Canadian Energy Regulator Pipeline Damage Prevention Regulations – Authorizations

Marginal note:Obligations — existing facilities

8 The owner of a facility that is constructed — in an area other than an offshore area — across, on, along or under a pipeline must

• (a) maintain the facility in a state of good repair compatible with the pipeline’s safety and security;

• (b) immediately correct any deterioration in the facility on being so notified in writing by the pipeline company under subsection 9(1) of the National Energy Board Pipeline Damage Prevention Regulations – Obligations of Pipeline Companies;

• (c) notify the pipeline company, in writing, of any proposed abandonment or removal of the facility; and

• (d) remove or alter the facility or part of the facility that could adversely affect the pipeline’s safe and efficient operation or that could jeopardize property and the environment and the safety and security of the public and of the pipeline company’s employees.