ECRC~SIMEC
Cooperation beyond borders
A Canadian response organisation perspective
Pierre SamsonRegion manager

Eastern Canada The entry to Canada Large estuary
 Long river Five great lakes

Eastern Canada

2272 n.m.
from
St-John’s,
NF
toThunder Bay,Ont.

Canadian Regime
 Canada Shipping Act (CSA)
 South of 60
 Based on risk evaluation
 Primary response by the industry
 Canadian Coast Guard, the lead agency
 As Federal Monitoring Officer (FMO), or As On Scene Commander (OSC) Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
 North of 60
 Responsibility of CCGRisk Areas

Lake Athabaska

Fort McMurray

Lake Winnipeg

Sept-Iles

VancouverMontrealSarnia10 ports - PAR
4 other areas - ERA

HolyroodQuebec

Juan de Fuca
StraitNorthumberland
StraitCabot Strait  Point TupperSaint John

Come-By-Chance

Halifax
NiagaraResponse Capacity
 Based on risk evaluation
 Designated port, PAR

 Planning standards
 Port, 6 hrs max, 150 Tons, deployed Port, 12 hrs max, 1 000T, deployed PAR, 18 hrs max, 2 500 T, on site
 PAR, 72 hrs max, 10 000T, on site
 Outside of PAR, 18 hrs, 72 hrs max, plus
travelling time, on site

Response Organisations

Four Response Organisations (RO) Certified by Transport Canada Cycle of three years
 ECRC~SIMEC, first certification 20 yrsago

Geographical Area of Response

Lake Athabaska

Fort McMurray

Lake Winnipeg

Sept-Iles

VancouverMontrealSarniaWestern Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC)
Atlantic Emergency Response Team (ALERT)
Point Tupper Marine Services (PTMS)
Eastern Canada Response Corporation (ECRC)

HolyroodQuebec

Juan de FucaStraitNorthumberland
StraitCabot Strait  Point TupperSaint John

Come-By-Chance

Halifax
NiagaraRole for Members
 Provides a means to meet the regulated
requirement for members to have an agreementwith a certified RO.
 ECRC provides marine oil spill response services,
when requested, to the "responsible party”.

 ECRC can provide to the "On-Scene
Commander" (OSC) a plan of action, equipment,resources and operational management for an oil
spill clean-up effort.

ECRC~SIMEC RP Relationship
Advisors
ITOPF, P&I, MediaResponsible
party (OSC)
ITOPF, P&I, Media

Casualty-Fire Fighting-Salvage-Injuries

Federal & Provincial
Governments, REETMedia

Community

Corporate-Drinking Water-Air Pollution-Evacuation-Publicity/Media-Claims-Directors-Shareholders-Solvency

Clean up-Wildlife Activities-Recovered Materials Disposal

Response
Organization
Services

ECRC~SIMEC Clients >2300 total members
 >2200 Vessel Members(700 Bulk & 1500 Non-Bulk)

 87 Oil Handling Facilities
Members
 22 Subscribers(Elective Members Pay an Annual Fee, butno cargo Fee )Enbridge Pipelines, Montreal Pipe Line Ltd., TransNorthern Pipelines, Hibernia Mgt &Dev. Co. Ltd, Husky Oil, Exxon-Mobil, Suncor Energy, Chevron, MI Drilling Fluids NS,Bruce Power Tiverton, Hydro Quebec, Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd., IOL Pipe Line,CN Rail, CP Rail, Pipeline St-Laurent…

ECRC~SIMEC Response Centres
Sept IlesQuebec City
Verchères

St. John’s

HolyroodCorunna

DartmouthEquipment
 2,500 tonnes capacity at each of five Response
Centres & 3,500 at St. John’s, NL.
 Containment, recovery, transfer, clean-up Road transportable Operators accompany the equipment

ECRC~SIMEC National Inventory
Boats:
Booms:

100 plus
Sheltered water

54,000 m

Unsheltered water

6,000 mSkimmers: 100 plus (Various capacities, manufacturers, sizes)
Storage:

Solid barges 34 (13,000 m3 capacity)
Flexible barges 30 (3,000 m3 capacity)*NOTE: Most equipment is road transportable and most is found on trailers toallow cascading to other regions for enhanced response capability.

Personnel
 47 personnel ECRC~SIMEC Mutual aid, GRN

 100 advisors trained / identified
 19 national 81 regional

 437 responders trained
 74 Great Lakes
 205 Québec
 160 Atlantic

TRAINING OCEAN BUSTERBARGE PETITE BASQUE

UNITOR BAG 500T

Exercises
35 per year
Alert
Tier 1: 150 Tons (equipment)
Tier 2: 1 000 tonnes
Tier 3: 2 500 tonnes (equipment)
Tier 4: 10 000 tonnes

Participation of RP, clients, agencies whenavailable

Spill Responses
 Over 300 in 20 years (3 Regions)• Varying sizes• Involving different products• Varying durations• Different weather conditions• Varied workforce

Cooperation beyond borders
 One border One neighbour, USA Many borders, barriers
 Locally Regionally…

International boundaries responses
 One neighbour, USA Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan Responsibility of USCG and CCG
 Annexes
 CANUSLAK CANUSLANT CANUSPAC CANUSDIX CANUSNORTH

International boundaries responses
 To provide coordinated system for planning,
preparedness and response Predicated on the use of private sector
resources augmented by public resources
 To ensure that coordinated planning isaccomplished at the local level To facilitate transboundary movement ofresponse resources

Canadian context
 Increased and improved response capacity
 Lower frequency of spills
 Maximizing what was in place Building on existing strength Reinforcing links
 Filling gaps
 Overcoming barriersLocally…
 Industrial / emergency response contractor
 Marine resources
 Commercial activities
 Fisherman Volunteers

Industrial contractors
 Emergency response Tank truck roll over
 Small ship spills

 Clean-up of tanks – ship
 Refineries
 Storage tank clean-up

Core of our workforce

Marine resources
 Tugs Port services
 Small companies
 FishermenVolunteers
 Working safely and covered in case of anaccident
 Have to work under a coordinated structure Hired by a shoreline clean up contractor
 Hired by the Wildlife Rehabilitation groupRegionally Other Canadian Response Organizations
 Canadian Coast Guard Other agencies

Other RO Three RO
 WCMRC ALERT
 PTMS Mutual aid Personnel
 Equipment
 Contractors

Canadian Coast Guard Lead agency
 FMO or OSC

 Personnel, equipment
 In remote or less populated areas

 International boundaries responses
 Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan CANUSLAKE, CANUSLANT, CANUS…

Other agencies
 SCAT (Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Technique) In place since many years
 Environment Canada, ECRC~SIMEC, OCC
 Expertise and experience Wildlife response
 CWS, CCG, ECRC~SIMEC Based on local, regional, national,
international ressourcesGlobal Response Network

Operational Team

Lead

Offshore

MSRC

Shallow water / onshore

ECRC~SIMEC

Dispersant

OSRL

In-Situ burning

MSRC

Remote sensing

NOFO

Ice covered waterACS

Response management

WCMRC

Cooperation beyond borders SCAT CANADA – Wabamun
 USA – Macondo

 Response in ice
 ACS, ECRC~SIMEC, OSRL
 Cross Training, Quebec, Alaska, Vermont

Cooperation beyond borders
SCAT

Sharing personnel, expertiseCooperation beyond borders
Response in ice

Sharing personnel, expertiseCooperation beyond borders
 Canada-USA
 JMPCP in place But borders, barriers can be anywhere Cooperation between organisations is key tosuccess Cooperation has to be initiated before theresponse
Some limitations to movement of personnel andequipment, keeping response capability in Canada