Resources

Legislation

Ministry of Environment

Remediation Liability

The Environmental Management Act and Contaminated Sites Regulation lay out various principles of liability, or responsibility, for the cost of cleaning up contaminated sites in B.C. Those who are in some way responsible for causing contamination are classified as “responsible persons”, and those persons are responsible for paying the costs of remediation at sites. We refer to this type of liability as “remediation liability”.

Direct links and detailed provisions on remediation liability are provided below.

If you require additional information we recommend that you obtain advice from a lawyer who is familiar with the contaminated sites legal provisions currently in effect in British Columbia.

Fact Sheets

16
 Remediation Liability Overview (PDF/122 KB)
17
 Remediation Liability and Insurers, Lenders, Receivers, Sureties and Trustees (PDF/271 KB)
18
 Remediation Liability and Transportation (PDF/307 KB)
48
 Remediation Liability and Combining Parcels with Different Owners (PDF/106 KB)

Q&As

Laws and Regulations

This Page Was Last Modified on: May 14, 2012