white rose oilfield development application - Husky Energy

In summary, after mitigation measures have been incorporated into project activities, the predictedeffects on the biophysical environment are assessed as not significant, with the exception of the potentialeffect of major offshore oil spills on marine birds.5.4 Environmental Management SystemEnvironmental management planning brings together information from the Development Plan,environmental and socio-economic assessments, and Husky Oil’s Health, Safety and EnvironmentPolicy and Loss Control Management System.Based on the C-NOPB guidelines (1988), a dedicated section on environmental protection planning isrequired in a DA. However, in the 12 years since the guidelines were published, comprehensive EMS(or health, safety and environment) have been adopted by most industries. In fact, EPPs were theprecursors of EMS. However, today an EPP is only one aspect of an overall system guided by a policydriven by a company’s top leaders.Husky Oil has developed and implemented a Health, Safety and Environment Policy that guides thecompany in all aspects of its business. The policy, plus the programs and procedures that support it,assist Husky Oil in being both responsible and duly diligent in its stewardship of health, safety andenvironment. This Husky Oil policy is endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer, other officers of thecorporation and by the East Coast Operations Manager.A key document, which supports the Health, Safety and Environment Policy statement, is Husky Oil’sEast Coast Operations Health, Safety and Environmental Loss Control Management PerformanceStandards.The key elements of the system include:• functional/departmental responsibility for health, safety and environment;• employee rights;• individual responsibility for health, safety and environment;• quality assurance;• organizational rules;• environmental clauses for contractors;• environmental audits, including health, safety and environment inspections and preventativemaintenance;• environmental performance targets for atmospheric emissions, discharges, solid wastes andhazardous/dangerous materials handling;• mitigation measures for routine activities;• chain of command for environmental decision-making;White Rose DA Project Summary • January 2001 Page 82