Table of Contents - Contaminated Sites Regulation

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Reg. 375/96 O.C. 1480/96 Deposited December 16, 1996 effective April 1, 1997 This consolidation is current to July 7, 2026. See the Cumulative B.C. Regulations Bulletin 2026 for amendments effective after July 7, 2026. Link to consolidated regulation (PDF) Link to Point in Time Environmental Management Act Contaminated Sites Regulation [Last amended October 27, 2025 by B.C. Reg. 171/2025] Contents Part 1 — Interpretation 1 Definitions 1.1 Interpretation — specified industrial or commercial uses 1.2 Interpretation — high and low density residential land uses Part 2 — Site Disclosure Statements 2 Repealed Division 1 — Interpretation 2.1 Interpretation — decommissioning a site 2.2 Interpretation — ceasing operations at a site Division 2 — When Site Disclosure Statements Must Be Provided 3 Site disclosure statements by persons applying to approving officers or municipalities 3.1 Site disclosure statements by municipalities undertaking zoning or rezoning 3.2 Site disclosure statements by owners or operators of land 3.3 Site disclosure statements by vendors of real property 3.4 Site disclosure statements by persons who take possession or control of real property 3.5 Request for information by municipality or approving officer Division 3 — Exemptions from Providing Site Disclosure Statements 4 Exemption — other processes apply under the Act 4.1 Exemption — persons applying to approving officers 4.2 Exemption — persons applying to municipalities 4.3 Exemption — municipalities undertaking zoning or rezoning 4.4 Exemption — more than one owner or operator required to provide site disclosure statement when ceasing operations on land 4.5 Exemption — operating areas under the Oil and Gas Activities Act 4.6 Exemption — vendors of real property 4.7 Exemption — previous submission of site profile Division 4 — Requirements for Site Disclosure Statement 5 Requirements for completing site disclosure statement Division 5 — Assessment of Site Disclosure Statement 6 Assessing and forwarding site disclosure statements Division 6 — Investigations 6.1 Application 6.2 Investigations and reports required on submission of site disclosure statements to municipalities or approving officers 6.3 Investigations required on submission of site disclosure statements under section 40 (2) (a) or (7) of the Act 6.4 Information required on submission of site disclosure statements by insolvent owners or operators 7 Repealed Part 2.1 — Summaries of Site Condition 7.1 Duty to provide director with summary of site condition Part 3 — Site Registry 8 Site registry Part 4 — Fees 9 Fees 10 Review of report or plan by external contract reviewer Part 5 — Contaminated Site Definition and Determination 11 Definition of contaminated site 12 Specification of applicable land, water, sediment and vapour uses and site-specific factors 13 Repealed 14 Environmental management area 15 Procedures for determination of contaminated site Part 6 — Remediation Standards 16 Remediation options 17 Application of numerical standards for remediation 18 Application of risk-based standards for remediation 18.1 Application of risk-based standards for remediation at environmental management areas Part 7 — Liability 19 Persons not responsible — transporters and arrangers 20 Persons not responsible — sureties 21 Persons not responsible — insurers and insurance brokers 22 Persons not responsible — certain owners 23 Persons not responsible — producers arranging for transportation 24 Persons not responsible — construction on contaminated sites 25 Persons not responsible — secured creditors 26 Persons not responsible — receivers, receiver managers and bankruptcy trustees 27 Persons not responsible — trustees, executors, administrators and other fiduciaries 28 Persons not responsible — clarification of innocent acquisition exemption 29 Persons not responsible — modification of lessor liability under section 46 (1) (e) of the Act 30 Persons not responsible — lessors who provide surface access for subsurface use 31 Persons responsible — municipalities 32 Persons not responsible — transporters of contaminated soil 33 Persons not responsible — contamination which is subject to a wide area remediation plan 34 Repealed 35 Determining compensation under section 47 (5) of the Act 36 Remediation orders — timing for consent and notice 37 Remediation orders — diminishing or reducing assets 38 Minor contributors 39 Voluntary remediation agreements Part 8 — Removal of Soil Division 1 — Interpretation 40 Definitions 41 Definition of "waste" in the Act Division 2 — Removal of Soil 42 Removal of soil 43 Notice of removal of soil Division 3 — High Volume Sites 44 Definitions 45 High volume sites 46 Registration of high volume site 46.1 Soil management plan Part 9 — Remediation Plan Approval and Completion 47 Approval in principle 48 Covenants and financial security — general principles 49 Requests for certificates 49.1 Director may consider recommendations of approved professionals 50 Financial security as a condition of a certificate 51 Approvals in principle and certificates for part of a site 52 Duties of director respecting approvals in principle and certificates of compliance Part 10 53 Repealed Part 11 — Allocation Panel 54 Allocation panel procedures Part 12 — Public Consultation and Review 55 Director's powers Part 13 — Independent Remediation Procedures 56 Repealed 57 Notifications for independent remediation Part 14 — Site Investigations 58 Preliminary site investigations 59 Detailed site investigations 60 Summary of site investigations and remediation plans 60.1 Notification of neighbouring site owners after site investigations Part 15 — Orphan Sites 61 Criteria for determining orphan sites 62 High risk orphan sites Part 16 — Professional Statements 63 Professional statements Part 17 64-66 Repealed Part 18 — Director's Protocols 67 Director's protocols Part 19 — Miscellaneous 68 Review of numerical standards 69 Manner of publication Part 20 — Transition 70 Transition — matters in progress 71 Transition — wide area site Schedule 1 Schedule 1.1 Schedule 2 Schedule 2.1 Schedule 3 Schedule 3.1 Schedule 3.2 Schedule 3.3 Schedule 3.4 Schedules 4 to 7 Schedule 8 Schedule 8.1 Schedules 9 to 11 Copyright © King's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada