CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 212Primary legislationIn force

Relocation

The Canadian Energy Regulator may order pipeline companies to relocate pipelines when necessary for safety, environmental protection, public infrastructure projects, or to prevent interference with drainage systems. The regulator determines cost allocation among parties, ensures procedural compliance with prior consultation requirements, and may award reasonable costs to regulatory proceeding participants.

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Relocation

212 (1) The Commission may, by order, on any conditions that it considers appropriate, direct a company to relocate its pipeline if the Commission considers that the relocation is necessary (a) to ensure the safety of persons and the pipeline; (b) to protect the environment; (c) to facilitate the construction, reconstruction or relocation of a highway, a railway or any other work of public interest; or (d) to prevent or remove an interference with a drainage system. (2) The Commission may, by order, direct by whom and to whom the costs of the relocation referred to in subsection (1) must be paid. (3) The Commission must not direct a company to relocate any section or part of its pipeline unless the procedures set out in sections 201 to 205 have been complied with in respect of the section or part to be relocated. (4) For the purposes of ensuring that the procedures set out in sections 201 to 205 are complied with, the Commission may order the company to carry out the procedures that the company would have been required to carry out if the company had submitted to the Regulator a plan, profile and book of reference under subsection 199(1) and those sections apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of any matter related to the carrying out of those procedures. (5) The Commission may, by order, (a) fix an amount that it considers reasonable in respect of the interim or final costs incurred by any person who made or will make representations to the Commission under this section; and (b) direct by whom and to whom the amount is to be paid.

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