Environmental Response Regulations — 9
to treat 2,500 tonnes of oil in any other marine region in the geographic area of the response organization, within the time set out in paragraph (c) plus the additional time necessary to travel, at an average travel speed, to the affected operating environment from the nearest primary area of response or enhanced response area; and (f) the delivery of equipment and resources required to treat 10,000 tonnes of oil in any other marine region in the geographic area of the response organization to the affected operating environment within the time set out in paragraph (d) plus the additional time necessary to travel, at an average travel speed, from the nearest primary area of response or enhanced response area. Estimated number of hours (2) The procedures referred to in paragraph 18 (1)(g) must provide the estimated number of hours required for the equipment and resources referred to in subsection (1) to be deployed or delivered to the affected operating environment. Definition of average travel speed (3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(e) and (f), average travel speed means a speed of (a) 6 knots by sea; (b) 65 km/h by land; and (c) 100 knots by air. Training and Records Training 25 (1) The training that a response organization must provide under paragraph 171(c) of the Act must (a) prepare a person who may be requested to respond to an oil pollution incident to undertake their role in the response; and (b) be training that the response organization determines to be necessary for the following classes of persons according to the role that they may be requested to undertake in the event of an oil pollution incident: (i) the response organization’s permanent personnel, (ii) the response organization’s contractors, and (iii) any other persons who may be requested to respond on short notice to an oil pollution incident. Training record (2) A response organization must keep a training record for each person referred to in paragraph 18 (1)(n), other than a person who may be requested to respond on short notice to an oil pollution incident, including the name and position of the person, title of the training and date on which the training was received. Retention and Ministerial access (3) A response organization must keep the training record for a period of at least five years after the date of the training or, if the training is valid for more than five years, until the date on which the validity period ends. The response organization must make the record available to the Minister upon request. Exercise Program Type of exercises 26 (1) A response organization’s exercise program must include (a) oil pollution incident simulation exercises, other than notification exercises but including equipment deployment exercises that evaluate the effectiveness of the procedures, equipment and resources set out in the response plan referred to in section 18 ; and (b) notification exercises to verify the response organization’s ability to notify, as soon as feasible, the personnel referred to in paragraph 18 (1)(c) and the contractors referred to in paragraph 18 (1)(d) and verify their availability. Coordination (2) The exercises referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be coordinated with the Minister and, if possible, with the persons, entities and vessels that may be involved in an oil pollution incident or that may be requested to respond to such an incident. Number of exercises (3) A response organization must conduct at least (a) eight exercises referred to in paragraph (1)(a) for each primary area of response over the three-year period that begins on the day on which a certificate of designation is issued to the response organization, including at least one exercise simulating a discharge of each of the following quantities of oil with respect to each primary area of response: (i) at least 120 tonnes, (ii) at least 800 tonnes, (iii) at least 2,000 tonnes, (iv) subject to subsection (5), at least 8,000 tonnes; and (b) four notification exercis