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7 | MANAGER'S REPORT NO. 65
COUNCIL MEETING 90/10/22 § ne

TO: MUNICIPAL MANAGER 1990 OCTOBER 17 ‘

FROM: ACTING CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR

SUBJECT: EfGORT SERVICE FOR TANKER TRAFFIC IN BURRARD INLET

a ae i PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ERV ESCORT RESPONSE VESSELS

\ ne ; INC. WHICH PROVIDES AN ESCORT SERVICE FOR TANKER TRAFFIC AND TO a .

ee : DISCUSS THE NEED TO REQUIRE ALL OIL AND CHEMICAL TANKER TRAFFIC USING bos, poo re
THE BURRARD INLET TO USE SUCH A SERVICE. Do oe : :

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poo . RECOMMENDATIONS:

l. THAT Vancouver Port Corporation be asked to consider requiring all :
oil and chemical carrying tankers using Burrard Inlet to use escort
vessels with spill containment and recovery capability.

2. THAT a copy of this report be forwarded to: i

(a) Captain Norman C. Stark, Acting Port Manager and Chief Operating
Qfficer, Vancouver Port Corporation, Suite 1900 -— 200 Granville
Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2P9,

(b}) Honourable John Reynolds, Minister of Environment, Room i112,
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., V8V 1X4. and

{¢c) City of Vancouver and all Municipalities bounded by the Burrard :
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REPORT a
1.0 BACKGROUND: J

During the regular Council Meeting on 1990 September 24, an xrnquiry waa
made about a business operating out of North Vancouver which provides
escort service for tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet.

Arising from Couneil’s discussion, staff were requested to prepare 4
report on this service including whether the Municipolity should require
all tanker traffic using the Burrard Inlet to use such a service. :

2.0 PROVISION OF ESCORT SERVICE FOR OIL AND CHEMICAL CARRYING TANKERS USING
BURRARD INLET:

Environmental Health Division staff have conducted an initial review of
ERV Escort Response Vessels Inc., a business operating from North .
Vancouver, which provides an escort service to tanker traffic. ‘ :

od eo tt ia etaff’e understanding that some of the shippers such a6 Esso, do
™ require a tug escort for their tankers when using the Burrard Inlet. :
However, such an escert does not have the capability of providing ‘ :
immediate on-site supervision, apill containment and recovery services, or :

the ability to fight fires. ERV Escort Reaponse Vessele Inc. has made

provisions to provide these additional services. :

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