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]

Schedule 3

[en. B.C. Reg. 102/2026, s. 6.]

Table 1
Fees Relating to Site Disclosure Statements and Obtaining Information
Item	Column 1 Action	Column 2 Fee
1	Site disclosure statement: person provides a site disclosure statement to an approving officer or municipality	$150
2	Information obtained by accessing the site registry through the ministry platform: person accesses
	(a) a site disclosure statement	$50 per item
	(b) technical information	$50 per item
	(c) compliance reporting form	$50 per item
3	Information obtained by accessing the site registry through the ministry platform: person accesses detailed technical reports	$150 per item
4	Information obtained by accessing the site registry through the ministry platform: annual subscription for notifications about new information about a site for the period of one year from the date of subscription or its renewal	$50 per year
5	Information obtained from the site registry by manual retrieval of ministry records in non-digital form: person requests digital copies of records that require manual retrieval and digitization	$100 per hour

Table 2
Flat Fees for Certain Ministry Services or Functions
Item	Column 1 Action or Activity	Column 2 Fee
1	Request for determination of a contaminated site under section 44 of the Act	$5 000
2	Request for approval in principle:
	(a) person requests an approval in principle of a remediation plan under section 53 (1.1) of the Act	$5 000
	(b) additional fee for an approval in principle if a person is ordered by a director to investigate or remediate a site	$20 000
3	Review of summary of site condition report or detailed site condition report	$5 000
4	Request to a director	$5 000
5	Request for allocation panel:
	(a) person requests the appointment of an allocation panel	$5 000
	(b) person requests an allocation panel opinion and an allocation panel carries out the work and provides an opinion	$1 000 per panel member per day
6	Review of interim report for the remediation of a contaminated site in accordance with an applicable director's protocol made under section 64 (1) (d) of the Act	$5 000
7	Review of preliminary site investigation report	$10 000
8	Review of a covenant	$10 000
9	Complex request to a director	$10 000
10	Request for certificate of compliance	$10 000
11	Request for indemnification provided under the Financial Administration Act for the purposes of section 67 (1) (b), 68 (1) (b) or 69 (a) of the Act	$15 000
12	Review of confirmation of remediation report	$15 000
13	Review of the following:
	(a) remediation plan	$20 000
	(b) human health risk assessment report
	(c) environmental risk assessment report
14	Request for designation as an environmental management area	$20 000
15	Review of detailed site investigation report	$30 000
16	Request for compliance verification activity or additional ministry service, other than a specified request or review, with a flat fee for the applicable period of time required or estimated to require:
	(a) up to and including 4 hours	$1 000
	(b) more than 4 hours and up to and including 9 hours	$2 500
	(c) more than 9 hours and up to and including 19 hours	$5 000
	(d) more than 19 hours and up to and including 29 hours	$7 500
	(e) more than 29 hours and up to and including 39 hours	$10 000
	(f) more than 39 hours and up to and including 54 hours	$15 000
	(g) more than 54 hours but less than 75 hours	$20 000

Table 3
Hourly Fees for Certain Ministry Services or Functions
Item	Column 1 Action or Activity	Column 2 Fee
1	Request for a compliance verification activity or for an additional ministry service, other than a specific request or review, requiring, or estimated to require, 75 or more hours in a fiscal year commencing April 1 and ending March 31	$300 per hour
2	Request to amend any of the following:	$300 per hour
	(a) a contaminated site determination under section 44 of the Act
	(b) a minor contributor determination under section 50 of the Act
	(c) a voluntary remediation agreement under section 51 of the Act
	(d) an approval in principle under section 53 (1.1) of the Act
	(e) a certificate of compliance under section 53 (3) of the Act
	(f) a transfer agreement referred to in section 67 (1) (a) or 68 (1) (a) of the Act
	(g) an existing indemnification provided under the Financial Administration Act for the purposes of section 67 (1) (b), 68 (1) (b) or 69 (a) of the Act