Response Organizations Regulations

3 (1) A response organization shall demonstrate in its response plan that the response organization has the capability to comply with the requirements relating to the procedures, equipment and resources prescribed in section 4 in respect of its geographical area.

(2) A response organization’s response plan shall include the following information:

• (a) the name and address of the response organization and its geographical area;

• (b) the total quantity of oil in respect of which the response organization is to be certified in accordance with the tiered response capabilities set out in section 2 of the Response Organizations Standards;

• (c) the name of each person included in the personnel who is available for a response to an oil spill;

• (d) the name of each person to be notified in the event of an oil spill;

• (e) the name of each person included in the personnel who has received basic oil spill response training or any other training in relation to an oil spill;

• (f) a description of the training that the response organization provides to its personnel in preparation for the responsibilities that they might be requested to undertake in response to an oil spill;

• (g) a description of the training that the response organization provides to its employees and to volunteers whom it might use to respond at short notice to an oil spill;

• (h) a description of the oil spill exercise programme established to evaluate the effectiveness of all aspects of the procedures, equipment and resources that are identified in the plan, including exercises to be coordinated with ships, oil handling facilities or the Canadian Coast Guard, as the case may be;

• (i) a list of the types and quantity of equipment for use at each designated port in its geographical area in respect of a tier 1 response capability referred to in the Response Organizations Standards;

• (j) a list of the types and quantity of equipment for use during a simultaneous response in all operating environments;

• (k) a list of the equipment for scaring off birds from an oil spill location and of the measures available in support of the wildlife rehabilitation activities of other parties;

• (l) a description of the measures that the response organization will take, in response to an oil spill, to protect and treat areas of environmental sensitivities within the affected operating environment;

• (m) a description of the treatment and recovery procedures that will be implemented in response to an oil spill;

• (n) a description of the procedures that will be implemented for notifying the persons referred to in paragraph (d) in the event of an oil spill;

• (o) a description of the measures that the response organization will take, in conformity with federal and provincial regulations relating to health and safety, to protect the health and safety of its personnel, of volunteers and of other individuals who are involved, at the request of the response organization, in a response to an oil spill; and

• (p) a description of procedures for the updating of the response plan.

(3) A response organization’s response plan must take into account any contingency plan for its geographical area that is issued by the Canadian Coast Guard.