Compliance verification activity type: Emergency Response Exercise
Team:
Regulated company: TransCanada Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd.
Operating company: TransCanada PipeLines Limited
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Rationale and scope:
[Ensure TCE is prepared to respond to an emergency. Verify that response actions are based on the EPM and company procedures (is the company doing what it said it would do); assess whether the EPM and procedures protect the health and safety of the public and responders, property and the environment; determine whether exercise objectives were met; and ensure that no effects or potential effects result from participants’ actions or lack of actions. Full scale exercise on 18 - 19 October 2022 in Saskatchewan which will include external parties.] On 18-19 October 2022, a Canada Energy Regulator (CER) Emergency Response Exercise Evaluation Team (evaluation team) attended the TC Energy (TCE or the Company) full-scale exercise in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. The exercise was conducted on the Keystone oil pipeline. The evaluation team included 2 CER staff. In addition to evaluating, CER staff also joined Unified Command and participated in the exercise. TC Energy indicated that the purpose of the exercise was to provide an opportunity to perform and execute current response management concepts and plans. The exercise was focused on command-and-control coordination of the simulated event. The exercise objectives were identified as:
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Observation 1 - Moosomin, SK - Emergency Response Full Scale Exercise
Date & time of visit: 2022-10-19 08:00
Discipline: Emergency Management
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Observations:
As stated by TCE, the exercise scenario was a third-party line strike, which did not result in any injuries. The Liquid Pipelines Control Centre immediately shut in the impacted pipeline and notified company first responders. When first responders arrived on site it was found that the spill had migrated off site at the Moosomin Pump Station. CER staff evaluated aspects of the following elements:
Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
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