Creative Sentencing, Restorative Justice and Environmental Law: Responding to the Terra Nova FPSO Oil Spill

On 20 November 2004 the Terra Nova FPSO inadvertently discharged 165n3 of oily water into the surrounding waters of the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area. Petro-Canada was charged with having caused a spill and thereby committing an offence pursuant to the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord I...

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Main Authors: Strickland, Cecily Y, Miller, Scott
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Schulich Law Scholars 2007
Subjects:
sentencing
restorative justice
environmental law
oil spill
Terra Nova FPSO
Newfoundland and Labrador
Petro-Canada
Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act
offshore
oil
gas
and Mineral Law
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol30/iss2/8
https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1925&context=dlj
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Summary:On 20 November 2004 the Terra Nova FPSO inadvertently discharged 165n3 of oily water into the surrounding waters of the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area. Petro-Canada was charged with having caused a spill and thereby committing an offence pursuant to the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act. This was the first charge of its type arising from offshore oil and gas operations on the east coast of Canada. The authors provide a factual overview of the incident and identify some resultant legal issues, including the application of creative sentencing and the use of probation orders.

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