Compliance verification activity type: Field Inspection
Team:
Regulated company: Trans Québec and Maritimes Pipeline Inc.
Operating company: TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TransCanada)
Province(s) / Territory(s):
Discipline(s):
Related events:
Rationale and scope:
Operations environmental Right of Way (RoW) inspection. Field inspections, focusing on environmental protection of the operating Trans Québec and Maritimes Pipeline Inc. (TQM) pipeline facilities, between Les Cèdres (QC) and southeast of Trois-Rivières. Several operations and maintenance activity sites are included in these inspections, including one active work site (OM2016-105), a recently completed work site (OM2016-105) and older work sites (including OM2015-009, OM2013-242). Operations field inspection of the Lachenaie Compressor Station focused on environmental protection and safety. All facilities inspected are operated by TransCanada.
Compliance tool(s) used:
Facilities:
Facility Types
Life-cycle Phases
Regulatory requirements that apply to this activity:
Observation 1 - OM2016-105 - Southern Side of Project Area (RoW & TWS)
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 08:04
Discipline: Environmental Protection
Categories:
Facility:
Observations:
Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
Observation 2 - OM2016-105 - Cours d'eau Leblanc
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 08:19
Observation 3 - OM2016-105 - Northern Side Project Work Area
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 08:36
Discipline: Safety Management
Observation 4 - OM2016-105 Documentation Review
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 13:46
NEB Inspection officers Requested and Reviewed the following documentation for the Project:
Observation 5 - OM2015-009
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 09:28
Observation 6 - OM2016-107 - Former Watercourse Crossing
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 10:26
Observation 7 - OM2016-107 Project Area
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 08:02
Observation 8 - OM2013-242, Oka Park
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 12:41
Observation 9 - Crossing at Lac des Deux Montagnes (Rivière de Outaouais) - Northeast side.
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 12:55
Observation 10 - Valve Site (V3 and A1V3) Underground Storage Tank
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 13:05
Compliance tool used: Information Request (IR)
Regulatory requirement:
Relevant section(s):
Company action required:
Provide the results of the most recent inspection conducted on the underground storage tank at the V3 valve site as well as a copy of the applicable TransCanada Standard Operating Procedures (TOP).
Due date: 2016-11-18
Date closed: 2016-11-28 Note: the date closed is the date that the inspector completed their review of the company corrective actions for adequacy and determined that no further actions are required.
Reason closed: Requirement met
Compliance achieved: Yes
Observation 11 - Valve Site Signage
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 13:14
Discipline: Damage Prevention
Signage for facility is in place as per TransCanada's applicable TOP.
There are no observations with outstanding follow-up
Observation 12 - Oka Park, operating RoW
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-12 13:40
Observation 13 - Urban Operating RoW - St. Jerome Lateral
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 07:51
Observation 14 - Urban operating RoW, Industrial Land Use - Terrebonne
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 09:07
Observation 15 - Assumption River Crossing West Bank
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 09:20
Observation 16 - Signage at Assumption River Crossing
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 09:37
Observation 17 - L'Assomption Meter Station
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 10:26
Observation 18 - Information caviardée conformément au paragraphe 144(5) du Code canadien du travail
This information has been redacted pursuant to Section 144(5) of the Canada Labour Code
Observation 19 - Lachenaie Compression Station - STN 650
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 13:00
Environment - General
Observation 20 - Agricultural Land Use
Date & time of visit: 2016-10-13 16:50
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
Observation 21 - Information caviardée conformément au paragraphe 144(5) du Code canadien du travail
Observation 22 - Information caviardée conformément au paragraphe 144(5) du Code canadien du travail
Observation 23 - Information caviardée conformément au paragraphe 144(5) du Code canadien du travail
Observation 24 - Information caviardée conformément au paragraphe 144(5) du Code canadien du travail