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Presentation to theThe Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel onThe Behaviour and Environmental Impacts of

Crude Oil Released into Aqueous Environments

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Robert StarkesManager Atlantic Region

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Presentation Contents

ECRC~SIMEC overview Response examples with crude oils Training and development activities Opportunities for development

Health and safety considerations Response strategies

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ECRC OverviewMandate and Mission

Mandate 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.

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ECRC OverviewECRC~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…

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ECRC OverviewGeographical Area of Coverage

Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC)

Atlantic Emergency Response Team (ALERT)

Eastern Canada Response Corporation (ECRC)

Point Tupper Marine Services (PTMS)

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ECRC OverviewResponse Centres

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ECRC OverviewResponse 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

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WORK BOATS

ECRC OverviewResponse Equipment

SEATRUCK

GP BOOM

SKIMMER

FLOATING STORAGE TANKS

SWEEP SYSTEM

STORAGE BARGE

HEAVY OIL SKIMMING

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ECRC OverviewSpill 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

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Operational ExperienceCrude Oil

Operational experiences with crude oil in different aqueous environments, include:1. Open ocean environment

2. Beaver ponds and stream

3. Sheltered marine

4. Gulf of Mexico

5. Fen and pond

6. Lake and river

7. River with ice cover

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Operational ExperienceOffshore Newfoundland

Open ocean environment – crude oil

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Operational ExperienceMitsue Hill, Alberta

Pipeline spill (~1100m3 of crude oil) into a small stream and beaver ponds

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Operational ExperienceSheltered Marine

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

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Operational ExperienceDeepwater Horizon, GOM

ECRC provided SCAT Team Leaders 2010-2012

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Operational Experience Deepwater Horizon, GOM

Snorkel SCAT

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Operational ExperienceNorthern Alberta

Pipeline spill of 1300bbl of light synthetic crude across land into a fen and pond

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Operational ExperienceNorthern Alberta

Air monitoring requirements Respirator requirements

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Operational ExperienceLac Megantic, Quebec

Train Derailment – Bakken crude spilled into lake and river.

River bed SCAT Assessment

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Operational ExperienceLac Megantic, Quebec

River treatment operations

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Operational ExperienceGagoma, Ontario

Train derailment near ice-covered river Light synthetic crude

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Training and Development

Kinder Morgan Dilbit Study Tidal Inlet Protection Strategies

Response personnel need to have an understanding of both oil properties and practical response strategies for different environments

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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

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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) In-situ burning Dispersant

Knowledge sharing - academic to application

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QUESTIONS???