The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on ECRC~SIMEC Presentation to the The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on The Behaviour and Environmental Impacts of Crude Oil Released into Aqueous Environments Robert Starkes Manager Atlantic Region

Presentation Contents ECRC~SIMEC overview Response examples with crude oils Training and development activities Opportunities for development Health and safety considerations Response strategies

ECRC Overview Mandate and Mission Provide marine oil spill response capacity for its Canada Shipping Act Membership (designated oil handling facilities (OHF) and vessels of a prescribed class) throughout it’s Geographic Area of Response (GAR). Mission Maintain a constant state of preparedness and operational readiness consistent with the legislation at an affordable cost to our Members. Provide value added preparedness services to all of our members. Assume a leadership role in the preparedness to oil spill response within the community at large.

ECRC Overview ECRC~SIMEC Clients >1900 total members >1900 Vessel Members (>600 Bulk & >1300 Non-Bulk) >40 OHF Members with >80 Facilities >20 Subscribers (Elective Members Pay an Annual Fee, but no bulk oil cargo Fee ) Enbridge Pipelines, Montreal Pipe Line Ltd., Trans Northern Pipelines, Hibernia Mgt & Dev. Co. Ltd, Husky Oil, Exxon-Mobil, Suncor Energy, Chevron, M-I Drilling Fluids NS, Bruce Power, Hydro Quebec, IOL Pipe Line, CN Rail , CP Rail…

ECRC Overview Geographical Area of Coverage « Vancouver Juan de Fuca Strait Lake Athabaska Fort McMurray Sarnia Sept-Iles Lake Winnipeg Niagara Montreal Quebec Saint John Northumberland Halifax Point Tupper Cabot Strait Come-By-Chance Holyrood Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC) Atlantic Emergency Response Team (ALERT) Point Tupper Marine Services (PTMS) Eastern Canada Response Corporation (ECRC)

ECRC Overview Response Centres Sept Iles Holyrood « Quebec City Verchères St. John’s Corunna Dartmouth

ECRC Overview Response Capacity 2,500 tonnes capacity at five Response Centres & 3,500 tonnes at St. John’s, NL. Road transportable and preloaded on trailers Variety of equipment for containment, recovery, transfer, clean-up Trained operators accompany the equipment 16,000 tonnes capacity within ECRC nationally Over 31,000 tonnes available via Mutual Aid across Canada's 4 Response Organizations (RO’s) 46 ECRC personnel, >100 Advisors and >500 trained 3rd party contractors (responders) Additional capability via the Global Response Network

ECRC Overview Response Equipment WORK BOATS STORAGE BARGE GP BOOM SEATRUCK SWEEP SYSTEM SKIMMER HEAVY OIL SKIMMING FLOATING STORAGE TANKS

ECRC Overview Spill Responses Typically 15 - 20 incidents per year >300 responses in 20 years (3 Regions) Varying sizes: 1 litre to >1000m3 Wide range of products – Jet fuel to Bunker C, conventional and synthetic crudes Different environments – fresh, estuarine, marine Varying durations: 1 day to 3 years (seasonal) Across all seasons and temperatures -30°C to 30°C Working in snow, ice, and pack ice conditions Involving 5 - 450 workers

Operational Experience Crude Oil Operational experiences with crude oil in different aqueous environments, include: Open ocean environment Beaver ponds and stream Sheltered marine Gulf of Mexico Fen and pond Lake and river River with ice cover

Operational Experience Offshore Newfoundland Open ocean environment – crude oil

Operational Experience Mitsue Hill, Alberta Pipeline spill (~1100m3 of crude oil) into a small stream and beaver ponds

Operational Experience Sheltered Marine Marine terminal (OHF) in Halifax Harbour Small spill of crude oil

Operational Experience Deepwater Horizon, GOM ECRC provided SCAT Team Leaders 2010-2012

Operational Experience Deepwater Horizon, GOM Snorkel SCAT

Operational Experience Northern Alberta Pipeline spill of 1300bbl of light synthetic crude across land into a fen and pond

Operational Experience Northern Alberta Air monitoring requirements Respirator requirements

Operational Experience Lac Megantic, Quebec Train Derailment – Bakken crude spilled into lake and river. River bed SCAT Assessment

Operational Experience Lac Megantic, Quebec River treatment operations

Operational Experience Gagoma, Ontario Train derailment near ice-covered river Light synthetic crude

Training and Development Selected training areas Responder training program Core training for >500 responders) Oil-in-ice training SCAT training Land-spills (truck rollover) training Incident Command System (ICS) training Tidal inlets protection response techniques Offshore response equipment

Training and Development Conference Attendance Regular attendance to key oil spill response conferences (IOSC, AMOP, InterSpill, Clean Gulf, REET) Workshops Sinking Oils Workshop Diluted Bitumen Workshop Group IV Oils Workshop Effects of Oil on Wildlife Workshop Oil-In-Ice Workshop Land-spills (truck rollover) workshop Tidal Inlets Protection Strategies Workshop

Training and Development Other activities: 100’s of table-top and field exercises Participation in oil weathering studies Review of oil testing results Modeling software training (OilMap) Regular use of ADIOS modeling Sensitivity and operational mapping system Participation in NOFO Oil-On-Water Exercise

Training and Development ECRC is a member of the Global Response Network (GRN) Active contributors to GRN Operational Teams Offshore Remote Sensing Dispersants In-Situ Burning Near-Shore Ice-Covered Waters

Training and Development Response personnel need to have an understanding of both oil properties and practical response strategies for different environments Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies Kinder Morgan Dilbit Study

Opportunities for Development Health and Safety From a response perspective, a key element across all environments is…….People Need to address personnel health and safety issues as a priority Key considerations for early-on-scene responders Air monitoring requirements Better characterization of oils regarding: explosive hazards, benzene levels, VOC’s, H2S Personal protective equipment requirements Respiratory protection Clothing protection

Opportunities for Development Response Strategies Oil-on-water exercises Dispersant testing field trials In-situ burning Windows of opportunity Potential use of herding agents Oil-in-ice (pack/broken ice) Dispersant Knowledge sharing - academic to application

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