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More than half the gas stations inspected by the New Brunswick government this year after a major leak at a Woodstock station were violating provincial regulations that apply to their storage tanks.
Minister says it’s ‘alarming,’ though most infractions were minor
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 23, 2025 12:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Gilles LePage, the New Brunswick environment minister, says the infractions found during inspections of gas stations need to be taken seriously. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
More than half the gas stations inspected by the New Brunswick government this year were violating provincial regulations that apply to their storage tanks.
The Environment Department says it inspected 91 gas stations since April, and 47 of them — 51.6 per cent — were not in compliance with the rules.
“It’s very alarming, but some of those infractions were — I consider them minor,” Environment Minister Gilles LePage told CBC News.
“But they need to be taken very seriously. That’s the message we’re giving out there to others, to gas stations: we’re going to be on the lookout.”
Provincewide inspections were launched in April after a spill at an Irving Oil station in Woodstock last December. The adjacent Tim Hortons, closed since December, recently reopened. » Read More
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