Safety and Emergency Management
What We Expect of Companies
The Commission assesses applications to ensure that proposed projects can be built and operated safely. Once a project is operational, the CER requires companies to have systems and processes in place to identify, manage, and mitigate safety risks. Companies must also tell us how they plan to manage an emergency and how they will protect property, the environment, workers, and the public.
We expect companies to build and maintain a positive safety culture.
Management Systems and Protection Programs covering the whole lifecycle of a project are required for:
- safety
- pipeline integrity
- environmental protection
- emergency management
- damage prevention
- security
In an Emergency – the Role of the CER
In an emergency affecting CER-regulated infrastructure, CER staff will deploy to the incident site, oversee the company’s response, enforce compliance with applicable regulations, and take over incident command if necessary.
We require that all reasonable actions are taken to protect employees, the public, and the environment. We also verify that adequate and appropriate cleanup and remediation of any environmental impacts resulting from an incident occurs.
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