Canada Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations — 13
Application — additional contents 13 For the purposes of subsection 298(2) of the Act, an application for authorization to carry on work or activities in relation to the construction, operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment and systems related to an offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line must include, in addition to the information and documents referred to in section 6 , (a) a list of the industry standards and best practices to be used in the design of the facilities, equipment and systems, as well as any data sets to be used in establishing operational conditions and extreme loading conditions; (b) a description of the facilities, equipment and systems 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 preferred locations referred to in subparagraph (i) or the preferred route referred to in subparagraph (ii), and (iv) the width of the proposed corridor for the power line, accompanied by the reasons for the selected width; (c) a description of any existing infrastructure that was identified during the site assessment and an explanation of how that infrastructure was taken into account in the planning of the proposed work or activities; (d) a risk assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities for the construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities, equipment and systems, as well as the anticipated work or activities for their decommissioning and abandonment, that addresses the safety and security of persons and infrastructure that are at, on or in the vicinity of the facilities, equipment or systems, including an assessment of any risks associated with the operation of vessels, vehicles, aircraft or other conveyances in that vicinity; (e) an environmental and socio-economic assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities for the construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities, equipment and systems, as well as the anticipated work or activities for their decommissioning and abandonment; (f) an assessment in respect of the proposed work or activities for the construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities, equipment and systems, as well as the anticipated work or activities for their decommissioning and abandonment, that addresses the factors referred to in paragraphs 298(3)(d) and (e) of the Act; (g) a description of the quality assurance program referred to in section 26 and an indication of the standard referred to in subsection 26 (3) with which the program conforms; (h) the name of the organization that the operator proposes to engage as a certifying authority, a description of the organization’s qualifications to assume the responsibilities referred to in subsection 40 (3) and the proposed general scope and timing of the activities to be carried out by the organization in relation to the issuance of a certificate of fitness under subsection 44 (1); (i) an overview of the anticipated decommissioning and abandonment plan that will be submitted under paragraph 21 (a); and (j) an estimate of the costs of the decommissioning and abandonment and an indication of the manner in which the operator will finance or pay for those costs.