Canada Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations — 50
Contents 50 For the purposes of subsection 298(2) of the Act, every application for authorization to carry on work or activities in relation to an offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line must include the following information and documents: (a) the name and contact information of the authorized representative of the operator; (b) the development concept for the project or power line as a whole, including any plans for overlapping or concurrent authorizations, for the proposed work or activities to be undertaken in stages or for the overall project or power line to be developed in stages; (c) a description of the work or activities that are the subject of the application, including (i) the objectives to be attained, (ii) the scope of the proposed work or activities, and (iii) maps or charts showing the preferred locations of all operations sites, as well as any other locations that are being considered; (d) a description of the anticipated use of support craft, of any other vessel, vehicle, aircraft or conveyance and of associated equipment and systems in carrying on the work or activities that are the subject of the application; (e) an execution plan and a schedule for undertaking the work or activities that are the subject of the application, including, if applicable, an indication of the need for any overlapping or concurrent authorizations or for the work or activities to be undertaken in stages; (f) if applicable, the results of (i) relevant surveys and monitoring programs, including those in respect of previously authorized work or activities in relation to the project or power line, and (ii) relevant analyses and assessments based on the data from such surveys and monitoring programs; (g) a description of how the results referred to in paragraph (f) were taken into account in the planning of the work or activities that are the subject of the application; (h) a description of the measures to be taken to conform with all applicable laws in relation to safety, security or environmental protection; (i) a description of the potential effects that the work or activities that are the subject of the application may have on any other users of the operations site; (j) a list of all the permits and other authorizations that are required in relation to the work or activities that are the subject of the application; (k) if the operator is proposing to carry on the work or activities that are the subject of the application in a manner that differs from what was proposed in a previous application, a detailed description of the proposed changes, the rationale for those changes and a description of their effect; (l) a risk assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities that addresses the safety and security of persons and infrastructure that are at or in the vicinity of an operations site; (m) an environmental and socio-economic assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities; (n) an assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities that addresses the factors referred to in paragraphs 298(3)(d) and (e) of the Act; (o) a list of the industry standards and best practices to be used in the design of the facilities, equipment and systems that are to be used in the generation and transmission of electrical energy, as well as any data sets to be used in establishing operational conditions and extreme loading conditions; (p) a description of the facilities, equipment and systems that are to be used in the generation and transmission of electrical energy and their proposed location, capabilities and limitations, including, in the case of an offshore power line, maps that show (i) if applicable, the preferred location of each terminal point and each provincial interconnection point for the power line, as well as any other locations that are being considered, (ii) the preferred route for the power line, as well as any other routes that are being considered, (iii) constraints and hazards that restrict the