St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (AHN) – Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale said Monday she will initiate talks with Ottawa to establish a stand-alone offshore oil safety regulator for the province.
Dunderdale told the province’s House of Assembly that she also supports the 28 other recommendations that the Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry made. The separate agency to regulate safety needs amendments to the Atlantic Accord Acts, so the federal government’s hand is required.
Newfoundland jointly manages offshore resources with the federal government under the Atlantic Accord.
The investigation was the result of the March 12, 2009, crash of a helicopter that took the lives of 17 of 18 people aboard the chopper. The commission tasked to probe the incident issued a report eight months after the tragedy.
An existing agency, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, oversees offshore safety. The board promised to work on the 27 recommendations of the commission, but maintained it is a strong, independent regulator.
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