![]() The company filed a report to the National Energy Board, detailing its risk assessment undertakings, according to the spokesperson. Trans Mountain – now a Crown corporation after the federal government purchased the existing infrastructure and expansion project from Kinder Morgan – has emergency response technicians, 24/7 monitoring for fires and a sprinkler system, according to its spokesperson. Although tank fires and seismic tank incidents worldwide are extremely rare, our prevention and emergency management programs are an integral part of keeping our terminals operating safely,” the spokesperson wrote. “In 65 years of operation, we’ve never had a storage tank fire or structural incident with one of our tanks. In an emailed statement, a Trans Mountain spokesperson touted the company’s safety record. “The serious risk is right now,” he said. While many people have raised concerns about the risks associated with the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline – which would add 14 new tanks to the Burnaby Mountain site – Dunnet said the existing infrastructure already poses a serious safety concern to the 30,000 people who live within two kilometres of the tank farm. They were built to outdated standards without considerations made for lateral pressure from seismic or wind forces, Dunnet said. The six tanks in question were built in 1953 and have moveable roofs that float on top of the oil. ![]() While the company has published a report detailing how the tanks walls would withstand the ground-shaking forces during a quake, it does not take into account the force of sloshing oil within the tank. Trans Mountain is defending its emergency preparedness after a politician, engineer, activist and geologist stood outside its Burnaby Mountain tank farm to accuse the pipeline company of potentially endangering thousands of lives in the event of a major earthquake.īurnaby North-Seymour federal NDP candidate Svend Robinson held a press conference Tuesday alongside Simon Fraser University geology professor John Clague, structural engineer Gordon Dunnet and anti-pipeline activist Karl Perrin.ĭunnet said existing Trans Mountain tanks could fail to hold their contents during an earthquake. The NEB received comments from the City of Burnaby. The NEB asked for comments on the variance application from any interested person or group. The status of these conditions is available on the NEB’s interactive conditions tool. ![]() In May, 2016 the NEB recommended that the Federal government approve the Trans Mountain Expansion Project subject to 157 conditions. Trans Mountain has now fulfilled these conditions. Conditions #22 and #24 cover updated risk assessments and secondary containment at the Burnaby Terminal.Ĭondition #9 is related to the company’s Quality Management Plan as it applies to the entire project. The NEB also released two letter reports today for Conditions 22 & 24 and for Condition 9. While the company may now begin work at the Burnaby Terminal, the NEB is still assessing condition compliance and the company is not yet authorized to begin building the pipeline itself. The company will also increase the amount of space between the tanks and reconfigure the secondary containment system at the tank farm in order to reduce the risk of fire. ![]() On March 1, 2017, Trans Mountain applied to the NEB to reduce the diameters of five of the 14 new tanks and the overall capacity of the facilities by 50,880 m³ (320,000 bbls). The decision says that the changes will significantly improve safety at the terminal, which is the Trans Mountain Pipeline System end point.Īs part of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, the company will build 14 new oil storage tanks at its tank farm at the Burnaby Terminal. The three decisions allow Trans Mountain to begin construction at the Burnaby Terminal, subject to any other permits or authorizations which may be required. The National Energy Board (NEB) approved a variance application Friday from Trans Mountain ULC to change its expansion plans for the company’s Burnaby Terminal, according to a press release. NEB still assessing condition compliance, company not yet authorized to begin construction on pipeline ![]()
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