Screening Report

Screening Report

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Screening Report

“Screening report” means a report that summarizes the results of a screening; rapport d'examen préalable. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Responsible Authority

Responsible Authority

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Responsible Authority

“Responsible authority”, in relation to a project, means a federal authority that is required pursuant to subsection 11(1) to ensure that an environmental assessment of the project is conducted; autorité responsible. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Registry

Registry

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Registry

“Registry” means the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry established under section 55; registre. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Proponent

Proponent

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Proponent

“Proponent”, in respect of a project, means the person, body, federal authority or government that proposes the project; promoteur. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Project

Project

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Project

“Project” means 1. in relation to a physical work, any proposed construction, operation, modification, decommissioning, abandonment or other undertaking in relation to that physical work, or 2. any proposed physical activity not relating to a physical work that is prescribed or is within a class of physical activities that is prescribed pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 59(b); projet. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation  

Project

“Project” means a work or activity resulting in the production of petroleum in the offshore area that is required to be authorized pursuant to paragraph 142(1)(b); projet. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation  

Project

“Project” means For greater certainty, any construction, operation, modification, decommissioning, abandonment or other undertaking in relation to a physical work and any activity that is prescribed or is within a class of activities that is prescribed for the purposes of the definition “project” in subsection (1) is a project for at least so long as, in relation to it, a person or body referred to in subsection 5(1) or (2), 8(1), 9(2), 9.1(2), 10(1) or 10.1(2) is considering, but has not yet taken, an action referred to in those subsections. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation  

Project

A planned activity undertaken within a limited or fixed duration to achieve a specific objective, often involving design and construction to create or develop an asset. Source: IOGP Report No. 510, Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, June 2014. Global Standards
Prescribed

Prescribed

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Prescribed

“Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council. Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation Source: Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. Legislation

Prescribed

“Prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation  

Prescribed

“Prescribed” means
  1. in the case of a form or the information to be given on a form, prescribed by the Minister, and
  2. in any other case, prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation Source: Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, Canada, current to May 26, 2013. Legislation  

Prescribed

"Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. Source: The Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974, Act No. 47 of 1974, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation Source: The Petroleum Act, 1934 (Act No. 30 of 1934), India, 1934. Legislation Source: The Petroleum Mineral Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962, Act No. 50 of 1962, India, as amended as of May 2013. Legislation  

Prescribed

“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under this Act. Source: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006, No. 19 of 2006, India, amended as of May 2013. Legislation    
Mediation

Mediation

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Mediation

“Mediation” means an environmental assessment that is conducted with the assistance of a mediator appointed pursuant to section 30 and that includes a consideration of the factors required to be considered under subsections 16(1) and (2); médiation. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Lands, Land Areas or Reserves

Lands, Land Areas or Reserves

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Lands, Land Areas or Reserves

For the purposes of this section, a reference to any lands, land areas or reserves includes a reference to all waters on and air above those lands, areas or reserves. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Lands in Respect of Which Indians have Interests

Lands in Respect of Which Indians have Interests

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Lands in Respect of Which Indians have Interests

For the purposes of this section, "lands in respect of which Indians have interests" means (a) land areas that are subject to a land claim accepted by the Government of Canada for negotiation under its comprehensiveland claims policy and that
  1. for the purposes of land claim settlement have been withdrawn from disposal, under the Territorial Lands Act in the case of land areas situated in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, or under a law of the Legislature of Yukon in the case of land areas situated in Yukon, or
  2. in the case of land areas situated in a province, have been agreed on for selection by the Government of Canada and the government of the province; and
  3. land areas that belong to Her Majesty or in respect of which Her Majesty has the right to dispose and that have been identified and agreed on by Her Majesty and an Indian band for transfer to settle claims based on
  4. an outstanding lawful obligation of Her Majesty towards an Indian band pursuant to the specific claims policy of the Government of Canada, or
  5. treaty land entitlement.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Interested Province

Interested Province

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Interested Province

For the purposes of this section and sections 47, 48, 50 and 51, "interested province" means
  1. a province in which the project is to be carried out; or
  2. a province that claims that significant adverse environmental effects may occur in that province as a result of the project.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Follow-up Program

Follow-up Program

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Follow-up Program

“Follow-up program” means a program for
  1. verifying the accuracy of the environmental assessment of a project, and
  2. determining the effectiveness of any measures taken to mitigate the adverse environmental effects of the project; programme de suivi.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Federal Lands

Federal Lands

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Federal Lands

“Federal lands” means
  1. lands that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or that Her Majesty in right of Canada has the power to dispose of, and all waters on and airspace above, those lands, other than lands under the administration and control of the Commissioner of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut,
  2. the following lands and areas, namely,
  3. the internal waters of Canada,
  4. the territorial sea of Canada,
  5. the exclusive economic zone of Canada, and
  6. the continental shelf of Canada, and
  7. reserves, surrendered lands and any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band and are subject to the Indian Act, and all waters on and airspace above those reserves or lands; territoire domanial.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Federal Authority

Federal Authority

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Federal Authority

“Federal authority” means
  1. Minister of the Crown in right of Canada,
  2. an agency of the Government of Canada, a parent Crown corporation, as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act, or any other body established by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament that is unltimately accountable through a Minister of the Crown in right of Canada to Parliament for the conduct of its affairs,
  3. any department or departmental corporation set out in Schedule I or II to the Financial Administration Act, and
  4. any other body that is prescribed pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 59(e), but does not include the Executive Council of — or a minister, department, agency or body of the government of — Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, a council of the band within the meaning of the Indian Act, Export Development Canada, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a Crown corporation that is a wholly-owned subsidiary, as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act, The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners as constituted pursuant to The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners' Act, a harbour commission established pursuant to the Harbour Commissions Act, a not-for-profit corporation that enters into an agreement under subsection 80(5) of the Canada Marine Act or a port authority established under that Act; autorité fédérale.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Exclusion List

Exclusion List

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Exclusion List

“Exclusion list” means a list of projects or classes of projects that have been exempted from the requirement to conduct an assessment by regulations made under paragraph 59(c) or (c.1); liste d'exclusion. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Environmental Assessment

Environmental Assessment

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Environmental Assessment

“Environmental assessment” means, in respect of a project, an assessment of the environmental effects of the project that is conducted in accordance with this Act and the regulations; évaluation environnementale. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Comprehensive Study List

Comprehensive Study List

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Comprehensive Study List

“Comprehensive study list” means a list of all projects or classes of projects that have been prescribed pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 58(d); liste d'étude approfondie. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Comprehensive Study

Comprehensive Study

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Comprehensive Study

“Comprehensive study” means an environmental assessment that is conducted pursuant to sections 21 and 21.1, and that includes a consideration of the factors required to be considered pursuant to subsections 16(1) and (2); étude approfondie. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Assessment by A Review Panel

Assessment by A Review Panel

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Assessment by A Review Panel

“Assessment by a review panel” means an environmental assessment that is conducted by a review panel established pursuant to section 33 and that includes a consideration of the factors required to be considered under subsections 16(1) and (2); examen par une commission. Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation
Offshore Revenue Threshold

Offshore Revenue Threshold

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Offshore Revenue Threshold

“Offshore Revenue Threshold” means a cumulative amount of $200 million in gross federal revenue entitlement from production in the Offshore Area, calculated on a stand alone project-specific basis.   Shortfall of petroleum deliveries in the Province For the purposes of this section, “shortfall of petroleum deliveries in the Province” means deliveries of petroleum that are inadequate to supply, on commercial terms,
  1. the end use consumption demand in Nova Scotia;
  2. the feedstock requirements of industrial facilities that are in place in the Province on January 31, 1986; and
  3. the feedstock requirements of any refining facility located in the Province which was not in place on January 31, 1986, provided that the feedstock requirements required to satisfy the demand of industrial capacity, as of January 31, 1986, in the Provinces of Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, have been met.
Source: Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord, Canada, August 26, 1986. Legislation
Substance

Substance

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Substance

The OSPAR Guidelines for Completing the HOCNF define substance: an element and its chemical compounds in natural form or as a result of a process, including added material needed to make the compound stable, and including contaminants from the production process, but excluding solvents which can be separated without interference with the substance’s stability or without altering the substance’s properties. Substances were previously also called components. Source: Guidelines Regarding the Activities Regulations, Norway, updated December 2012. Regulatory Guidance  

Substance

Substance includes a thing that is an organic material, whether living or not. Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation
Petroleum Resource

Petroleum Resource

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Petroleum Resource

“Petroleum Resource” means oil and gas. For further certainty, “oil” means: (i) crude oil, regardless of gravity, produced at a wellhead in liquid form, and (ii) any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hydrocarbons that nay be extracted or recovered from deposits of oil sand; bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale or from any other types of deposits on the surface or subsurface or the seabed or its subsoil, and “gas” means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas. Source: Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord, Canada, August 26, 1986. Legislation
Parties

Parties

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Parties

“Parties” means Canada and the Province of Nova Scotiat. Source: Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord, Canada, August 26, 1986. Legislation
Central Control Station

Central Control Station

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Central Control Station

Central control station is a control station in which the following control and indicator functions are centralized: .1 fixed fire detection and alarm systems; .2 automatic sprinklers, fire detection and alarm systems; .3 fire door indicator panels; .4 fire door closures; .5 watertight door indicator panels; .6 watertight door closures; .7 ventilation fans; .8 general/fire alarms; .9 communication systems including telephones; and .10 microphones to public address systems. <Chapter II-2, Part A, regulation 3>. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.57(67), adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, 5 December 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Water-Entry Angle

Water-Entry Angle

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Water-Entry Angle

Water-entry angle is the angle between the horizontal and the launch rail of the lifeboat when it first enters the water. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Retro-Reflective Material

Retro-Reflective Material

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Retro-Reflective Material

Retro-reflective material is a material which reflects in the opposite direction a beam of light directed on it. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Required Free-Fall Height

Required Free-Fall Height

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Required Free-Fall Height

Required free-fall height is the greatest distance measured from the still water surface to the lowest point on the lifeboat when the lifeboat is in the launch configuration and the ship is in its lightest seagoing condition. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Launching Ramp Length

Launching Ramp Length

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Launching Ramp Length

Launching ramp length is the distance between the stern of the lifeboat and the lower end of the launching ramp. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Launching Ramp Angle

Launching Ramp Angle

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Launching Ramp Angle

Launching ramp angle is the angle between the horizontal and the launch rail of the lifeboat in its launching position with the ship on even keel. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Free-Fall Certification Height

Free-Fall Certification Height

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Free-Fall Certification Height

Free-fall certification height is the greatest launching height for which the lifeboat is to be approved, measured from the still water surface to the lowest point on the lifeboat when the lifeboat is in the launch configuration. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation
Free-Fall Acceleration

Free-Fall Acceleration

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Free-Fall Acceleration

Free-fall acceleration is the rate of change of velocity experienced by the occupants during launching of a free-fall lifeboat. Source: IMO Resolution MSC.48(66), adoption of the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, 4 June 1996, International Maritime Organization. Legislation