Compliance verification activity type: Field Inspection
Team:
Regulated company: Plains Midstream Canada ULC
Operating company: Plains Midstream Canada ULC (Plains)
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Rationale and scope:
Following a large spill at of a provincially regulated oil pipeline in Saskatchewan at the North Saskatchewan River, the NEB is conducting multi-discipline inspections of liquid pipelines crossing the South Saskatchewan River and Wascana Creek. These inspections are in addition to previously planned inspections in Saskatchewan, and focus specifically on compliance to Damage Prevention, Integrity, and Environmental requirements at watercourse crossings with participation from the Provincial Regulator. Specifically, the scope of this inspection was limited to the general RoW near the Wascana Pipeline crosses Wascana Creek.
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Facility Types
Life-cycle Phases
Regulatory requirements that apply to this activity:
Observation 1 - Safety - General
Date & time of visit: 2016-09-21 10:30
Discipline: Safety Management
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Facility:
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Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
Observation 2 - General - Environment
Discipline: Environmental Protection
Observation 3 - General Damage Prevention
Discipline: Damage Prevention
Observation 4 - General - Integrity
Discipline: Integrity Management
Identified non-compliances to company plans or procedures are non-compliances either to:
- the condition of an authorization document that requires the implementation of that plan or procedure; or
- the relevant section of the regulations that requires implementation of that plan or procedure including those sections that require implementation of plans or procedures as a part of a Program