Table of Contents - Contaminated Sites Regulation

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B.C. Reg. 375/96
O.C. 1480/96

Deposited December 16, 1996
effective April 1, 1997

This consolidation is current to August 11, 2026.

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Environmental Management Act

Contaminated Sites Regulation

[Last amended July 1, 2026 by B.C. Reg. 102/2026]

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	2	Repealed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	7	Repealed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	Repealed
	9.1	Interpretation
	9.2	Administrative matters in respect of fees
	9.3	Fees in Table 1 of Schedule 3 — actions relating to site disclosure statements and obtaining information
	9.4	Fees in Table 2 of Schedule 3 — flat fees for certain ministry services or functions
	9.5	Fees in Table 3 of Schedule 3 — hourly fees for certain ministry services or functions
	9.6	Subsequent review of report or plan by director
	10	Review of report or plan by external contract reviewer
	10.1	Review of report or plan by external contract reviewer assigned by director
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