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Ontario Leadership Group MeetingsSeptember 2014

TDG and Rail Issues Update

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Policy agenda

• Tank car standards• Liability and compensation• TDG Classification and testing• Emergency response and information sharing• Canada Transportation Act Review

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Tank car standards

• Regulations published in the Canada Gazette (January 2014) codifying 2011 CPC 1232 standard for new rail car builds (TP14877)

• PD 34 removing older DOT 111s meeting certain criteria from service as of May 22, 2014

• Proposed new TC 140 specification tank cars and DOT III Tank Car Retrofit Requirements for flammable materials

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Tank car standards

CIAC Comments on Proposed TC 140 Standard and Retrofit Requirements • Focus on crude oil and unit trains• Conduct a complete assessment of the capacity of

rail car supply industry to meet current and future needs

• Align standards and retrofit schedules with the US

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Liability and Compensation

• Fiona Cook, Leading Process for CIAC• Transport Canada (TC) new liability and

compensation regime for rail – looking at shipper funded compensation

scheme that would initially cover crude oil and possibly toxic by inhalation products

• CIAC Submission

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Classification, ER & Information

• Protective Direction (PD) 31 for crude oil classification and testing

• PD 32 requiring railways to provide information to municipalities on the transportation of dangerous goods (TDG)

• PD 33 requiring ERAPs for flammables notably crude oil and ethanol

• New regulations requiring proof of classification and testing

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Classification, ER & Information

ER Taskforce Secretariat Established Incident Management Subgroup Emergency Response Subgroup

Next meeting of the GPAC Nov. 19, 2014 - Ottawa MACTDG Meeting Nov. 18, 2014 – Ottawa Rail Committee Meeting Nov. 13 or 14 -

Teleconference

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Canada Transportation Act

• Statutory review kicked off one year ahead of schedule• Key legislation for competitive access issues• Opportunity to address level of service and rate issues