Canadian Coast Guard Oceans Protection Plan CMC Towboat Industry Conference June 3, 2017

Oceans Protection Plan Carrying on from Yvette’s presentation, CG has a prominent role to play in the OPP. Improve marine safety and responsible shipping Protect Canada’s marine environment Strengthen partnerships with Indigenous communities

What Does it Mean for the Canadian Coast Guard? Stronger Canadian Coast Guard Increased towing capacity Increased response and communications equipment Increased emergency environmental response capacity Increased search and rescue capacity World-leading marine safety system Improved marine traffic and navigation information with mariners, Indigenous peoples, and coastal communities New radars and strengthened marine communications and traffic services centres Enhanced regional response planning Stronger Canadian Coast Guard Increased towing capacity Lease of two large towing vessels capable of towing large deep sea vessels Install emergency tow kits on 25 of the CCG largest vessels across the country Increased response and communications equipment Deploy new mobile incident command posts to establish on-site command and control capacity. The incident command posts will be equipped with necessary communications technology Increased emergency environmental response capacity Primary Environmental Response Teams 24/7 emergency management capacity in its 3 regions and National Command Centre Modernized equipment, training and exercising Increased search and rescue capacity 6 new rescue stations and re-open MRSC St. John’s, NL Seasonal in-shore rescue boat station in the Arctic World-leading marine safety system Improved marine traffic and navigation information with mariners, Indigenous peoples, and coastal communities Prevent “black-out” periods, ensuring continuing connection with mariners New radars and strengthened marine communications and traffic services centres 8 new radars (6 in BC, 1 in NL, 1 in NS) Enhanced regional response planning Identify and map regions of high ecological sensitivity to improve identification of conservation priorities Working with coastal Indigenous communities in BC to develop new emergency response plan for northern BC

OPP in Western Region Training Indigenous people and coastal communities for search and rescue, spill response and incident command Increasing towing capacity for faster response Tracking and researching marine mammals in high-traffic areas and sharing data with mariners Creating a collaborative oil spill response plan for BC’s north coast Building new search and rescue lifeboat stations and installing new radar sites Increasing vessel-owner responsibility and liability for derelict and wrecked vessels

Specific initiatives for CCG Western Four new lifeboat stations in BC to improve search and rescue response times Building of six new radars in BC to enhance marine situational awareness Leasing two large towing vessels Installation of emergency towing packages on larger CG assets Four new lifeboat stations in BC to improve search and rescue response times Building of six new radars in BC to enhance marine situational awareness Lease of two large towing vessels capable of towing supertankers and large container ships Install emergency tow kits on appropriate vessels on the BC coast

Specific initiatives for CCG Western Cont’d New logistic depot in Port Hardy, BC Stronger regional response plans Increased marine safety information for mariners Creation of meaningful partnerships with Indigenous coastal communities Increased domestic and international scientific collaboration on oil spill response New logistic depot in Port Hardy, BC House environmental response staff and equipment to ensure rapid response to spills along the BC central coast Stronger regional response plans Being developed in collaboration with partners, including coastal and Indigenous communities. Four pilot studies have already been launched in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia; Saint John and the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick; the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec; and southern British Columbia. Increased marine safety information for mariners Updated navigational and marine safety information for mariners in high traffic commercial port and waterways Improving hydrography, charting and e-navigation products Prevent “black-out” periods ensuring continuing connection with mariners Creation of meaningful partnerships with Indigenous coastal communities New Indigenous chapter of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in BC to support Indigenous communities New Indigenous Community Response Teams Increased domestic and international scientific collaboration on oil spill response Investments in DFO’s world-leading Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research in Dartmouth, NS New regional oil spill response plan for the northern region of the West Coast

MV Simushir – Oct 17th-20th, 2014 While infrequent – Deep Sea vessels do breakdown or voluntarily shut down to conduct maintenance when within 24nm of the coast. The deep sea vessel Simushir shut down to conduct repairs in October 2014, but could not thereafter restart her main engine. Tugs cannot in some instances be dispatched quickly enough to prevent these types of ships from being at risk to hit our shores. In the case of the Simushir, the TUG Barbara Foss took over the tow of the disabled ship into Prince Rupert - after the CCGS Gordon Reid had pulled her to more than 20nm offshore. The OPP will allow CCG to deploy both air droppable tow kits, and to improve onboard towing effectiveness (Kits range in size to: 2m x 1m x 1m and about 500kgs)… 12 strand plasma line; floatable; torque-free; Potentially two types: under 50,000 deadweight and over. As for new ‘interim’ towing ships themselves: RFP Draft done this month – INDUSTRY engagement this summer, final RFP out September. NEEDS and RISK assessment begins concurrently around “where” and “posture”… The first of these vessels may enter into service as early as the fall 2018 (Best case)

OPP – Emergency Towing Since this conference focuses on the towing industry, I’m highlighting the emergency towing initiative developed through OPP OPP will bring increased emergency towing capacity to the region

VESSELS of concern Program is being evolved as we speak – a combination of regulatory reform (thru TC) and various programs in TC, DFO SCH, and CCG. CCG Not currently funded to respond: we recover costs after the fact thru polluters or the SOPF. A sampling of regional cases from the past 12 months – which will in future be the focus of our new VOC branch – includes: Vicki Lynn II; Laurier II; King George; LV76

MCTS – Network improvements Network sites were remoted to the 2 revamped MCTS centres. OPP will see investments in some of this aging infrastructure from mountain-top sites to network upgrades from telephone lines to microwave shots.

New North Coast Radar partner project This photo shows the new installation at Mount Hayes. The other slide shows radar coverage overlays of the 3 new radars in the area. MCTS staff in Prince Rupert MCTS are using all 3 radars now. This project demonstrates the effectiveness of partnerships, with sensor outputs that are a significant upgrade to Canada’s maritime domain awareness, our maritime safety system, and to the commercial needs of the Port of Prince Rupert. Under OPP - Six new radar sites will be established along the B.C. coast to augment Canada’s marine safety system and our domain awareness

Next Steps OPP Implementation 5 year comprehensive plan Ongoing engagement and consultations Web: canada.ca/oceans-protection-plan Twitter: @CCG_GCC Ongoing Engagement and Consultation Opportunity to work with you to advance these important priorities for all Canadians Develop strategy to engage industry on OPP Initiatives