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VAPOR back in court next week

Grassroots group continues legal action against provincial government
Sturgeon
Biologist Otto Langer says the erosion of Sturgeon Banks is symptomatic of the increasingly unguided, reactive management of the Fraser River caused, in part, by government cuts to programs and the scientific community.

VAPOR, a Richmond-based grassroots group opposed to a proposed Fraser River jet fuel facility, will be back in court Feb. 10 to challenge the provincial government’s public consultation process on the project.

The judicial review was first heard in November but Honourable Madam Justice Dillon needed more time to hear both sides.

VAPOR claims the environmental certificate was handed out to an airlines consortium (VAFFC) without proper public consultation, as required by the Environmental Assessment Act.

VAPOR chair Otto Langer says in one instance the public had seven days to review 1,500 “technical materials.”

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