Revision because of change, or proposed change, of circumstances or operations
33 Revision because of change, or proposed change, of circumstances or operations
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a pipeline licensee for a pipeline for which a pipeline management plan is in force must submit to the Minister a proposed revision of the plan as soon as practicable after any of the conditions mentioned in subregulation (3) is satisfied.
(2) If a condition mentioned in subregulation (3) is satisfied because the licensee proposes to modify or decommission the pipeline, the licensee must not submit the proposed revision before the licensee and Minister have agreed on the scope of the validation for the proposal to revise the plan.
The conditions are the following:
(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that, because of developments in the technical knowledge used to formulate the plan, the plan no longer provides adequately for the matters referred to in Division 2 of Part 4;
(b) developments in systems for identifying and evaluating risks of significant pipeline accident events, or risks to the integrity of the pipeline, make it appropriate to revise the plan;
(c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that a series of proposed modifications to the pipeline would result in a significant cumulative change in the overall level of risk:
of significant pipeline accident events; or
to the integrity of the pipeline;
(d) there are reasonable grounds for believing that a proposed modification to the pipeline would:
(i) significantly influence the level of a particular risk of a significant pipeline accident event or a risk to the integrity of the pipeline; or
(ii) significantly change the ranking of factors contributing to those risks;
(e) the licensee proposes to significantly change the pipeline management system referred to in regulation 29 for identifying, evaluating and managing risks:
of significant pipeline accident events; or
to the integrity of the pipeline;
(f) the compositions of energy-producing hydro-carbons conveyed in the pipeline are different from the compositions contemplated in the plan;
(g) the licensee proposes to modify or decommission the pipeline and that proposal is not satisfactorily addressed in the plan.
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