Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the Communauté Métropolitaine De Québec
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Final Report Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec Prepared for: Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (CMQ) Prepared by: CPCS Contact information for the CPCS project manager: Jean-François Pelletier Tel.: 506-344-8348 Email: [email protected] 72 Chamberlain Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1S 1V9 CPCS Ref.: 14044 February 17, 2016 En cas de divergence sur les informations contenues dans ce document, la version française a préséance sur la version anglaise FINAL REPORT | Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the CMQ Table of Contents Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................ iii Executive summary ....................................................................................................................... v 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Work breakdown structure ...................................................................................................... 8 1.4 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 9 1.5 Limitations .............................................................................................................................. 10 1.6 Organization of the report ..................................................................................................... 10 2 Overview of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods ............................................................ 11 2.1 Data about the transportation of dangerous goods .............................................................. 12 2.2 Mode specific data ................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.1 Road ................................................................................................................................ 13 2.2.2 Rail ................................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.3 Marine ............................................................................................................................. 17 2.2.4 Pipeline ............................................................................................................................ 19 2.3 Principal transportation corridors .......................................................................................... 19 2.3.1 Road corridors ................................................................................................................. 19 2.3.2 Rail corridors ................................................................................................................... 24 2.3.3 Marine corridors ............................................................................................................. 28 2.3.4 Pipelines .......................................................................................................................... 29 2.4 Conclusions about transportation flows ................................................................................ 31 3 Risk Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 33 3.1 Accidentology within the CMQ .............................................................................................. 34 3.1.1 Indicators of road accidents ............................................................................................ 34 3.1.2 Indicators of rail accidents .............................................................................................. 34 3.1.3 Indicators of marine accidents ........................................................................................ 42 3.1.4 Indicators of pipeline accidents ...................................................................................... 45 | i FINAL REPORT | Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the CMQ 3.1.5 Vulnerability factors ........................................................................................................ 50 3.1.6 Evaluation logic model .................................................................................................... 50 3.1.7 Logic model outcomes .................................................................................................... 51 3.2 Accident scenarios .................................................................................................................. 56 3.2.1 Development of accident scenarios ................................................................................ 56 3.2.2 Study of consequences ................................................................................................... 57 3.2.3 Conclusions about accident scenarios ............................................................................ 62 3.3 Analysis of consequences ....................................................................................................... 63 4 Risk Management ................................................................................................................. 66 4.1 Risk management in the CMQ................................................................................................ 67 4.2 Best practices ......................................................................................................................... 68 4.3 Response measures ................................................................................................................ 69 4.3.1 Overall measures ............................................................................................................ 70 4.3.2 Applicable measures for pipelines .................................................................................. 75 4.3.3 Applicable measures for road transportation ................................................................ 77 4.3.4 Applicable measures for rail transportation ................................................................... 83 4.3.5 Applicable measures for marine transportation ............................................................ 89 5 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 90 Appendix: Consequences of Accident Scenarios ........................................................................... 96 Scenarios related to toxic substance accidents ............................................................................. 97 Scenarios related to flammable substance accidents .................................................................. 125 | ii FINAL REPORT | Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the CMQ Acronyms and abbreviations CERCA Canadian Emergency Response Contractor Association RAC Railway Association of Canada BAPE Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement BLEVE Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion TSB Transportation Safety Board CANUTEC Canadian Transport Emergency Centre TDG-GPAC Transportation of Dangerous Goods General Policy Advisory Council CDTMD Comité directeur Transport des marchandises dangereuses CHSLD Residential and long-term care centres CMMIC Joint committee for municipalities, industries and citizens CMQ Communauté métropolitaine de Québec CN Canadian National MIARC Major Industrial Accidents Reduction Council CSCQ Comité de sécurité civile du Québec HSSC Health and social services centre DGVRSB Dangerous Goods, Vehicle & Rail Safety Branch EIA Energy Information Administration ERPG Emergency Response Planning Guideline HMS Hazardous Materials Safety CSA Canada Shipping Act, 2001 TDGA Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 MDDELCC Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change RCN Regional county municipality MSP Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec MTQ Ministère des Transports du Québec NEB National Energy Board ORSC Organisation régionale de la sécurité civile OSCQ Organisation de la sécurité civile du Québec PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ERP Emergency Response Plans PHAST Process Hazard Analysis Software Tools PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PIPA Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance TDGR Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations SAAQ Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec GIS Geographic Information System WHMIS Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System ECRC Eastern Canada Response Corporation | iii FINAL REPORT | Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the CMQ AR/CR Accident rate/critical accident rate TEAP Transportation Emergency Assistance Plan TQM Trans-Québec & Maritimes USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USFRA U.S. Federal Railroad Administration | iv FINAL REPORT | Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the CMQ Executive summary The work in the present report aims to respond to the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec’s (CMQ) need to have a current and representative overview of the dangerous goods