Canada Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations — 8
Management system 8 (1) The management system must establish the overall framework for reducing risks to safety, security and the environment, including measures for ensuring the reliable operation of the facilities, equipment and systems related to the offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line and for ensuring an appropriate response in case of an emergency. Overarching requirements (2) The management system must (a) be commensurate with the scope, nature and complexity of the authorized work or activities and the associated hazards and risks; (b) cover all of the authorized work or activities; (c) be explicit, comprehensive and proactive; and (d) foster a culture of safety. Standards (3) The management system must identify the management system standards on which it is based. Contents (4) The management system must include overarching policies, processes, procedures and protocols related to safety, security, environmental protection, the reliability of facilities, equipment and systems, and emergency response, including (a) processes for establishing and maintaining measurable goals and associated performance indicators for the management system; (b) processes for ensuring that persons who are assigned duties or who carry on authorized work or activities in relation to the offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line have the necessary experience, training, qualifications and competence, and receive the supervision that is necessary, for them to perform the duties or carry on the work or activities; (c) policies setting out the roles, responsibilities and authority of all persons performing functions under the management system, as well as processes for making them aware of their roles, responsibilities and authority; (d) processes for (i) identifying hazards that may arise during the authorized work or activities, including hazards related to human and organizational factors, (ii) assessing the risks associated with the identified hazards and determining the measures to be taken to minimize those risks, (iii) establishing an inventory of the identified hazards and the measures to be taken to minimize the associated risks, and (iv) keeping that inventory up to date; (e) processes for internally and externally communicating documents and information related to safety, security, environmental protection, the reliability of facilities, equipment and systems, and emergency response, including processes for informing persons who may be exposed to a hazard of the measures that will be taken to minimize the risks associated with the hazard; (f) processes for coordinating and managing the work of the operator, suppliers, service providers and other persons involved in carrying on the authorized work or activities, including processes for ensuring that the processes and procedures put in place by service providers are consistent with those put in place by the operator; (g) processes for auditing and evaluating the management system to ensure that it is functioning and achieving the measurable goals and associated performance indicators referred to in paragraph (a) and processes for ensuring that, if any deficiencies or areas for improvement are identified, the management system is updated to correct those deficiencies and make improvements; (h) processes for inspecting, monitoring, testing and maintaining all facilities, equipment and systems related to the offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line, including those set out in the integrity management program referred to in paragraph 18 (a), if applicable, and processes for ensuring that, if any deficiencies or areas for improvement are identified, measures are taken to correct those deficiencies and make improvements; (i) processes for ensuring continuous improvement, including processes for (i) internally reporting hazards, reportable incidents and situations that have the potential to result in a reportable incident, (ii) analyzing the haza