Thursday, May 15, 2008
Fort Howe Hotel & Convention Centre
Robin McAdam, President Brunswick Pipeline
Susan Harris
Claude MacKinnon, Co-Chair
Ellen Murphy
Peter Hanlon
Gordon Dalzell
Al McDougall
David Peterson
Christine Saumure
Tammy Calvin
Guests
Fraser Forsythe & Carolyn Van der Veen- Canaport LNG
Mike Whalen- General Manager, Operations, M&NP
The agenda was accepted as presented.
Clarification was made on the automatic welding machines. Eight welding machines can complete 80 welds a day (10 welds per machine). 80 welds per day do not result from the activities of a single machine.
Items on handout sheet are to carry forward and progress will be reported at the next meeting.
i) Fraser Forsythe and Carolyn Van der Veen gave a presentation on the Canaport LNGTM terminal, a state-of-the-art receiving and regassification facility. The presentation provided a history of the Canaport LNGTM plant from the initial application by Irving Oil to add LNG (liquefied natural gas) and storage capacity at Canaport, to the current status wherein a third storage tank is being constructed. These tanks, which measure 80 meters in diameter and 55 meters high, have a holding capacity of 160,000 cubic meters of LNG. Natural gas is held in liquid form by maintaining a temperature of -160°C. The terminal can issue one billion cubic feet of gas per day, and is planning for a start-up date of December 2008. For regassification, the liquid is pumped from the tanks to the SCV (submerged combustion vaporizor) units which warms the liquid and returns it to a gaseous form. The gas enters the pipeline at the metering station at the Canaport site.
ii) Mike Whalen, General Manager of Operations for Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) gave a presentation on the status of the Emergency Response Plan (ERP) that he has been working on. He gave a handout to the committee of the first draft which was finished at the beginning of March 2008. Mike has spoken with stakeholders in regard to this first draft in April and May to discuss and ask for any necessary changes that need to be made for the final draft which is planned to be released in early July. He is hoping to have the final draft completed by end-July, to be filed with the NEB by August. The ERP has to be filed 60 days before the pipeline is put into service.
Mike also provided a handout of a report by Bercha Engineering Limited on the Brunswick Pipeline Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) Designation. This report outlined the general approach and risk-based approach of determining the EPZ designation. Bercha Engineering, specialists in natural gas risk planning, has determined that an EPZ extending 200 meters on both sides of the Brunswick pipeline is proposed as the zone within which an ongoing Emergency Planning Zone Liaison Program be developed, implemented and maintained.
Mike requested that any committee members forward any questions about the ERP be forwarded to him. As well, prior to discussing the document with any member of the public, the Committee was asked to advise Mike.
A full scale mock Emergency Response exercise is planned for June 25, 2008, as part of the Maritimes & Northeast Lateral line’s ERP. However, knowledge gained will be applied to the Brunswick Pipeline as well.
iii) Elsie Smith, a resident of Redhead and also a member of the Canaport LNG Liaison Committee was invited to the meeting by Gordon Dalzell. Ms. Smith read a statement describing the negative impact that blasting work near her home was having and also that the blasting notification process being employed by Brunswick Pipeline was not working effectively for her.
Complaints:
Rockwood Park - Security issue. This was managed by more education for staff as to which trails were open or closed to the public. Apologies were made to the individuals affected.
Canaport area – Blasting. Work continued beyond the date that had been given to the area neighbours. Updated information was distributed to people in the area, advising that blasting could continue for 6 weeks.
Construction:
- Grading crews working near Canaport and between kms 5 and 7; Road bore across Red Head Road at Canaport to begin this weekend;
- Road bores at Samuel Davis Drive and Red Head Secondary Access Road complete;
- Road bores under way or setting up at Westmorland Road, Rothesay Avenue and Loch Lomond Road; and
- Plan to begin construction in full after May long weekend; begin at Canaport working westward into the City, and from St. Stephen eastward toward City.
Rockwood Park, working to:
- complete the area between the two paths near Route 1;
- install erosion control measures;
- pull all the duff over the RoW as we work out toward the west;
- pull out the rock and re-establish the area of the wetlands;
- remove the flume at the Crystal Lake brook and re-establish the area at the brook;
- re-establish the trail at Crystal Lake;
- remove the flumes at the two streams near the old ski hill and clean up (this will take some time); and
- clean up the laydown area and establish a parking lot.
Lily Lake Trail:
- trail section culvert and base installed;
- armour stone to be placed along sides for erosion control; and
- ready to pour the concrete for the Boardwalk footings.
HDD:
- river levels down;
- returned to drilling yesterday; and
- connection of west/east drills expected shortly.
Right of Way Status: 4 Galbraith properties
Areas 1&2 (Gravel pits, west Saint John):
* Letters of non-objection/agreement received from landowners;
* Notices advertised April 25 & 26;
* Filing of public comment due to NEB by Monday, May 26, 30 day notice period;
* Section 34 notices delivered to landowners, have 30 days from their date of service;
* Still talking with Galbraith Construction; and
* Open House for Westside estates, Bay Street and Gault Road are residents:
- 5-8 p.m. Tuesday evening, May 20- Barnhill School,
- meeting portion at 6 p.m. with presentations,
- crew includes construction planning, environment, lands, Robin and Susan, City (culvert issue) both Peter Hanlon and Tim O’Reilly, AGE rep (drainage),
- maps & info on hand, displays and 1-foot pipe section, and
- refreshments.
Area 4: (Prince of Wales Area)
* Notices advertised May 13 and 14;
* Public 30-day response period expires Monday, June 16; and
* Landowner Section 34 notices delivered May 13, have 30 days.
Area 3:
* Expert notices to be advertised next week (possibly May 23 and 24); and
* Public 30-day response period will expire after that.
There were no other items raised at the meeting.
Thursday, June 19, 2008, Fort Howe Hotel.
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