Canadian Energy Regulator Onshore Pipeline Regulations

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

• (a) is explicit, comprehensive and proactive;

• (b) integrates the company’s operational activities and technical systems with its management of human and financial resources;

• (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.

(2) A company shall establish its management system within 90 days after the day on which the certificate or order authorizing it to construct or operate a pipeline is issued under the Act.