Public notice 

Coal water treatment plant upgrades – Neptune Terminal – Public comments invited

April 26, 2024 – As part of its Project and Environmental Review process, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority must determine whether the proposed Coal water treatment plant upgrades – Neptune Terminal, located at 1001 Low Level Road, North Vancouver, are likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. Written comments to be received by May 25. 2024.

To help inform this determination and a decision on whether or not to approve the proposed project, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.  For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website. In addition, your contact information may be shared with third parties, e.g., the tenant, other relevant agencies, to help respond to your questions and inform possible mitigations.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Project and Environmental Review
100 The Pointe, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 3T4
per@portvancouver.com

The proposed project

Neptune Bulk Terminals Ltd. (the Applicant) is proposing to upgrade the coal water treatment system located at their terminal. The system treats a mixture of stormwater runoff and any process water that contacts coal product from the coal handling parts only on the site. The new system will include coagulation, flocculation, clarification, and the use of a centrifuge for dewatering solids. The upgrades will meet existing quality and quantity objectives under the current discharge permit. The proposed project will not result in any change to the existing coal water treatment systems permitted discharge capacity, which is 12,000 cubic metres per day. The existing treatment system will remain in place and will continue to be used. The new facility will be located within the southern coal yard (northeast area of the terminal) and will be approximately 1,775 square metres in size.

The Project consists of: a retaining wall; round improvements including 610 mm steel piles or vibro replacement columns located under the wall, buildings, and tank infrastructure; New and relocated utilities for the treatment plant such as water, storm and electrical; a new chemical building and a dewatering building housing two centrifuges; a coagulation tank, on concrete slab; and a dewatering system.