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v) OFI-05: The information provided in the Report is insufficient to allow a reader to fully identify all the changes
in the Canadian locomotive fleet.
Audit Recommendation: The RAC should consider including additional information in the Report, for example:
(i) list of new locomotives acquired in the year by model; (ii) list of high-horsepower units re-manufactured in
the year by model; and (iii) list of medium-horsepower units permanently retired in the year by model and year
of original manufacture.
vi) OFI-06: The LEM Report (2007) is published on the RAC and Transport Canada websites but is not presently
published on the Environment Canada website.
Audit Recommendation: Environment Canada should consider publishing the LEM Report (2007) to their website.
Subsequent to the interview, AMEC was advised that the federal Government policy is to post electronic copies
of the LEM Report to a single location (Transport Canada’s website).
1.4
Audit Conclusion
The audit concluded that the following data and information included in the 2007 Report met an acceptable
materiality level:
• Retire 1973-1999 era Medium–horsepower Units for Class I Mainline Freight (Table on page i and page 35 of
the Report);
• 2007 GHG emissions intensity data (Table 10 on page 19 of the Report); and
• 2007 Canadian Rail Operations Fuel Consumption (Table 2 on page 8 of Report) and 2007 CAC Emissions (Table 11
on page 22 of the Report).
The audit found the following values in the 2007 Report did not meet an acceptable materiality level and were
materially misstated:
• New EPA Tier 2 Locomotives Acquired for Class I Mainline Freight in 2007;
• High-horsepower Units Upgraded to EPA Tier 0 in 2007; and
• Medium-horsepower Units Upgraded to EPA Tier 0 in 2007.
Although the values identified above were found to be materially misstated, the calculated locomotive CAC and GHG
emissions in the Report were not materially impacted by the differences in the locomotive inventory identified by
the audit.
1.5
Corrective Actions Undertaken
The audit recommendations that pertain to data collection have been incorporated into the development the 2008
LEM report. In addition, based on the revised Tier-level locomotive numbers identified by the Audit, the emissions
for 2007 have been re-calculated and appear in this 2008 LEM report. The revisions reflect:
• the reported number of EPA Tier 2 locomotives for the year 2007 has been revised from 85 to 105.
• the reported number of high-horsepower locomotives upgraded to Tier 0 for the year 2007 has been revised from
92 to 6.
• the reported number of medium-horsepower locomotives upgraded to Tier 0 for the year 2007 was revised from
10 to 7.
Recommendations of a post-production nature will be implemented on an on-going basis.
Appendix G contains the RAC’s Management Plan which identifies the actions that have been undertaken and those
that will be undertaken in implementing the recommendations from the Audit of the 2007 LEM report.
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