Petroleum Board, and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board have

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.395.373; http://www.cnlopb.nl.ca/pdfs/guidelines/owtg1012e.pdf

prepared these guidelines to aid operators in the management of waste material associated with petroleum drilling and production operations in offshore areas regulated by the Boards. These guidelines were prepared jointly by the three Boards with the assistance of a working group comprised of government, industry and public representatives (see Appendix A). The Boards may develop or adopt guidelines, standards and recommended practices to support and complement the regulations they enforce. In all cases, the intent of the Boards is to provide additional information and guidance to operators so that they may better understand the expectations of the Boards regarding responsiveness to, and compliance with, the regulatory requirements. Section 1.2 of these guidelines provides a description of the relevant portions of the regulatory regime applicable to Canada’s offshore oil and gas operations. The authority to issue guidelines and interpretation notes with respect to regulations is specified by subsection 5.3 (1) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, sub-section 156(1) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, and sub-section 151.1 of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador