Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Petroleum Operations Framework Regulations — 157
Operations manual 157 (1) An operator must develop an operations manual in respect of each installation that sets out or incorporates by reference the following documents and information: (a) a general description of the installation, including its particular characteristics; (b) the chain of command and the roles, responsibilities and authorities of persons during normal operations of the installation and in emergency situations; (c) a brief description of the systems and equipment on the installation, including flow sheets and instructions for the assembly, use and maintenance of the systems and equipment; (d) the operating limits of the installation, including those of its systems and equipment; (e) the physical and environmental conditions under which the installation and any pipeline can operate without compromising safety or the protection of the environment and the physical and environmental conditions that the installation and pipeline can withstand, taking into account the results of any analyses, tests, numerical modelling or investigations undertaken under subsection 105 (2); (f) the results of the risk and reliability analysis conducted for the purpose of subsection 108 (1); (g) a list of the procedures necessary to ensure the safe operation of the installation, including its systems and equipment, within the limits described in paragraph (d); (h) a list of the accidental events that would require implementing the contingency plan referred to in section 11 , any possible triggers for such events and the measures to be implemented to avoid their occurrence; (i) a list of the procedures, practices, resources and monitoring measures set out in the contingency plan referred to in section 11 ; (j) the criteria for each platform’s minimum penetration into the seabed or for the maximum scour of the platform’s foundation and an indication of the arrangement of the platform’s anchoring system; (k) a description of the characteristics of each platform’s foundation and its penetration into the seabed or an indication of the arrangement of the platform’s anchoring system, as well as a description of the measures to be implemented to monitor the integrity of the foundation or that of the mooring and anchoring systems; (l) the criteria to identify meteorological and oceanographic conditions and phenomena that require subsea components and pipelines to be inspected; (m) plans that show the arrangement of watertight and weathertight subdivisions; (n) details of openings in watertight and weathertight subdivisions, including the location of vents, air pipes and all other means of water penetration, and the means of closure of the compartments, as well as the location of downflooding points; (o) a plan that contains information concerning permissible deck loads, variable loading limits and preloading; (p) details of all audible and visual signals and alarms used in the communication system referred to in section 129 , the general alarm system referred to in section 130 , the fire and gas detection system referred to in section 132 and the emergency shutdown system referred to in section 133 , as well as details of any colour-coding systems used for the safety of persons on the installation; (q) information on any corrosion protection and prevention systems, including their type and location, and any requirements for the safety and maintenance of those systems; (r) technical drawings that show (i) the arrangement of any deck structure and of the equipment located on it, of all accommodations areas and temporary safe refuges and of any aircraft landing area, including its obstacle-free approach zone, (ii) sufficient details to permit verification and management, if applicable, of the integrity of hulls, mooring components, primary and critical structures, foundation elements, jacking mechanisms, risers and conductors, (iii) the arrangement of hazardous areas and of any equipment located in those areas, and (iv) a fire control and evac