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The audit evaluated Keystone’s established processes for managing construction-related safety, emergency, environmental and integrity programs for construction activities.
March 17, 2020
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) today released its pre-construction audit of TC Energy’s (formerly TransCanada) Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd (Keystone) project. The audit evaluated Keystone’s preparedness to manage construction of its Keystone Project in a way that assures worker safety, protects the environment and prevents incidents.
The CER concluded that Keystone had not yet established, at the time of the audit, all of the necessary oversight measures to manage construction-related safety and environmental protection for the construction of the project.
The company has filed its corrective and preventative action plan (CAPA) which includes analysis of deficiencies, along with proposed methods and timeframes to resolve them. This has been approved by the CER. Keystone must now demonstrate the implementation of their corrective actions portion of their CAPA plan. Once this has been assessed and approved, the company can proceed with construction where requirements have been met.
The CER will continue to monitor Keystone’s implementation of the CAPA, and verify the effectiveness of the company’s management system through targeted compliance verification activities as a part of its ongoing regulatory oversight of the project.
On an ongoing basis, the CER reviews all compliance activities and has the authority to stop work if compliance is not being maintained and to ensure safety and protection of the environment.
The pre-construction audit involved four months of document review and on-site activities, including extensive interviews with company employees and review of internal documents that describe company procedures, training materials, and staff responsibilities.
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Erin Dottor
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