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By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Officials have nixed a request to double the storage capacity of a West Island styrene plant, Mayor Georges Bourelle told citizens who attended Beaconsfield\u2019s Aug. 18 city council meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was supposed to expand,\u201d he said of Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9 manufacturer StyroChem, which borders on Beaconsfield. \u201cI\u2019m told that they\u2019re not going to be expanding the plant.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The Suburban<\/i> reported last week, Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9 approved the expansion in principle last year, but left it until after last November\u2019s municipal election for the newly elected town council to make the ruling.<\/p>\n

Beaconsfield residents expressed concern that styrene is a dangerous chemical and that much of western Beaconsfield lies within the 800-metre primary evacuation zone, in the event of a fire.<\/p>\n

StyroChem can store up to 96,000 gallons of styrene on-site, with a similar amount sitting in tank cars on the adjacent Canadian Pacific railway spur.<\/p>\n

\u201cStyrene is a highly volatile, flammable and toxic gas,\u201d Beaconsfielder Caroline Leforest told The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cShould an explosion occur, most of Beaconsfield lies in the path of the cloud of toxic smoke moving in the direction of the prevailing winds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeaconsfield does not currently have an emergency plan capable of dealing with such an eventuality and we cannot afford to rely on either Baie d’Urf\u00e9 or the Quebec government to protect us in such circumstances,\u201d she added. \u201cBeaconsfield has an obligation and responsibility to its citizens to raise awareness about this issue and help protect them in the event of disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the evacuation plan?\u201d asked Hela Labene, who ran against Bourelle for mayor last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a plan,\u201d reassured Mayor Bourelle. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to have a three-hour meeting here to explain the plan. You can meet [city manager Patrice Boileau].\u201d<\/p>\n

Boileau, in turn, told Labene that she will have to wait until sometime in September to discuss the risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvacuation plans are the responsibility of the Montreal fire department,\u201d he explained. \u201cI will arrange for a representative to be present.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI suggest that you talk to Mayor Tutino,\u201d Mayor Bourelle added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s your job,\u201d Labene retorted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to run Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9, but I\u2019m not running Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9,\u201d smiled Mayor Bourelle. \u201cI don\u2019t want Mayor Tutino to run Beaconsfield and I\u2019m sure that she doesn\u2019t want me to run Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9 either.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank www.thesuburban.com Officials have nixed a request to double the storage capacity of a West Island styrene plant, Mayor Georges Bourelle told citizens who attended Beaconsfield\u2019s Aug. 18 city council meeting. \u201cIt was supposed to expand,\u201d he said of Baie d\u2019Urf\u00e9 manufacturer StyroChem, which borders on Beaconsfield. \u201cI\u2019m told that they\u2019re not going<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nBeaconsfielders want styrene plant evacuation plan - Newscoverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/20\/beaconsfielders-want-styrene-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beaconsfielders want styrene plant evacuation plan - 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