Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10)

Marginal note:Limitation

• 241 (1) A company must not abandon a pipeline unless the Commission has, by order, granted it leave to do so.

• Marginal note:Notice to owners

  (2) If a company has submitted to the Regulator an application to abandon a pipeline, the company must, in the form and manner specified by the Commission,

  • (a) serve a notice on all owners of lands through which the pipeline passes, insofar as they can be ascertained; and

  • (b) publish a notice in at least one issue of a publication, if any, in general circulation within the area in which the lands are situated.

• Marginal note:Public hearing

  (3) If a written statement of opposition to the abandonment is filed with the Regulator or if a person requests in writing that a hearing be held in respect of the application for leave to abandon the operation of a pipeline, the Commission must order that a public hearing be conducted in respect of the application unless

  • (a) the person who filed the written statement or who requested the hearing files a notice of withdrawal with the Regulator; or

  • (b) the Commission considers that the opposition or request is frivolous or vexatious or is not made in good faith.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (4) The Commission may, on granting leave to abandon a pipeline, impose any conditions that it considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Liability of company

  (5) A company that has been granted leave to abandon a pipeline continues to be liable for the abandoned pipeline under this Act.