Residents worried about air quality as new rubber plant planned in Surrey.

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Some South Surrey residents want Metro Vancouver to revoke the permit it issued to a new rubber plant saying its emissions will pollute their neighbourhood.

Frank Mueggenburg, a local farmer said, "Allowing this type of pollution is absolutely mind boggling."

Metro Vancouver issued an environmental protection notice for the Weir Canada Inc. plant, located at 34A  Avenue.The plant already exists, but the company is retrofitting its operations and sought the permit to discharge contaminants.The notice describes the plant as a state-of-the-art facility.

Acc. to Metro Vancouver notice, The new facility will emit several hazardous air pollutants including nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, and volatile organic compounds or VOCs.

Residents  hope to garner enough support to have Weir's permit from Metro Vancouver revoked."We're just private citizens and we're having to fight legal battles that are way over our heads," said Mueggenburg. "We're gonna give it a good shot."

The new facility will replace two older facilities, one in Richmond and one in Delta, to produce rubber coatings for pipes, valves and pumps used in the mining sector and oil sands.

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