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Publish Date : 16-May-2017

The federal government has unveiled legislation designed to prohibit oil tankers carrying over 12,500 metric tonnes of crude oil or 'persistent oils' from stopping, loading or unloading any of these oils at ports or marine installations in northern British Columbia.

The recently unveiled, Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, is applicable to crude oil and related products, including partially upgraded bitumen, synthetic crude oil, petroleum pitch, slack wax and bunker C fuel oil.

The bill has proposed flexibility for amendments which means that further refined petroleum products can be removed or added 'on the basis of science and environmental safety.'

The planned moratorium area stretches from the Canada/United States border in the north, down to the point on B.C.'s mainland adjacent to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, and also includes Haida Gwaii.

According to a source, 'Once the legislation is passed, it will provide a high level of protection for the Canadian coastline around Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound.'

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