BILL 3 — 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
AMENDMENT ACT, 2020
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 39 (1) of the Environmental Management Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 53, is amended
by repealing the definition of "contaminated soil relocation agreement".
2 Section 55 is amended
(a) by repealing subsection (1),
(b) by adding the following subsections:
(1.1) A person must not remove soil from a site that has been used for a specified
industrial or commercial use unless the person has
(a) analyzed the quality of the soil, in accordance with the regulations, if any,
and
(b) provided notice of the removal to the prescribed persons, in accordance with
subsection (1.2).
(1.2) Notice under subsection (1.1) (b) must
(a) include the following information:
(i) the site from which the soil will be removed;
(ii) the site or sites at which the soil will be deposited;
(iii) the maximum amount of soil that will be deposited at each site;
(iv) a summary, prepared in accordance with the regulations, if any, of the analysis
referred to in subsection (1.1) (a);
(v) the prescribed information,
(b) be provided in the prescribed form and manner, if any, and
(c) be provided by the prescribed date.
(1.3) If notice under subsection (1.1) is required to remove soil from a site, a
person must not deposit the soil at another site unless
(a) the other site is specified in the notice in accordance with subsection (1.2)
(a) (ii), and
(b) the amount of soil deposited is equal to or less than the maximum amount specified
in relation to the other site in the notice, in accordance with subsection (1.2) (a) (iii).
(1.4) Subsection (1.1) does not apply in relation to the removal of soil if the amount
of soil removed is less than the amount set out in the regulations. ,
(c) by repealing subsections (2) to (4),
(d) in subsection (5) by striking out "from depositing soil from a contaminated site at another site" and substituting "from depositing soil at a site",
(e) in subsection (7) by striking out "this Act, the regulations, a permit, approval, order, contaminated soil relocation
agreement or an approved waste management plan" and substituting "this Act or the regulations or a permit, approval, order or approved waste management
plan", and
(f) by repealing subsection (9).
3 The following section is added:
High volume soil receiving sites
55.1 (1) In this section, "relocated industrial or commercial site soil" means soil that has been relocated from a site that has been used for a specified
industrial or commercial use.
(2) If the total amount of relocated industrial or commercial site soil present at
a site is greater than the prescribed amount, the owner of the site must do the following, as required by the regulations:
(a) prepare plans, and carry out actions, to prevent, contain, control and monitor
the adverse effects, and potential adverse effects, on the environment or human health caused by the soil being present at the site;
(b) provide to the director the prescribed information.
4 Section 57 (3) (h) is repealed.
5 Section 62 (1) is amended
(a) by repealing paragraph (k), and
(b) by adding the following paragraphs:
(k.1) respecting analysis of soil for the purposes of section 55 (1.1) (a);
(k.2) prescribing persons for the purposes of section 55 (1.1) (b);
(k.3) respecting the preparation of summaries of analyses for the purposes of section
55 (1.2) (a) (iv);
(k.4) prescribing the form and manner in which notice is given for the purposes of
section 55 (1.2) (b);
(k.5) prescribing dates for the purposes of section 55 (1.2) (c);
(k.6) setting out amounts of soil for the purposes of section 55 (1.4);
(k.7) respecting notice that must be given, in addition to the notice required under
section 55 (1.1), in respect of
(i) the removal of soil from sites that have been used for a specified industrial
or commercial use, or
(ii) the deposit of soil referred to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph;
(k.8) for the purposes of section 55.1 (2), prescribing the total amount of relocated
industrial or commercial site soil present at a site, and for this purpose, the amount prescribed may not be less than 5 000 m3; .
6 Section 63 is amended
(a) by repealing subsection (1) (o), and
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(1.1) The minister may make regulations as follows:
(a) prescribing information for the purposes of section 55 (1.2) (a) (v);
(b) for the purposes of section 55.1 (2) (a), respecting plans and actions to prevent,
contain, control and monitor adverse effects, and potential adverse effects, on the environment and human health;
(c) for the purposes of section 55.1 (2) (b), prescribing information that must be
provided to the director.
7 Section 120 (17) is amended
(a) in paragraph (i) by striking out "section 55 (1) [contaminated soil relocation], or" and substituting "section 55 (1.1) or (1.3) [removal and deposit of soil],", and
(b) by adding the following paragraph:
(i.1) contravenes section 55.1 (2) [high volume soil receiving sites], or .
Transitional Provision
Transition – ongoing contaminated soil relocation agreements
8 (1) In this section:
"contaminated soil relocation agreement" means a contaminated soil relocation agreement under section 55 of the Environmental Management Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 2 of this Act;
"former provisions" means the following:
(a) section 55 (1), (2) to (4) and (9) of the Environmental Management Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 2 of this Act;
(b) section 120 (17) (i) of the Environmental Management Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 7 of this Act.
(2) The former provisions continue to apply in respect of the relocation of contaminated
soil if, before the coming into force of this section, a person entered into a contaminated soil relocation agreement that applies in respect of the relocation.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person and the director may enter into a contaminated
soil relocation agreement if an application to enter into the agreement was made to the director by the person before the coming into force of this section.
(4) The former provisions apply to
(a) an application referred to subsection (3) of this section,
(b) a contaminated soil relocation agreement entered into as a result of an application
referred to in subsection (3) of this section, and
(c) the relocation of contaminated soil that is subject to a contaminated soil relocation
agreement entered into as a result of an application referred to in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) This section applies despite
(a) the repeal of section 55 (1), (2) to (4) and (9) of the Environmental Management Act by section 2 of this Act, and
(b) the amendment of section 120 (17) (i) of the Environmental Management Act by section 7 of this Act.
Consequential Amendment
9 Section 571C of the Vancouver Charter, S.B.C. 1953, c. 55, is amended by striking
out "sections 55 and 57" and substituting "section 57".
Commencement
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This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
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