CAER Community Awareness Notification – Imperial Sarnia

Message: Imperial continues to manage a power outage that occurred at the site at approximately 5:00 a.m. today. As a result, there is elevated flaring and potential for noise to be heard offsite. Personnel are responding, and safety is our key priority as we work to manage this situation and return the site to normal operations. The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks has been notified. Also as a result of this outage, emissions from the boiler stack may be darker than normal. Air monitoring has been activated and is continuing. Flaring is an important safety measure that keeps our facility running safely: https://www.imperialoil.ca/en-CA/News/Imperial-stories/Operations/What-is-that-flare 24/7 operations line - 519-339-5666