Compliance verification activity type: Emergency Response Exercise
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Regulated company: LBX Pipeline Ltd.
Operating company: LBX Pipeline Ltd.
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To verify response capabilities through the assessment of a full scale exercise. CER staff have not previously seen a full scale exercise conducted by LBX as they have been done under Husky.
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Observation 1 - Exercise Observations
Date & time of visit: 2020-09-15 08:00
Discipline: Emergency Management
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Exercise Planning and ConductAn Emergency Management Exercise Evaluation Team of the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) attended a full scale exercise organized by LBX Pipeline Ltd. (LBX) in Lloydminster AB, 15 September, 2020.The CER team consisted of two members where one was observing the exercise within the company’s Incident Command Post (ICP), and the second member in the field. The exercise was conducted to meet the company’s requirement demonstrating compliance to s.32 of the Onshore Pipeline Regulations and Clause 10.5.2.4 of CSA Z662-19. Specific COVID-19 guidance measures. A situation manual and an exercise plan were available and shared with the CER before and during the exercise.The exercise was designed to incorporate the Midstream ICP, Crisis Response Management Team (CRMT), Pipeline Control Room, emergency call out system, and Spill Response Team. The objectives for this exercise were set out by LBX and were attainable, measurable and realistic for this scenario. The exercise appeared to be designed in consideration of the hazards and risks posed by the company’s operations. The simulated scenario included a pipeline release of blended crude into the Battle River. This set up created a situation where a LBX Spill Response Team could practice efficient boom deployment whilst members of the ICP managed downstream impacts, resource and communication management, as well as planning and development of an incident action plan. The exercise objectives consisted of the following:
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