white rose oilfield development application - Husky Energy

2.1 Regulatory RequirementsThe starting point for the issues scoping process was a review of the C-NOPB guidelines (1988), and theCEAA and its associated Responsible Authority’s Guide (1994). The C-NOPB guidelines provide thedirection necessary for addressing the regulatory requirements of the Atlantic Accord Acts. The C-NOPB guidelines and CEAA set out the regulatory requirements for a DA and a federal environmentalassessment, respectively. They established the initial scope for the DA and related assessment.2.2 C-NOPB Scoping DocumentThe scoping document issued by the regulatory agencies on July 21, 2000 is a principal regulatory toolpursuant to CEAA providing specific direction for the content of the environmental and socio-economicassessment. It stated that Husky Oil must consider the factors outlined in Section 16 of the CEAA andmatters listed in the appropriate sections of C-NOPB guidelines (1988), as well as issues and concernsidentified during its regulatory, stakeholder and public consultation. The scoping document guided thepreparation of the Comprehensive Study pursuant to CEAA, submitted in October 2000. The scopingdocument also provided additional information for the regulatory consultation. Considerations noted inthe scoping document included:• cumulative environmental effects, including fishing activities, marine bird hunting, marinetransportation, Hibernia and Terra Nova projects, and approved or reasonably foreseeable petroleumexploration activity;• environmental assessment methodology and testable hypotheses;• air emissions, including greenhouse gas emissions, and any implications for worker health andsafety;• description of the seabed area predicted to be affected by dredging, trenching and dredge spoildisposal, drill cuttings and other discharges;• marine and/or migratory birds using the Grand Banks and their habitat;• marine fish, shellfish, reptiles and marine mammals and their respective benthic and water-columnfish habitat;• presence of structures and/or operations associated with the project, including project-related vesseltraffic;• traditional, existing and potential commercial, recreational and aboriginal/subsistence fisheries,including foreign fisheries;• discharges and emissions, including electromagnetic emissions from radio equipment and plannedproject discharges to the marine environment, and waste management;• accidental events, including blowouts, oil and chemical spills, chronic oil pollution and spillresponse;• physical environment, including meteorological, oceanographic and seabed characteristics, sea iceand icebergs, monitoring, observation and forecasting programs, and ice management;White Rose DA Project Summary • January 2001 Page 28