Land Remediation

Protocols, Procedures and Policies

Protocols

Protocols are technical procedures that are legally required under the Contaminated Sites Regulation.

• Protocol 1: Guidance and Checklist for Tier 1 Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites in British Columbia Issued january 1998
• Protocol 2: Site-Specific Numerical Soil Standards (PDF/282 KB) Issued February 1998
• Protocol 3: Blending, Mixing, or Dilution as a Remediation Approach (PDF/204 KB) Issued July 1999
• Protocol 4: Determining Background Soil Quality Issued october 1999
• Protocol 6: Eligibility of Applications for Review by Approved Professionals
  (PDF/154 KB) Updated november 2008
• Protocol 7: Regulation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Water under the Contaminated Sites and Special Waste Regulations Issued may 2002
• Protocol 8: Security for Contaminated Sites (PDF/218 KB) Issued November 2007
• Protocol 9: Determining Background Groundwater Quality (PDF/127 KB) Issued january 2004
• Protocol 10: Hardness Dependent Site-Specific Freshwater Water Quality Standard for Cadmium and Zinc (PDF/231 KB) Issued February 2001
• Protocol 12: Site Risk Classification System (Draft) (PDF/787 KB) NEW July 2008
• Protocol 13: Screening Level Risk Assessment (PDF/666 KB) NEW July 2008
• Protocol 14: Requirements for Determining Barite Sites (PDF/109 KB) NEW December 2008

Procedures

Procedures are used by ministry staff to guide their administration of the contaminated sites legislation and regulations.

• Use of Status Codes in SITE and the Site Registry
• Protocol for Assessment of Residues from Treatment or Incineration of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Special Wastes
• Procedures for Managing the Site Registry
• Procedures for the Roster of Approved Professionals (PDF/33 KB) Updated June 2008
• Procedure Regarding Exercise of Powers to Require Additional Remediation
• Management of Residues from Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Special Waste Drill Cuttings Treated by Using an Approved Biological Treatment Process (PDF/28 KB) Issued August 2002
• Time and Expense Tracking (PDF/93 KB) Issued July 2007
• Establishing the Boundaries of a Site (PDF/162 KB) updated october 2008
• Procedures for Processing Site Profiles (Draft) (PDF/159 KB) Issued NEw July 2008

Policies

The ministry has adopted policies for contaminated sites which focus on scientific, technical and legal policy decisions. Relevant reports and recommendations are listed below

• Overview of CSST Procedures for the Derivation of Soil Quality Matrix Standards for Contaminated Sites
• Contaminated Sites Soil Task Group Workshop on the Development and Implementation of Soil Quality Standards for Contaminated Sites (PDF/983 KB) Issued October 1995
• CSST Record of Response to Major Results and Recommendations Forthcoming From Eco-Workshop
• BC Environment Responses to Expert Panel Recommendations
• Local Government Liability issues presented by the Waste Management Amendment Act, 1993, (Bill 26) and the Contaminated Sites Regulation, second draft, August 30, 1994 (PDF/792 KB) Issued August 1994
• Contaminated Sites Standards Review Workshop Report March 20-22, 1996 (M.M. Dillon Limited) (PDF/3.3 MB) Issued March 1996
• New Directions for Regulating Contaminated Sites: A Discussion Paper (PDF/2.1 MB) Issued January 1991
• External Review of Remediation Liability Provisions: The Waste Management Amendment Act, 1993
• Tier 1 Ecological Risk Assessment Policy Decision Summary