Environmental Response Regulations

Marginal note:Annual review

• 12 (1) The operator of an oil handling facility must, each year,

  • (a) review and, if necessary, update its oil pollution prevention plan and oil pollution emergency plan; and

  • (b) submit the up-to-date plans to the Minister or, if there is no update to one or both of the plans, notify the Minister in writing to that effect.

• Marginal note:Review — events

  (2) The operator must also review its oil pollution prevention plan and oil pollution emergency plan each time either of the following events occur and, if necessary, update the affected portions of the plans:

  • (a) the identification of a deficiency in either of the plans after an oil pollution incident or an oil pollution incident simulation exercise;

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

• Marginal note:Submission of updates — events

  (3) If the operator updates its oil pollution prevention plan or oil pollution emergency plan under subsection (2), the operator must submit the up-to-date plan to the Minister no later than 90 days after the day on which the event occurs.

• 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.