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Proposed Drilling and Production Regulations under the Accord Acts published in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

Comments may be submitted until Tuesday 2 June 2009.

Date: 18 April 2009

Proposed Drilling and Production Regulations under the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act were published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on 18 April 2009.

The Drilling and Production Regulations have been jointly developed by Canada, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

They are an amalgamation and modernization of existing Drilling Regulations and the Production and Conservation Regulations that currently exist, in mirror form, under the Acts.

The Regulations and the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement are available here and can also be found on the Canada Gazette website at http://www.gazette.gc.ca

• Under 'Recent Publications', click on "Part I Notices and Proposed Regulations"
• Look under ' Part I, April 18, 2009, Vol. 143 No. 16 '
• The regulations and RIAS are on pages 1096-1195

There is a 45-day comment period.

Interested persons may make representations with respect to the proposed Regulations to the Minister of Natural Resources by Tuesday 2 June 2009. These comments will also be forwarded to the Nova Scotia Minister of Energy.

Comments must be provided in writing and may be submitted by mail, email or fax.

All representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, the date of publication (18 April 2009) and be addressed to:

Michael Hnetka
Advisor, Regulations
Frontier Lands Management
Natural Resources Canada
580 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E4
Telephone (613) 992-2916

Facsimile (613) 943-2274
mhnetka@nrcan.gc.ca