6. When a company designs, constructs, operates or abandons a pipeline, it shall do so in a manner that ensures

• (a) the safety and security of the public and the company’s employees;

• (b) the safety and security of the pipeline; and

• (c) the protection of property and the environment.

6.1 A company shall establish, implement and maintain a management system that

• (a) is systematic, explicit, comprehensive and proactive;

• (b) integrates the company’s operational activities and technical systems with its management of human and financial resources to enable the company to meet its obligations under section 6;

• (c) applies to all the company’s activities involving the design, construction, operation or abandonment of a pipeline and to the programs referred to in section 55;

• (d) ensures coordination between the programs referred to in section 55; and

• (e) corresponds to the size of the company, to the scope, nature and complexity of its activities and to the hazards and risks associated with those activities.

• 6.2 (1) The company shall appoint an officer as accountable officer to ensure on its behalf that its management system and the programs referred to in section 55 are established, implemented and maintained in accordance with section 6.1, this section and sections 6.3 to 6.6 and that its obligations under section 6 are met.

• (2) Within 30 days after the appointment of its accountable officer, the company shall notify the Board in writing of the name of the person appointed and ensure that the accountable officer submits to the Board a signed statement accepting the responsibilities of their position.

• (3) The company shall ensure that the accountable officer has authority over the human and financial resources required to

  • (a) establish, implement and maintain the management system and the programs referred to in section 55; and

  • (b) ensure that the company’s activities are carried out in a manner that enables it to meet its obligations under section 6.

• 6.3 (1) The company shall establish documented policies and goals for meeting its obligations under section 6, including

  • (a) a policy for the internal reporting of hazards, potential hazards, incidents and near-misses that includes the conditions under which a person who makes a report will be granted immunity from disciplinary action; and

  • (b) goals for the prevention of ruptures, liquid and gas releases, fatalities and injuries and for the response to incidents and emergency situations.

• (2) The company shall base its management system, as well as the programs referred to in section 55, on those policies and goals.

• (3) The accountable officer shall prepare a policy statement that sets out the company’s commitment to those policies and goals and shall communicate it to the company’s employees.