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Line 3 and Prairie Region News for Indigenous Nations, Governments and Groups Volume 3, June 2021 Line 3 and Prairie Region News For Indigenous Nations, governments and groups A message from Enbridge Truth is the first step toward reconciliation The recent confirmation of a burial site and injustices Indigenous of the graves of 215 Indigenous children peoples have endured in Kamloops is a tragic reminder of throughout history and that Canada’s residential school system that continue today. must be acknowledged and should never be forgotten. Healing our communities and our country is going to take Our hearts go out to Indigenous peoples time, and the only way we can across Canada, including the families of the overcome the damage of the missing children and their communities, the past and heal our communities survivors and inter-generational survivors and our country is by focusing of residential schools. We cannot begin to on truth and reconciliation. imagine the depth of sorrow and suffering your communities are feeling. Without hesitation, Enbridge joins in the call for the Of course, this is so much bigger than the expedient release of official This June 21, as Canadians again prepare Kamloops school alone. Across Canada, records and documents that may shed to mark the rich culture of Indigenous there were 139 residential schools, additional light on the victims of residential peoples on National Indigenous Peoples’ including many on the Prairies. schools. And we will be engaging Day, let us all reflect on how we, as communities to see how we can best individuals, can make a difference and This devastating news has brought again provide support in this time of need. to the forefront the reminder that the path commit to action—if only to learn more to reconciliation is ongoing and can only be and open our minds, our eyes and our forged through truth; truth of the inequities hearts to the truth. Line 3 and Prairie Region News is one way that Enbridge seeks to keep Indigenous Nations, governments and groups up to date on our projects and operations on the Canadian Prairies, with a focus on the Line 3 Replacement Program (L3RP). We are committed to keeping you informed throughout the lifecycle of our projects and operations and hope you find this publication to be timely and relevant. As always, our Community & Indigenous Engagement team would be pleased to answer your questions. To get in touch, please see the contact information at the end of this newsletter. Find out more, please visit enbridge.com/L3D Page 1 June 2021 Back in the field in Manitoba Indigenous businesses and joint ventures take a lead role in Line 3 decommissioning Contracts for the Line 3 decommissioning project that will take place in Manitoba this summer and fall were awarded by Enbridge in April, following a competitive bid process in which only qualified Indigenous businesses were invited to participate. “The idea to provide an opportunity exclusive to Indigenous businesses and joint ventures arose from feedback we received during our extensive consultations on Line 3 replacement construction and decommissioning,” explains Kim Brenneis, Director, Community & Indigenous Engagement. “We listened and designed an economic engagement strategy to ensure that all four segments of decommissioning would have Indigenous businesses as the general contractors. This is a proud first for Enbridge in our Prairie Region.” Segment 4 decommissioning covers approximately 260 km, from Cromer to Gretna, Manitoba. Decommissioning has been divided into segments and will take place in stages, reviewers. Both the MMF and Peguis With the first step of decommissioning beginning in Manitoba (Segment 4). presented very strong bids, which included complete by the end of July, the Peguis The remaining segments (Hardisty-to- socio-economic plans detailing how they JV will be engaged in backfill work, Kerrobert; Kerrobert-to-Regina; and would ensure Indigenous participation in removing mats and restoring sites Regina-to-Cromer) are scheduled to begin their work.” to pre-existing condition or better in in the spring of 2022. accordance with Enbridge standards, the Decommissioning kicked off in late general contracting work will begin for A joint-venture of the Manitoba Metis May at a site near Enbridge’s Cromer N4 Construction Steel River from August Federation’s (MMF) N4 Construction and Terminal, south of Virden. The Peguis to October. Steel River Group was named as general joint venture (JV) is responsible for contractor for Segment 4, which covers civil earth works, site preparation and The general contractor is responsible approximately 260 km from Cromer to support to enable the cleaning of Line 3 for overseeing all of the primary tasks of Gretna, where Line 3 connects to the U.S. between Cromer and Gretna in July, which decommissioning within their segment. portion of the pipeline. Meanwhile, a joint requires installation of a pig trap (a device The work from Cromer-to-Gretna will venture of Peguis First Nation and Arnett launched inside a pipeline for cleaning and require a peak workforce of approximately & Burgess Pipeliners was awarded work general maintenance). 35 contract personnel, with crews of around the Cromer Terminal. Their work will involve grading, leveling, seven to 10 persons. It includes isolation “As with any work awarded, Enbridge installation of wooden matting to allow (the pipeline is physically separated from conducted a robust, data driven and access for the cleaning equipment, operating facilities; valves are permanently merit-based evaluation of all proposals topsoil stripping and excavation. They’ll closed and disabled; above-ground in accordance with our policies and in also prepare and supply personnel for a features are removed at stand-alone alignment with competitive bidding and wash station in Virden for vehicles and sites); segmentation (small sections of procurement standards and laws,” explains equipment and maintain worksites as pipe are removed and plates installed to Brenneis. “Our decision to award the work cleaning contractors mobilize equipment prevent water flow through the pipe); and was based solely on standard commercial, and complete their work. rail fill (the line is filled with an engineered technical and socio-economic evaluation material at railway crossings to protect criteria, conducted by independent expert rail infrastructure). Continued on page 5 Find out more, please visit enbridge.com/L3D Page 2 June 2021 Exercise advances Indigenous engagement goals Enbridge overcomes logistical challenges in innovative Souris River emergency response test Its primary purposes were to test or agencies including the Province of Enbridge’s emergency response capability Manitoba, Natural Resources Canada and and to fulfill a regulatory requirement the CER. of the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). However, with a little creative thinking The physical exercise was focused along and technological tools such as video the river within the Town of Wawanesa. A conferencing and drone photography, the command post and staging area were set training exercise became so much more. up and a flat-bottomed boat launched to deploy an oil containment boom some 500 “We had to constantly adjust our plans feet across the shallow Souris River. No Indigenous participation included a cultural due to changing provincial public health actual crude oil products were used. assessment the day prior to the exercise and travel restrictions around COVID-19,” (From left): Elder Dave Daniels (Long Plain “The exercise was designed to test First Nation), Enbridge intern Alyssa Iskierski explains Sam Munckhof-Swain, Manager, Enbridge’s ability to respond to an oil spill (Manitoba Metis Federation) and Mike Community & Indigenous Engagement. near our Mainline system, which includes Sutherland (Peguis First Nation). “We did so by dividing the response team the new Line 3,” explains Stephen Lloyd, of 30 persons, the minimum that needed to Manager, Emergency Management. “This partake in person, into groups of five and supports our ongoing effort to continuously having those groups communicate by radio practice and improve our emergency during the exercise.” response capability on all waterways Included in the 30 on the ground were in proximity to pipeline operations and Indigenous monitors—Jade Dewar of populated regions.” the Manitoba Metis Federation and One day prior, an Indigenous cultural Ellis Cochrane of Peguis First Nation. Boom deployment across the Souris River, assessment and blessing was held at captured by a drone. But what made the exercise unique, the site—another first for an Enbridge Munckhof-Swain says, was the emergency response exercise. Elder Dave opportunity to include—for the first Daniels of Long Plain First Nation offered time—a large number of Indigenous tobacco and gave a brief prayer for the Nations, governments and groups as virtual safety of all involved. observers of the exercise, tuning in via their Participants followed provincial public home or office computers. Observers were health guidelines and Enbridge’s COVID-19 able to see and hear Enbridge personnel Safe Work Protocol which includes responding to the simulated emergency proper social distancing, hand hygiene, through an online channel which guided cleaning guidelines, a pre-access health them through what was happening, assessment, and other key activities. including live drone footage. Elder Dave Daniels, Long Plain First Nation, “While nothing can replace face-to-face A total of 121 individuals representing 56 provided tobacco and a prayer. communication, implementing
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