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No.

Conditions with initial ﬁlings due prior to commencing construction, or prior to

commencing construction of speciﬁed Project component(s)

CPCN

OC2

OC49

Temp

Pump1

Pump2

Tanks

Deact

National Energy Board

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Quality Management Plan

Trans Mountain must ﬁle with the NEB,

at least 4 months prior to manufacturing

any pipe and major components for the Project

, a Project-speciﬁc Quality

Management Plan that includes:

a) material/vendor qualiﬁcation requirements;

b) quality control and assurance of pipe, ﬁttings, and components that ensure all

materials meet Trans Mountain’s speciﬁcations (i.e., processes, procedures,

speciﬁcations, random testing, inspection, and test reports);

c) mandatory documentation of process conditions during manufacture and

veriﬁcation of the conformance of manufacturer material test reports with Trans

Mountain’s requirements;

d) mandatory inspection requirements, inspector competency training, and

qualiﬁcations;

e) non-conformance reporting and correction procedures;

f) change management process;

g) commissioning requirements; and

h) material handling requirements during transportation.

Phased ﬁlings

Due to the Project’s large spatial extent, Trans Mountain may wish to commence

Project construction activities at speciﬁc locations at diﬀerent times (i.e., using

a phased approach). This may entail doing so on the basis of pipeline spreads of

deﬁned lengths, or by regions, or work areas of Trans Mountain’s choosing (such as

terminals or pump stations). If Trans Mountain intends to use a phased approach for

Project construction, it must undertake the following:

a) Trans Mountain must ﬁle with the NEB,

at least 7 months prior to commencing

construction

, a complete list of construction spreads, regions, or work areas

that, for the duration of Project construction, will serve as the basis by which

Trans Mountain may submit condition ﬁlings in a phased approach. Each spread,

region, or work area must be clearly delineated (e.g., by kilometre posts).

As part of its ﬁling for a)

, to aid the NEB in anticipating future submissions,

Trans Mountain must indicate the speciﬁc conditions and related spread(s),

region(s) or work area(s) for which it expects to apply this phased approach.

Trans Mountain must ﬁle updates to this list

as they are available

c) When submitting a ﬁling for any condition using this phased approach, Trans

Mountain must clearly indicate which spread(s), region(s), or work area(s) that

ﬁling applies to.

d) Construction of a particular spread, region, or work area must not proceed until

all pre-construction conditions using this phased approach have been satisﬁed

for that spread, region, or work area. Prior to commencing construction of the

initial spread, region, or work area, all applicable conditions with more general

pre-construction timing elements must also be satisﬁed.