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Vol: VII – Issue: XII – December 2014 | |
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ENERGY AND MINES NEWS | ||
BC Oil Gas Commission to Implement Area-Based The stated intention of Area-based Analysis is to integrate the requirements of existing statutes and regulations and allow the OGC to better and more consistently take into account the cumulative impact of industrial development when assessing applications for oil and gas activities. The combined footprint impact of all industrial development on the selected "values" will be taken into account. This includes all surface land use disturbance associated with oil and gas activity, geophysical activity, cutblocks and non-oil activity (such as mining, recreation, hydro, wind power, transmission lines). The OGC and the Ministries of Forests and Lands and Natural Resource Operations have been collaboratively developing this new approach since 2012. The process is similar to the current cumulative impact assessments carried out by the Environmental Assessment Office, but will apply to all applications for oil and gas activities, not just major projects. It will cover the entire Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in northeastern BC, including all four key development basins (Liard; Horn River; Montney; and Cordova). The OGC has identified eight "values" that will be considered in the process. Only the first two will be used at the outset. The others are expected to be implemented over time. Read the full article by Rick Williams and Timothy Bottomer with Borden Ladner Gervais. BC Regulations Ban Oil and Bitumen British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board A. Background Read the full article by Paul Cassidy and Monika Sawicka with McCarthy Tétrault LLP. |
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ENERGY AND MINES | ||
Act or Regulation Affected | Effective Date | Amendment Information |
Administrative Penalties Regulation (316/2012) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 264/2014 |
Direction No. 5 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (245/2013) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 265/2014 |
Hydro and Power Authority Act | Dec. 31/14 | by 2014 Bill 7, c. 32, section 34 only (in force by Reg 228/2014), Nisga'a Final Agreement Amendment Act, 2014 |
Reporting Regulation (272/2009) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 253/2014 |
Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act | Jan. 1/15 | by 2014 Bill 4, c. 31, section 14 only (in force by Royal Assent), Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2014 |
FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENT NEWS | ||
The Inherent Insecurity of Log Purchase Transactions First Nations Angry that NAFTA Environment "I am deeply disappointed in Canada continuing to put wild salmon at risk," said Chief Bob Chamberlin of the Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation. "This process may have ended, but our struggle to safeguard wild salmon will not falter for a moment." The Commission on Environmental Co-operation said Friday [December 12th] that its three-member council had voted against looking into accusations that Canada violated its own laws by allowing fish farms to harm wild salmon stocks through the spread of parasites. Canada and Mexico voted against the investigation, while the United States wanted to pursue it. Canada argued that there is already a lawsuit before the courts in BC. The commission's rules don't allow investigations into matters that are already the subject of legal proceedings. Read The Vancouver Sun article. Environmental Appeal Board Decisions
Visit the Environmental Appeal website for more information. Site C Dam Approved: Troubled Waters Ahead? A Cheaper form of Clean Energy: Read the full article by Jonathan Drance and Rachel V. Hutton with Stikeman Elliott. Climate Change Round-Up BC's Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Act Read the full article by Matthew D. Keen, Jana McLean, and Michael Manhas with the law firm Bull Housser LLP. |
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FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
Act or Regulation Affected | Effective Date | Amendment Information |
Carbon Neutral Government Regulation (392/2008) | Jan. 1/15 | by Reg 124/2014 |
College of Applied Biology Act | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 262/2014 |
Cut Control Regulation (578/2004) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 252/2014 |
Hunting Licensing Regulation (8/99) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 266/2014 |
Limited Entry Hunting Regulation (134/93) | Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 266/2014 |
Logging Tax Act Interest Regulation (53/2003) | Dec. 1/14 | by Reg 207/2014 |
Range Act | Dec. 1/14 | by 2014 Bill 5, c. 7, sections 22, 26 and 34 only (in force by Reg 223/2014), Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 |
Dec. 22/14 | by Reg 262/2014 | |
Range Regulation (116/2005) | Dec. 1/14 | by Reg 223/2014 |
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