Response Organizations Regulations

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi)

area of environmental sensitivities

area of environmental sensitivities means an area containing threatened, vulnerable or endangered species or locations of cultural or high socio-economic significance; (milieux sensibles)

designated port

designated port means a designated port set out in section 1 of Schedule I to the Response Organizations Standards; (port désigné)

geographical area

geographical area means an area that includes a designated port and is identified by a response organization as the area in which it intends to offer its services; (zone géographique)

oil

oil has the same meaning as in subsection 660.2(1) of the Act; (hydrocarbures)

Oil Handling Facilities Standards

Oil Handling Facilities Standards means the standards set out in the Transport Canada document TP 12402, published in August, 1995, as amended from time to time; (Normes sur les installations de manutention d’hydrocarbures)

on scene

on scene means on site at an oil handling facility and at any other location where the oil handling facility deploys the equipment and resources identified in its oil pollution emergency plan in response to an oil pollution incident; (sur place)

operating environment

operating environment means sheltered waters, unsheltered waters or a shoreline; (milieux d’utilisation)

Response Organizations Standards

Response Organizations Standards means the standards set out in the Transport Canada document TP 12401, published in August, 1995, as amended from time to time; (Normes sur les organismes d’intervention)

sheltered waters

sheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for spilled oil can be carried out effectively without significant disruption by environmental conditions; (eaux abritées)

shoreline

shoreline means the area between extreme low tide and the back shore area that may be affected by storm conditions; (rivage)

treat

treat means to carry out an activity, in a manner that has the least detrimental impact possible on the environment, for the purpose of restoring an operating environment in which an oil pollution incident has occurred to its condition before the incident; (traiter)

unsheltered waters

unsheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for spilled oil may be significantly disrupted by environmental conditions. (eaux ouvertes)