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Kinder Morgan said Friday that it broke rules protecting marine life from intense noise during construction in Burnaby B.C. a few months back. 

"Trans Mountain recognized and reported exceedances of the thresholds and followed a mitigation plan which included providing the occurrence details, mitigative actions taken and results in the reports and responses to Information Requests from DFO," the company told CTV News in a statement.

Maximum noise levels put together by the federal government to protect marine mammals and fish were surpassed while the company was pile driving in April.

"Trans Mountain is committed to compliance with its environmental and regulatory obligations and we are aggressively implementing measures to avoid future non-compliance," Kinder Morgan said.

DFO says they don't believe any marine life was harmed during the work that violated the permit, but the federal government has told the company it expects it to follow the rules moving forward.

-with files from CTV Vancouver