A simulation on the St. Clair River will likely draw some attention Thursday.
The Great Lakes Geographic Annex [CANUSLAK Plan] is conducting a multi-organizational emergency exercise, simulating a cross-border oil spill that requires an efficient response from officials in both Canada and the United States.
Shell Manufacturing Centre External Relation Advisor Bryant Bird said the emergency operations centre at their Corunna site will be activated as part of the drill.
"It's a chance for us to work with our key partners on the U.S. side, as well as the Canadian side, to coordinate and integrate our emergency response systems," said Bird. "We're opening up our emergency operations centre and we're going to have a number of individuals from the regulators, to the ones we are working with via the first responders and the Canada/U.S Coast Guard to actually observe how we operate."
The Mooretown boat launch will also be used.
The exercise is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and continue until 1:45 p.m.
