Environmental Response Regulations

Marginal note:Annual review

• 12 (1) The operator of an oil handling facility must review the oil pollution prevention plan and the oil pollution emergency plan annually and, if necessary, update the plans to ensure that they meet the requirements of section 10 or 11, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Review — events

  (2) The operator of an oil handling facility must review the oil pollution prevention plan and the oil pollution emergency plan when any of the following events occur and, if necessary, update those plans within 90 days after the day on which the event occurred:

  • (a) any change in the law or in environmental factors that could affect the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel;

  • (b) any change in personnel involved in the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel;

  • (c) the identification of a gap in either of the plans after an oil pollution incident or exercise; and

  • (d) any change in the business practices, policies or operational procedures of the facility that could affect the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel.

• Marginal note:Submission of updates to Minister

  (3) If the operator of an oil handling facility updates the oil pollution prevention plan or the oil pollution emergency plan, the operator must submit the up-to-date plan to the Minister no later than one year after the update.

• Marginal note:Record

  (4) The operator of an oil handling facility must keep a record of the date and the results of each review of the oil pollution prevention plan and the oil pollution emergency plan conducted under subsections (1) and (2), including any updates, and must maintain the record for three years after the day on which it is created.