Transcript 120516-08MN053-BIMC ER SAR Presentation-IDTE.ppt

Emergency Response
& SAR
Project Infrastructure
Steensby Infrastructure
• Ore dock and freight dock
• Fuel depot
– 160 ML Arctic diesel
– 50 ML Marine diesel
– 5 ML Jet-A fuel
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Air strip (TP312 standard) & helicopter pad
Maintenance facilities (light vehicles and heavy equipment)
Accommodation (300 person camp)
Spill response equipment (OHF)
Ice management vessels and tug boats
Project Infrastructure
Mine Site Infrastructure
• Ore dock and freight dock
• Fuel depot
– 15 ML Arctic diesel
– 3 ML Jet-A fuel
• Air strip (TP312 standard) & helicopter pad
• Maintenance facilities (light vehicles and heavy equipment)
• Accommodation (500 person camp)
Milne Inlet
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Fuel depot – Arctic diesel (45 ML); Jet-A (3 ML)
Air strip
Accommodation (40 person camp)
Temporary construction dock
Type of Vessels
• Cargo ships – marine diesel to power the ship engine - up 2 ML
on board
– Cargo ship will fuel at port of departure
– Cargo delivery during open water season for both construction period and
operation period
• Ore carriers – marine diesel to power the ship – up to 6 ML on
board
– Ore carriers will refuel at port in Europe
– Frequency – 1 ship at port every 48 hrs (on average)
• Fuel cargo – up to 50 ML on board
– Fuel delivery at Steensby or Milne (arctic diesel, jet A fuel and marine diesel
during operation
• Fuel delivery during open water season (July to October)
Baffinland Preparedness
• TC approved Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP) for Oil Handing
Facility (OHF) – ship-to-shore transfer
– Equipment and vessels located at Steensby
– Equipment located at Milne
– Trained emergency response team (ERT) with regular exercises
• All vessels will have a TC approved SOPEP
– ship are first responder in case of spill
– Contractual agreement for assistance with Response Organization
• Vessel design (Ice Class) and modern navigation systems
• Operational experience in the Arctic for vessel operators
• Well defined shipping lane (Hudson Strait and Foxe Basin)
– Bathymetry and ice conditions
• ER Training exercise – involvement of communities along shipping
lane and response organization/agencies
Cooperative Approach
• Baffinland operation will result in significant increase in shipping
along Hudson Strait and Foxe Basin
• Polluter pays
• Coast Guard is the lead agency and response agency for North of 60
– Preparation to escalate response capability to respond to spill, up to a maximum
of 10,000 tonnes
– CG maintains response equipment at several locations along proposed shipping
lane – gap analysis required
• Who is the lead agency for response if the spill hits the shore line?
– Who has jurisdiction if a spill hits the beach (coordination role?)
– Avoid “silos” for reporting and authority
• Involvement of third party response organization
– ECRC, others
• Clear communications and no ambiguity of authority
Cooperative Approach
• Increase in Arctic shipping traffic mainly through Hudson Strait,
Lancaster Sound and Mackenzie Delta
• Baffinland infrastructure can become an important staging area
for emergency response throughout the North
– Staging and access problems in terms of timeline of a response and the
physical movement of personnel to the scene as well as for enforcement
• Use of Baffinland infrastructure for non-Baffinland related
emergency response
• Implications for closure of Baffinland infrastructure