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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 Air strip (TP312 standard) & helicopter pad Maintenance facilities (light vehicles and heavy equipment)
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Project Infrastructure Steensby Infrastructure • Ore dock and freight dock • Fuel depot • 160 ML Arctic diesel • 50 ML Marine diesel • 5 ML Jet-A fuel • 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 • 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