Compliance verification activity type: Field Inspection
Team:
Regulated company: Plains Midstream Canada ULC
Operating company: Plains Midstream Canada ULC
Province(s) / Territory(s):
Discipline(s):
Related events:
Rationale and scope:
Windsor Storage Cavern Inspection Opportunistic inspection of storage caverns at the same time as integrity IA meeting undertaken with Plains on storage cavern IMP review
Compliance tool(s) used:
Facilities:
Facility Types
Life-cycle Phases
Regulatory requirements that apply to this activity:
Observation 1 - Plains Caverns
Date & time of visit: 2016-06-14 00:00
Discipline: Integrity Management
Categories:
Facility:
Observations:
Review of Caverns and Product Characteristics
Compliance tool used: Information Request (IR)
Regulatory requirement:
Company action required:
Action Item 1: Plains is to provide information on the presence of internal corrosion on its NEB regulated cavern facilities, and the effectiveness of having only thickness monitoring location (TML) to monitor it.Action Item 2: Plains to provide justification and supporting calculations for the removal of the TRV on the E3 cavern piping. Also provide a list of other TRVs that were removed or are planned to be removed from Plains' NEB regulated cavern facilities.
Due date: 2016-07-31
Date closed: 2018-01-03 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
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