Limitation

Limitation

241 (1) A company must not abandon a pipeline unless the Commission has, by order, granted it leave to do so. (2) If a company has submitted to the Regulator an application to abandon a pipeline, the company must, in the form and manner specified by the Commission, (a) serve a notice on all owners of lands through which the pipeline passes, insofar as they can be ascertained; and (b) publish a notice in at least one issue of a publication, if any, in general circulation within the area in which the lands are situated. (3) If a written statement of opposition to the abandonment is filed with the Regulator or if a person requests in writing that a hearing be held in respect of the application for leave to abandon the operation of a pipeline, the Commission must order that a public hearing be conducted in respect of the application unless (a) the person who filed the written statement or who requested the hearing files a notice of withdrawal with the Regulator; or (b) the Commission considers that the opposition or request is frivolous or vexatious or is not made in good faith. (4) The Commission may, on granting leave to abandon a pipeline, impose any conditions that it considers appropriate. (5) A company that has been granted leave to abandon a pipeline continues to be liable for the abandoned pipeline under this Act.