Spill Prevention/Control/Countermeasures – Canada

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According to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, or CEPA 1999, pollution prevention is “the use of processes, practices, materials, products, substances or energy that avoid or minimize the creation of pollutants and waste and reduce the overall risk to the environment or human health.“ To help prevent and combat oil spills, the National Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime, commonly referred to as the regime, requires all oil handling facilities to have an Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, or an OPEP, in place and for all ships to have a Ship Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, or a SOPEP, in place. This course will teach employees to identify the basic components of OPEPs and SOPEPs and identify spill prevention measures. Employees will also learn to identify spill countermeasures and the parties involved in spill cleanup.