Irving Oil and former owner plead guilty over Woodstock diesel spill

Irving Oil and Grant Enterprises, a Woodstock truck stop's previous owner, have pleaded guilty to one charge under New Brunswick's Clean Environment Act over a 2024 leak of at least 201,000 litres of diesel. According to an agreed statement of facts, the leak came from an underground aluminum alloy elbow installed in 2014, though regulations required steel or fibreglass piping, and went undetected for months because inventory records were not properly reconciled. Cleanup costs have reached $15 million. The Crown is seeking a combined $400,000 penalty, which the defence did not oppose. The judge reserved her decision until February 8.