The city said it planned to release a 2021 risk assessment this week as part of its planning and public engagement for a 'full-scale emergency exercise' on Burnaby Mountain in 2027.
What would a "major incident" at Trans Mountain's Burnaby Mountain tank farm or Westridge Marine Terminal look like and what risks would it pose to local residents?In 2021, the municipality paid $400,000 for a consultant to prepare a risk assessment and computer animation simulation of a hypothetical major incident atop the mountain and at the marine terminal by the Burrard Inlet, according the city’s public affairs manager Chris Bryan.
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act protects the release of third party business information, and the company has not consented to the release of information in the consultant's report that is related to Trans Mountain, according to the city. In an emailed statement, the company said the city "recently" informed Trans Mountain it intended to release information about the safety of the company's Burnaby facilities and emergency capabilities to someone who had filed a FOIPPA information request for the consultant’s report.
Although the city has had the consultant's risk assessment and computer models for three years, plans for a full-scale emergency exercise on Burnaby Mountain have not made it into the city's community safety plan and have not been discussed publicly."The work by the consultant was done primarily for internal purposes, to inform our investments in enhancing our emergency response capacity," Bryan told the NOW.
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