Compliance verification activity type: Emergency Response Exercise
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Regulated company: Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Operating company: Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
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Rationale and scope:
Check emergency preparedness status at Enbridge. Confirm that the actions taken during intervention are based on the emergency manual and the company procedures. Evaluate whether the procedures and plans in place are sufficient to protect the health and safety of the public, first responders, property, environment and critical infrastructure. Determine whether exercise objectives were met and whether participants' actions or lack of action would have had an effect in an emergency.
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Observation 1 - Partner integration
Date & time of visit: 2023-09-19 09:00
Discipline: Emergency Management
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Observations:
The exercise was conducted with the intention of organizing a joint response with stakeholders, including affected municipalities, and testing the emergency coordination structure (Objective No. 1 - Command structure). Fire departments and various municipal departments were integrated into the exercise within the various sections or according to provincial and municipal structures. On-site training was able to support interoperability among the partners, including sharing the roles and responsibilities outlined in the Pipeline Response Frame of Reference.
Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
Observation 2 - Exercise design - Inputs
Date & time of visit: 2022-09-27 17:00
Some participants mentioned changing people at tables between modules or preparing specific questions for each table based on stakeholders' roles and expertise. This would maximize the exercise experience.
Observation 3 - A logical step toward developing major full-scale exercise on Line 9.
This exercise may act as a stepping stone for a future full-scale Enbridge exercise, which will more realistically test the integration of all critical emergency functions to respond to an oil spill on Line 9. It will also allow for a more in-depth audit of the alignment between the response organization and the company's existing procedures, including the emergency response manual.
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
