Policy Text:
L-2(1): Review their relevant emergency response plans or procedures within one year to
ensure that they are adequate to respond to a pipeline rupture in an area where the
pipeline crosses a body of open water. The emergency response plan must include,
at a minimum:
a) Specific procedures for responding to a pipeline rupture in an area where
the pipeline crosses a body of open water;
b) A communications protocol;
c) The location of available spill response materials; and
d) Provisions to immediately notify the affected water treatment plant and
municipality in the event of a pipeline rupture.
L-2(2): Review and update the emergency response plans annually.
L-2(3): Conduct annual practice exercises and/or emergency response scenarios related to
the emergency response plan in areas along the length of the pipeline.
L-2(4): Request and report on information from the Owner of the Pipeline by February 1
regarding any updates to existing emergency response plans made to address a
pipeline rupture for the preceding calendar year. This report is also to be provided
to relevant municipalities.
L-2(5): Request and report on information from the Owner of the Pipeline by February 1
regarding any activation of the emergency response plan for activities undertaken as
a result of a pipeline rupture for the preceding calendar year. This report is also to
be provided to relevant municipalities.
L-2(6): Notify the potentially affected municipality and water treatment plant prior to any pipeline
maintenance activities.
L-2(7): Request and report on information from the Owner of the Pipeline by February 1 on all
emergency response practice exercises and maintenance activities completed in the
preceding calendar year. This report is also to be provided to relevant municipalities.
L-2(8): Review their relevant water treatment plant emergency response plans or procedures
within one year to ensure that they are adequate to respond to a pipeline rupture in an
area where the pipeline crosses a body of open water. The emergency response plan must
include, at a minimum:
a) Specific procedures at the related water treatment plant for responding to a
pipeline rupture in an area where the pipeline crosses a body of open water;
b) A communications protocol;
c) The location of spill response materials available to the related water treatment
plant; and
d) Any other relevant information.
L-2(9): The municipality shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions
it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies for the
preceding calendar year and make that report available to the Ganaraska Region Source
Protection Authority.
Recommended contents of the report include, but are not limited to:
a) A summary of any updates to existing emergency response plans made to address
a pipeline rupture.
L-2(10): The municipality shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions
it has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies for the
preceding calendar year and make that report available to the Ganaraska Region Source
Protection Authority.
L-2(11): Review and update the emergency response plans annually.
L-2(12): Provide mapping of the areas where a pipeline crosses a body of open water to the Spills Action Centre to assist in spill response.
L-2(13): The ministry shall prepare, by February 1 each year, an annual summary of the actions it
has taken to achieve the outcomes of the source protection plan policies for the preceding
calendar year and make that report available to the Ganaraska Region Source Protection
Authority.
Recommended contents of the report include, but are not limited to:
a) A summary of the actions taken to implement policy L-2(12).