Northern Pipeline Socio-Economic and Environmental Terms and Conditions for the Province of Alberta — 2
2 (1) In these terms and conditions, Act means the Northern Pipeline Act ; ( Loi ) agricultural land means any land that is used for any agricultural purpose and any land that is used for any crop or livestock enterprise; ( terre agricole ) big game animals means big game as defined in The Wildlife Act (Alberta); ( gros gibier ) borrow pit means a site used for the extraction of granular material and the excavation resulting from such extraction; ( ballastière ) certified status has the same meaning as in the Seeds Regulations ; ( apte à la certification ) construction means, in respect of the building of the pipeline or any portion thereof, those field activities carried out by Foothills from the commencement of the building of the pipeline or any portion thereof until leave to open the pipeline or any portion thereof, as the case may be, is granted by the Board but does not include clearing for survey lines by Foothills; ( construction ) environmental impact means any change in the existing physical or biological conditions of the environment resulting from the construction or operation of the pipeline; ( répercussions écologiques ) facility means any fixed installation of a temporary or permanent nature installed by Foothills as a part of the pipeline or used by Foothills in the construction or operation of the pipeline; ( installation ) fish means fish as defined in the Fisheries Act ; ( poisson ) Foothills means Foothills Pipe Lines (Alta.) Ltd.; ( Foothills ) fuel means all petroleum products used in the construction and operation of the pipeline; ( carburants ) fur-bearing animals means fur-bearing animals as defined in The Wildlife Act (Alberta); ( animaux à fourrure ) fur-bearing carnivores means fur-bearing carnivores as defined in The Wildlife Act (Alberta); ( carnivores à fourrure ) hazardous material means any chemical, explosive, toxic material or other substance that, if spilled, misused or allowed to escape, may cause significant damage to the environment; ( produits dangereux ) Indian means a person who, pursuant to the Indian Act , is registered as an Indian or is entitled to be registered as an Indian; ( Indien ) inspection means observation and measurement by Foothills to verify that (a) the construction and operation of the pipeline accord with designs and specifications of the pipeline, and (b) these terms and conditions are complied with; ( inspection ) monitoring means data gathering, data analysis and interpretation and data presentation to determine magnitudes and characteristics of environmental change; ( contrôle ) operation means any field activity by Foothills relating to the pipeline or any portion of the pipeline for which leave to open has been granted; ( exploitation ) Province means the Province of Alberta; ( province ) visual resources means the appearance of the features that make up the visible landscape including land, water, vegetation and wildlife; ( ressources visuelles ) waste means discarded or abandoned liquid or solid matter including human waste, garbage, oil drums, petroleum products, ashes and equipment; ( déchets ) waterbodies means lakes and ponds and permanent and seasonal rivers and streams; ( masses d’eau ) wildlife means (a) all big game animals, fur-bearing animals and fur-bearing carnivores native to the Province, (b) migratory game birds as defined in the Migratory Birds Convention Act , (c) all Galliformes native to the Province, and (d) all species of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes . ( faune ) (2) All other words and expressions have the same meaning as in the Act.