Cornwall asks Transport Canada for quicker safety enhancements
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
A new resolution, adopted by Kingston’s city council and outlying the need for safety precautions to be adopted sooner by Transport Canada, has made its way to Cornwall. The document was presented to City councillors on May 11, in the hope that it toowill garner enough support from local politicians. “Residents in the City of Kingston have expressed concerns regarding the trans- portation of crude oil in rail cars traveling on the CN major rail line through the city due to recent derailments of trains carrying crude oil in 2015,” stated the document. It also goes on to explain that many of the said
industry to implement significant safety en- hancements that address train speed and rail track infrastructure, inspections andmain- tenance to help avoid future derailments. The report, which was presented to coun- cil, explained that the United States’ De- partment of Transportation is proposing to introduce enhanced tank car standards in half that time. Following the tragic accident in Lac- Mégantic, the Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the contribut- ing factors of the accident. This in turn led the department to introduce recommenda- tions, which included safety enhancements to rail carts, carrying crude oil supply and other flammable liquids, such as ethanol, aviation fuel and diesel, amongst others. According to the governmental depart- ment, “the new standard requires thicker steel, full head shield protection, a jacket with thermal protection, top fitting protec- tion, and new bottomoutlet requirements.” Yet, even the newer cars, known as CPC- New security enhancement doesn’t stop all accidents
1232, were involved in a trail derailment on February 16, just outside of Timmins, Ontario, which resulted in amassive spill of crude oil and untold environmental damage. Jeff Ridal, executive director and chief research scientist for the River Institute, explained that a potential leak of flammable liquids in Cornwall’s local portion of the St. Lawrence River would be disastrous. “A large spill in a sensitive area could takemonths to years (to clean),” he explained. For example, restoration and remediation projects were still being implemented some 10 years after a crude oil spill in the Delaware River in 2004 of 265,000 gallons.” In addition, Ridal outlined themany im- pacts a said spill would have on the commu- nity, both natural and humanitarian wise. According to the scientist, a good number of animals, such as birds and amphibians, would perish, whereas the water quality would be degraded and a good about of sediments would be impaired. Drinking water would also be affected and shipping may also need to be closed down.
derailments created major fires, polluted waterways and forced evacuations in some towns. This comes as a direct response to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s recent announcement, which outlined con- cerns about Transport Canada’s planned implementation timeline of a 10-year phased-in retrofit replacement schedule for the existing tank cars on the rail lines today. Recommendations included that Trans- port Canada roll out the new tank car standards in Canada as concurrent to the timeline of the United States’ Department of Transportation as possible, and the rail
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