BC Provincial Regulations Flashcards
Describe the Environmental Management Act in BC (EMA). What is the applicability of it to major infrastructure projects?
Description: This regulation establishes a protocol
for reporting the unauthorized release of
substances into the environment as well
as a schedule detailing reportable
amounts for certain substances for sites
having Provincial jurisdiction.
Applicability: Substances (e.g., hydrocarbons) that
may be harmful to the environment will
be used during the construction period
of the Project.
Describe the Agricultural Land Commission Act (ALCA). What is the applicability of it to major infrastructure projects?
Description: The Act and associated regulations
that sets out principles and broad
rules for the protection of
agricultural land in British Columbia.
Applicability: The work will require the stripping
and removal of agriculturally
suitable organic and topsoil
material.
Describe the Water Sustainability Act. What is the applicability of it to major infrastructure projects?
Description: The Water Sustainability Act is the
principal law for managing the diversion
and use of water resources.
Applicability: Works often require changes in or about a stream.
When is a Scientific Fish Collection Permit required and under what Act?
Required when construction activity
occurs in waters inhabited by fish.
Wildlife Act
Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy
When is a Wildlife Permit required and under what Act?
Required when construction activities
require the salvage and relocation of
wildlife species.
Wildlife Act
Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy
When is a Changes in or about a stream permit required and under what act?
Compliance to the WSA Approval and
the WSA regulations apply.
Water Sustainability Act
Ministry of Forests
What wildlife under the BC Wildlife Act is protected all year?
Nests of eagles, peregrine falcons, gyrfalcons, ospreys, herons or burrowing owls.
How long are nest cavities of the pileated woodpecker protected for after abandonment?
36 months
What does EMBC stand ffor?
Emergency Management BC
