Compliance verification activity type: Emergency Response Exercise
Team:
Regulated company: Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Operating company: Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Province(s) / Territory(s):
Discipline(s):
Rationale and scope:
Verify response capabilities of the Incident Management Team during the full scale exercise on the Express Pipeline. Specific objectives included: - establishment of on-site command - deployment and execution of response tactics - development and utilization of ICS - evaluation of effectiveness of tactical response The overall focus of the exercise was tactical response at the field level.
Compliance tool(s) used:
Facilities:
Life-cycle Phases
Regulatory requirements that apply to this activity:
Observation 1 - Exercise Planning and Conduct
Date & time of visit: 2018-06-20 09:00
Discipline: Emergency Management
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Facility:
Observations:
Exercise Planning and Conduct
Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
Observation 2 - Notification and Reporting
Notification and reporting to regulatory agencies and other intereseted stakeholders was out of scope for the exercise.
Observation 3 - Safety
Safety
Observation 4 - Response Management
Response Management
Observation 5 - Communications
Communications
Observation 6 - Response Tactics
Response Tactics
Observation 7 - Environment and Socio-Economic Considerations
Irrigation withdrawals and the City of Medicine Hat's water supply were within the potentially affected area.As the focus of the exercise was tactical deployment, detailed consideration of environmental and socio-economic issues was out of scope.An briefing was given by Enbridge Environment Staff on basic environmental considerations during exercise conduct such as fueling restrictions within 100 m of the river, the need to limit activity within identified work zones, and wildlife awareness.
Observation 8 - Post Exercise
Post Exercise
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