Marine terminals and tank farms are exempted from proposed new federal regulations to reduce key air pollutants, including TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline facility at east Saint John's Canaport. 'Some of the biggest sources of VOC's (volatile organic compounds) in the petroleum sector do include marine terminals and do include tank farms.' "Some of the biggest sources of VOCs in the petroleum sector do include marine terminals and do include tank farms," said Dalzell. "This is very important if you're going to develop a major infrastructure like a marine terminal and a storage tank farm system for Energy East." The 4,500 kilometre Energy East pipeline would bring 1.1 million barrels of oil per day to a marine terminal at east Saint John's Canaport.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2017 10:30 UTC