the publication. “Non-complaints were observed at 14 locations. These results initiated enforcement measures by the department, including the exhibition of tickets and compliance plans.”

Since then, the province has updated these figures from 14 locations on 15 websites.

Minister replies

According to Lepage, tickets for “minor violations” at these 15 petrol stations are around 6,000 US dollars. He said the stations were randomly selected in different regions and included both irving and non-Irving stations.

He said he can't say what led to the leak and why it was not recognized immediately.

“The examination still takes time, our and also Irving's examination,” said Lepage. “We will both combine and we will probably find recommendations, solutions and other actions after we have received these reports.”

Lepage said he was not sure when they're finished, but “hopefully the next month”. He said they will be published.

“Everything I can make public, yes, I will make public,” said Lepage.

When asked why the Ministry of the Environment had not immediately informed the public about the leak, Lepage said that his discovery on December 15th was close to the Christmas break and that there was a priority at the time of the collection of the leaked fuel and the enforcement of the department rules for cleaning up.

“We answer every citizen who demands an answer. Our employees are there to answer questions, the consultant's employees is there to answer questions, and of course the company is also responsible for answering these questions,” said Lepage.