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Code of practice for pipelines and telecommunication lines crossing a water body.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Alberta
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000 (2013)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Surface water Waterworks Classification/declassification Certification Data collection/reporting Dispute settlement Standards Monitoring Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Code of Practice comes into force on April 1, 2000.
Abstract

The present Code enacts the Water Act and the Water (Ministerial) Regulation. The Code lays down provisions relating to the practice of pipelines and telecommunication lines crossing a water body. Section 2 of Part 2 establishes that an owner and any person who carries out a works shall comply with the requirements set out in this Code of Practice. The text consists of 16 Parts as follows: Definitions (1); Bound by the Code of Practice (2); Notice to the Director (3); Notice where the works are not completed within time period (4); Emergency (5); Plans (6); Maps and class of water bodies (7); Construction methods and conditions (8); Restricted activity periods (9); Certification (10); Reporting (11); Record keeping and information availability (12); Monitoring of works (13); Guidelines (14); Effective date (15); Code of Practice review and amendment (16). Six Schedules are enclosed.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ab.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Act (RSA 2000, c. W-3).

Legislation | Canada | 1996 (2020)

Keyword: EIA, Framework law, Basic legislation, Freshwater resources management, Institution, Policy/planning, Water rights, Priorities, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Ministerial) Regulation (Alta. Reg. 205/98).

Legislation | Canada | 1998 (2020)

Keyword: Waterworks, Groundwater, Policy/planning, Equipment, Water charges, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX