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Updates to Fact Sheet on Illegal Drug Manufacturing Sites
October 22, 2009
Fact Sheet 35 – Requirements for the Environmental Cleanup of Illegal Drug Manufacturing Sites
Fact Sheet 35 has recently been revised to clarify site profile requirements during the decommissioning of illegal drug manufacturing sites. The fact sheet explains the administrative requirements involved during environmental cleanup associated with the manufacturing of illegal drugs. It also addresses key topics including the risk associated with these activities, identifying responsible parties and remediation options.
We encourage you to refer to this document for current information on this topic.
Fact Sheet 35 can be accessed on the Land Remediation website at:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/remediation/fact_sheets/pdf/fs35.pdf
If you have any questions please send a message to siteprofiles@gov.bc.ca
Tyler O’Grady
Senior Contaminated Sites Officer
Land Remediation Section
New Site Profile Fact Sheets
July 6, 2009
We have just released two new fact sheets on our website which deal with different aspects of the site profile system. Fact Sheet 43, "Site Profile Requirements for Site Decommissioning" and Fact Sheet 44, "Site Profiles and Foreclosure" explain the requirements for site profile submissions in the context of two less frequently encountered site profile submission triggers — site decommissioning and foreclosure. They address key questions such as when and to whom site profiles must be submitted and whether they must be submitted if a site is in an area where the local government has opted out of administering the site profile system.
If you have any questions, please send a message to siteprofiles@gov.bc.ca
John Ward
Manager, Operations Management
Land Remediation Section
Amended Schedule of Activities Requiring Site Profile Submissions
February 3, 2009
In addition to changing the site profile form, the Stage 6 amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation (which came into effect on January 1) amended the list of industrial and commercial purposes and activities in Schedule 2 of the regulation. If a person determines that none of the purposes and activities listed in Schedule 2 of the regulation has occurred, then there is no duty to complete a site profile — unless ordered to do so by a Director of Waste Management, or a local government asks for parts of a profile to be completed for their own records.
For easy reference, we have now included a link to Schedule 2 in the text following the description of the site profile form.
If you have any questions, please send a message to siteprofiles@gov.bc.ca
Tyler O'Grady
Senior Contaminated Sites Officer
Land Remediation Section
Ministry of Environment
Esquimalt Opts Back Into Site Profile Administration
January 23, 2009
Under section 4(4) of the Contaminated Sites Regulation, local governments are provided the option of opting out of their duty to administer site profiles under section 40 of the Environmental Management Act.
Having previously opted out, on January 2, 2009, the Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt informed the Minister of Environment that it had decided to opt back in. Thus, as of that date, persons under the jurisdiction of Esquimalt can no longer use the provision in section 4(4) of the Contaminated Sites Regulation to be exempted from the duty to submit a site profile.
Fact Sheet 6, "Site Profile Administration: Local Government Opt Out Option" has been amended to reflect this change. It is available on our website here. Additional information on site profiles is provided here.
If you have any questions, please send a message to siteprofiles@gov.bc.ca
John Ward
Manager, Operations Management
Land Remediation Section
Ministry of Environment
New Site Profile Form Available
January 22, 2009
The Stage 6 amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation came into effect on January 1 and modified the site profile form in Schedule 1 of the regulation. As well as making latitude and longitude information mandatory, the amendments changed a number of questions in Sections IV - IX of the form. We have posted the amended site profile form on our website.
Please note that all site profile submissions must now be made using this new version.
If you have any questions, please contact Tyler O'Grady.
John Ward
Manager, Operations Management
Land Remediation Section
Ministry of Environment
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