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N.B. Regulator to Review Complaints About Noise and Odours Near Potato Chips Factory
The board will decide whether 17 residents’ complaints over smells, noise and traffic should be heard under provincial farm rules or in court.
- On Friday, the New Brunswick Farm Practices Review Board began considering claims from 17 residents against Covered Bridge Potato Chips Ltd., who allege the factory causes overwhelming smells, constant noise, and increased traffic in their neighborhood.
- Covered Bridge converted its storage warehouse into a chip-processing factory in Woodstock last year after its previous facility burned down, triggering resident complaints about factory operations.
- The company's lawyer, Sheila Mecking, argued the board should settle the case, while residents' lawyer Basile Chiasson maintains the board lacks jurisdiction and wants to pursue Court action.
- Board chair Maurice Maillet stated the five-member board will consider the arguments and decide on jurisdiction in the near future, according to his Friday statement.
- Some residents have expressed hope that Covered Bridge, which sells chips across North America, will leave Woodstock entirely as the case proceeds before the provincial regulator.
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N.B. regulator to review complaints about noise and odours near potato chips factory
FREDERICTON - A group of residents who live near a potato chip factory in a New Brunswick town are moving forward with their case against the company.
·Toronto, Canada
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