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Contents

Technical Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Response for Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Systems 3

Preface 6

1. Scope 7

   
   

2. Reference publications 10

   
   

3. Definitions and abbreviations 11

   1. Definitions 11

   2. Abbreviations 13

      
      

4. Emergency preparedness and response program 13

   1. General 13

   2. Management commitment 13

      1. Accountability and authority 13

      2. Policy 13

   3. Legal requirements 13

   4. Goals and objectives 13

   5. Organizational structure 13

   6. Program coordinator 14

   7. Documentation and document control 14

   8. Records management 14

   9. Competence and training 14

      1. Competence 14

      2. Training 14

   10. Exercises 15

       
       

5. Program evaluation and continual improvement 15

   1. General 15

   2. Performance measurement 15

   3. Program evaluation 15

   4. Audit 16

   5. Corrective action 16

      
      

6. Management of change 16

   
   

7. Management review 17

   
   

8. Hazard identification and consequence analysis 17

   
   

9. Emergency planning zones (EPZs) 18

   
   

10. Incident management system 18

    1. Incident management 18

    2. Command and coordination centres 18

       
       

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11. Emergency response plan (ERP) 18

    1. General 18

    2. Components of an ERP 18

    3. Equipment 19

    4. Hazard monitoring 19

       
       

12. Mutual aid agreements 19

    
    

13. Communication 19

    1. Emergency information 19

    2. Stakeholders within an EPZ 20

    3. First responders and supporting agencies 20

    4. Media 21

    5. Emergency communication and notification capability 21

       
       

14. Emergency response 21

    1. General 21

    2. Response management 21

    3. Emergency assessment 21

    4. Command and coordination centre activation 21

    5. Incident action plan 21

    6. Safety 21

    7. Response mobilization 21

    8. Notifications and reporting 21

    9. Internal and external communications 21

    10. Deactivation of the emergency response 22

    11. Debriefing the emergency response 22

    12. Post-incident review 22

Annex A (informative) — Commentary 23

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Preface

This is the second edition of CSA Z246.2, Emergency preparedness and response for petroleum and natural gas industry systems. It supersedes the previous edition published in 2014.

This Standard provides requirements for a continual improvement process to develop, implement, maintain, and evaluate an emergency preparedness and response program that helps operators in the industry to be prepared to respond to an emergency that affects people, the environment, or property.

While this Standard provides requirements specific for an emergency preparedness and response program, it also acknowledges the use of the pillars of emergency management (EM); those being, prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery within an organizations emergency and continuity management program, which is covered in in CSA Z1600.

In developing this Standard, previous and existing standards were used. These include, but are not limited to, legislation, best practices, policies, standards, and applicable codes.

This Standard was prepared by the Technical Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Response for Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Systems, under the jurisdiction of the Strategic Steering Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Systems, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee.

This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. Notes:

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1 Scope

1.1

This Standard establishes criteria for emergency preparedness and response for the petroleum and natural gas industry systems.

Note: Prevention, continuity, and recovery are addressed in other standards.

1.2

This Standard applies to petroleum and natural gas industry systems (see Figures 1 and 2), including

1. pipeline systems handling

   1. oil;

   2. gas;

   3. oil-field water;

   4. liquid products;

   5. multi-phase fluids;

   6. slurries; and

   7. system supports, including

      1. meter stations;

      2. compressor stations;

      3. pump stations;

      4. tank farms;

      5. terminals; and

      6. all assets that support Items 1) to 5);

2. liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, storage, and handling facilities;

3. storage or disposal of hydrocarbons in underground formations;

4. petrochemical installations, including

   1. refineries;

   2. gas processing plants;

   3. liquefied petroleum gas plants;

   4. synthetic natural gas plants; and

   5. coal gasification plants;

5. oil and gas exploration, development, production, treatment, processing, and storage operations not covered in Items a) to d);

6. oil sands facilities; and

7. petroleum and natural gas wells.

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