Upgrade of 17 Wing Vehicle Fuel Farm - 17 Wing Winnipeg

The Department of National Defence (DND) has proposed a project at 17 Wing Winnipeg. Currently, in order to fuel the military pattern vehicles, civilian pattern vehicles as well as all the various types of specialty and heavy equipment needed by the base for operations and day-to-day activities, 17 Wing has a vehicle fuel farm that consists of one 25,000 litre gasoline fuel tank and one 75,000 litre diesel fuel tank. However, the vehicle fuel farm was constructed around 2005 as part of the Wing's consolidation with the former South Site. In the approximate 20 years for which the vehicle fuel farm has been in operation, the farm has seen regular problems with its control systems. Further, a fuel rationalization of the volume of fuel carried by the existing vehicle fuel farm determined that the Wing does not need that capacity of fuel on site. As such, a project has been raised for the DND to upgrade the fuel farm by replacing both fuel tanks with smaller tanks, upgrading the control systems and adding an oil water separator.

Latest update

August 5, 2025 – The public comment period on the project is closed. The Department of National Defence is considering comments received to help inform its determination on whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
1 Public Comment Period on Intent to Make a Determination - July 16, 2025

Contacts

Mark Dettman
Department of National Defence
Mark Dettman, Wing Environmental Officer
PO BOX 17000 Station Forces
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3Y5
Email: mark.dettman@forces.gc.ca


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  • Location

    • 17 Wing Winnipeg (Manitoba)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Building and Property Development
    • Other, not otherwise specified

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2025-07-16

  • Proponent

    Department of National Defence

  • Authorities

    • Department of National Defence

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    89735

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