Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for Northern British Columbia (SI/81-22)

81. Where Foothills has backfilled any part of the pipeline under construction, Foothills shall, unless otherwise authorized by the designated officer, commence as soon as practicable but, in any event, within one year of the backfilling, the erosion control measures referred to in section 76, the rehabilitation measures referred to in section 78 and the revegetation measures referred to in section 79.

82. Foothills shall,

• (a) where a revegetation measure referred to in section 79 is taken that involves the seeding of land, use only seed mixes acceptable to the government of the Province;

• (b) take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to minimize the entry of noxious weeds into the area through which the pipeline passes on construction equipment used by Foothills; and

• (c) take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to control infestations of noxious weeds caused by the construction of the pipeline.

• 83. (1) Foothills shall, from time to time, inspect, in a manner satisfactory to the designated officer, the implementation of the erosion control measures referred to in section 76, the rehabilitation measures referred to in section 78, the revegetation measures referred to in section 79 and the measures relating to noxious weeds referred to in paragraphs 82(b) and (c).

• (2) Foothills shall, in carrying out the inspection pursuant to subsection (1), evaluate the effectiveness of the measures referred to in that subsection and, when requested by the designated officer, report to the designated officer in a manner satisfactory to him the results and evaluation of such inspection.

• (3) Where, in the opinion of the designated officer, the measures referred to in subsection (1) are ineffective, Foothills shall implement such remedial measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer.

84. Foothills shall not leave significant quantities of deleterious substances, as defined in the Fisheries Act for the purposes of sections 31, 33, 33.1 and 33.2 of that Act, sediment, silt or wood chips resulting from the construction of the pipeline in any area where they are likely to enter into any waterbody.

• 85. (1) Foothills shall take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to minimize the entry into any waterbody of any aqueous run-off or discharge resulting from the construction of the pipeline.

• (2) Where there is any aqueous run-off or discharge referred to in subsection (1) and that run-off or discharge enters a waterbody, Foothills shall take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to protect the quality of the water in the waterbody.

86. Where the construction or operation of the pipeline takes place within a waterbody, Foothills shall take such measures as are satisfactory to the designated officer to protect the quality of the water in that waterbody.

87. Foothills shall, when requested by the designated officer and at such intervals as are satisfactory to him, sample the water receiving aqueous run-off or discharge resulting from the construction or operation of the pipeline and analyze its quality by a method satisfactory to the designated officer.