Natural Resources committee The biggest oil spill that has occurred since the boards have been in place was in 2004—
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee —and that was the spill from the Terra Nova facility. In figure 1.6, you would be able to see the quantity of that and—
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee It was over 1,000 litres, so it was a significant oil spill.
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee It depends on how you define “major”, I suppose.
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee Yes. We do note that the boards rely on operators to assess compliance, though, and we point out that there are very few independent means of verifying operator compliance.
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee That's correct.
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee Can you give me a paragraph reference for that?
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee Sure. We looked at the collective competencies of the board in terms of whether they had the competencies to conduct the work that was required and whether they were fully staffed with members always in place. We found that in the case of both boards they don't always have a full
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Natural Resources committee Yes. Natural Resources Canada does a competency assessment before they appoint an additional member. The competencies they look at include regulatory competencies, energy sector, experience in environment, geology, fisheries, safety, and environmental leadership. Those are the co
February 5th, 2013Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Environment committee I'd have to look through the report to be sure of that detail. I'm just reading the information here, and the modelling was completed in December 2010.
May 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Environment committee We were told during our audit that three regulations were taken into account in the projections. They included the two regulations for the transportation sector—the vehicle regulations and the renewable fuels regulations—as well as the coal-fired plant regulations.
May 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Environment committee That's correct.
May 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Environment committee On the National Inventory Report information, that's correct.
May 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach
Environment committee That's correct.
May 8th, 2012Committee meeting
Kimberley Leach