Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for Southern British Columbia (SI/80-128)

146. Foothills shall equip and maintain all machinery and transportation and construction equipment with factory standard emission and noise control devices.

• 147. (1) Foothills shall, in a manner satisfactory to the designated officer, inspect the pipeline and the land and water disturbed by the pipeline, evaluate the results of the inspection and, when directed by the designated officer, monitor the environmental impact of the pipeline.

• (2) When requested by the designated officer, Foothills shall, within a reasonable period of time, report the results of the inspection, evaluation and monitoring referred to in subsection (1) to the designated officer.

148. Where the designated officer is of the opinion that the construction or operation of the pipeline has caused or is likely to cause a significant adverse environmental impact, Foothills shall take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to mitigate or remedy the environmental impact and to prevent its recurrence.

• 149. (1) Foothills shall prepare and submit to the designated officer an Environmental Plans and Procedures Manual, constituted in Parts, that sets out the procedures and measures Foothills intends to take to

  • (a) comply with this Part;

  • (b) carry out any environmental requirements imposed by law; and

  • (c) prevent, mitigate or remedy any adverse environmental impact that may result from the construction or operation of the pipeline.

• (2) Each Part of the Environmental Plans and Procedures Manual referred to in subsection (1) shall be submitted to the designated officer for his approval in accordance with the schedule referred to in subsection (3).

• (3) Foothills shall, by such date as may be fixed by the designated officer, submit to the designated officer a Parts schedule for his approval that sets out the procedures and measures to be dealt with in each Part referred to in subsection (1) and the date that each Part is to be submitted to the designated officer.

• (4) The Parts schedule referred to in subsection (3), when approved by the designated officer, constitutes Foothills' Parts schedule and Foothills shall comply therewith.

• (5) Where the designated officer approves a procedure or measure set out in a Part submitted by Foothills pursuant to subsection (2), Foothills shall thereupon carry out such procedure or measure.

• 150. (1) Foothills shall submit to the designated officer, in accordance with a schedule approved by him,

  • (a) the environmental information used by it in preparing the Parts referred to in subsection 149(1); and

  • (b) construction scheduling and engineering design information necessary for a review and evaluation of the Parts referred to in subsection 149(1).

• (2) Foothills shall, when requested by the designated officer, submit to him any studies, reports, analyses or other material on which the information submitted pursuant to section 74 or subsection 79(1) was based.

• (3) Where Foothills conducts studies or gathers data or information when considering the effect, if any, of the construction or operation of the pipeline on the existing or potential use of any land or waterbody through which the pipeline passes for the purpose of taking into account such effect pursuant to section 54, such studies, data or information shall be submitted by Foothills to the designated officer when requested by him.