A new compliance agreement will require Coastal GasLink to take more proactive measures to control sedimentation and erosion.
Signed between CGL and the Environmental Assessment Office, the agreement takes steps to address on-going compliance issues on their pipeline route.
Erosion and sediment control issues along the pipeline have been the subject of five EAO enforcement actions so far this year.
Under the new agreement, CGL will be required to enhance training and provide more qualified leadership to oversee construction.
They must also develop erosion and sediment management plans for all new construction, with priority given to erosion prevention.
Those plans must then be approved by an independent expert and then by the EAO before any new ground can be broken.
On-site inspections must also be conducted by an independent expert, and failure to comply with any of those measures may result in a stop-work order.
Both CGL and the EAO agreed on the necessity of the new agreement, which will cover roughly 100 kms of unbroken ground along the 670 km route.
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