Environmental Management Act

[SBC 2003] CHAPTER 53

Assented to October 23, 2003

Contents
Section
Part 1 — Introductory Provisions
 1 Definitions
 2 Powers conferred on included officials
 3 Director includes delegate
 4 Conflicts with other enactments
 5 Minister's authority
Part 2 — Prohibitions and Authorizations
 6 Waste disposal
 7 Hazardous waste — confinement
 8 Hazardous waste management facility
 9 Hazardous waste storage and disposal
 10 Transportation of hazardous waste
 11 Packaging, product containers and disposable products
 12 Littering
 13 Discharge of waste from recreational vehicles
 14 Permits
 15 Approvals
 16 Amendment of permits and approvals
 17 Transfers of permits, approvals, etc.
 18 Suspension or cancellation of permits and approvals
 19 Variance orders
 20 Abandonment
 21 Regulations for the purposes of Part 2
 22 Minister's regulations — codes of practice
Part 3 — Municipal Waste Management
 23 Definitions
 24 Waste management plans
 25 Authority to manage municipal solid waste and recyclable material in regional districts
 26 Municipal solid waste disposal fees
 27 Public consultation process
 28 Operational certificates
 29 Sewage control areas
 30 Sewage in regional districts
 31 Control of air contaminants in Greater Vancouver
 32 Disposal of municipal solid waste in Greater Vancouver
 33 Disposal of municipal solid waste in other regional districts
 34 Bylaw approval or amendment
 35 Delegation of powers
 36 Municipal administration of storage tanks
 37 Conflicts between this Act and bylaws, permits, etc. issued by a municipality
 38 Regulations for purposes of Part 3
Part 4 — Contaminated Site Remediation
 Division 1 — Interpretation
 39 Definitions and interpretation
 Division 2 — Identification of Contaminated Sites
 40 Site profiles
 41 Site investigations
 42 Approved professionals
 43 Site registry
 44 Determination of contaminated sites
 Division 3 — Liability for Remediation
 45 Persons responsible for remediation of contaminated sites
 46 Persons not responsible for remediation
 47 General principles of liability for remediation
 48 Remediation orders
 49 Allocation panel
 50 Minor contributors
 Division 4 — Implementation of Remediation
 51 Voluntary remediation agreements
 52 Public consultation and review
 53 Approvals in principle and certificates of compliance
 54 Independent remediation procedures
 55 Contaminated soil relocation
 56 Selection of remediation options
 Division 5 — Delegation
 57 Delegation of responsibilities to municipalities or other ministries
 Division 6 — Ministry Authority
 58 Orphan sites
 59 Cost recovery if minister carries out remediation
 60 Government retains right to take future action
 Division 7 — General Provision Respecting Contaminated Sites
 61 Immunity in relation to contaminated sites
 62 Contaminated site regulations
 63 Minister's regulations — contaminated sites
 63.1 Director's interim standards
 64 Director's protocols
Part 5 — Remediation of Mineral Exploration Sites and Mines
 65 Definitions and interpretation
 66 Exploration sites
 67 Advanced exploration sites
 68 Producing or past producing mine sites
 69 Historic mine sites
 70 Regulations for purposes of Part 5
Part 6 — Clean Air Provisions
 71 Definitions
 72 Control of air contaminants
 73 Fuel emission regulations
 74 Motor vehicle and engine emission regulations
 75 Solid fuel burning domestic appliance regulations
 76 Burning regulations
Part 7 — Powers in Relation to Managing the Environment
 Division 1 — Assessment, Prevention and Abatement
 77 Requirement to provide information
 78 Minister may require environmental impact assessment
 79 Spill prevention and reporting
 80 Spill response actions
 81 Pollution prevention orders
 82 Preventing municipal pollution
 83 Pollution abatement orders
 84 Abatement of municipal pollution
 85 Environmental protection orders
 86 Environmental management plan — in relation to environmental protection order
 87 Environmental emergency measures
 88 Recovery of costs — environmental emergency
 Division 2 — Area Based Management
 89 Area based management plans — plan development
 90 Approval and effect of area based management plan
 91 Publication obligations
 Division 3 — Regulations for Part 7
 92 Regulations for purposes of Part 7
Part 8 — Appeals
 Division 1 — Environmental Appeal Board
 93 Environmental Appeal Board
 94 Parties and witnesses
 95 Costs and security for costs
 96 Decision of appeal board
 97 Varying and rescinding orders of appeal board
 98 Appeal board power to enter property
 Division 2 — Appeals from Decisions under this Act
 99 Definition of "decision"
 100 Appeals to Environmental Appeal Board
 101 Time limit for commencing appeal
 102 Procedure on appeals
 103 Powers of appeal board in deciding appeal
 104 Appeal does not operate as stay
 Division 3 — Regulations in Relation to Appeal Board
 105 Regulations in relation to the appeal board
Part 9 — Compliance
 Division 1 — Conservation Officers
 106 Conservation Officer Service
 107 Enforcement powers of the Conservation Officer Service
 107.1 Disposition of items seized by a conservation officer
 108 Conservation officers entering land
 108.1 Certificate evidence of the chief conservation officer
 Division 2 — General Powers
 109 Inspections
 110 Minister may enter on private land
 111 Inspection of vehicles
 112 Seizures and prevention orders
 113 Inquiries
 114 Restraining orders
 Division 3 — Administrative Penalties
 115 Administrative penalties
 116 Effect of charging an offence
 117 Recovery of administrative penalties
 Division 4 — Economic Instruments
 118 Environmental certification
 Division 5 — Regulations for Part 9
 119 Regulations for purposes of Part 9
Part 10 — General
 Division 1 — Offences and Penalties
 120 Offences and penalties
 121 Offence by a corporation
 122 Continuing offences
 123  Offence Act application
 124 Time limit for prosecuting offence
 125 Additional fine
 126 Intentional damage
 127 Additional sentencing orders
 128 Variation of section 127 orders
 Division 2 — Immunity
 129 Conservation officers exempt
 Division 3 — Miscellaneous
 130 Evidence
 131 Confidentiality
 132 Ownership of waste
 133 Service of notice
 134 Charges, fees and costs to be paid to the government
 135 Interagency agreements
 136 Waste Management Trust Fund
 137 Powers that Lieutenant Governor in Council may exercise
 Division 4 — Regulation Making Authorities
 138 General authority to make regulations
 139 Regulations — general rules
Part 11 — Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments
 140 Transitional
 141 Transitional regulations
 142–178 Consequential Amendments and Repeals
 179 Commencement

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