B.C. Reg. 144/2004, deposited March 26, 2004, pursuant to the COMMUNITY CHARTER [Section 9 (4)]. Regulation of the Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection M71/2004, dated March 25, 2004.

I, Bill Barisoff, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection, order that the Spheres of Concurrent Jurisdiction — Environment and Wildlife Regulation, attached, is made.

— B. BARISOFF, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection.

SPHERES OF CONCURRENT JURISDICTION —
ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"Act" means the Community Charter;

"alien invasive species" means the species listed in sections 1 and 2 of the Schedule;

"exempted pesticides" means pesticides listed as "Exempted Pesticides" in Annex 1 to the Pesticide Control Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 319/81.

Municipal jurisdiction in relation to the environment and wildlife

2 (1) For the purposes of section 9 (4) (a) (i) of the Act, a municipality may,

(a) under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, regulate and prohibit in relation to polluting or obstructing, or impeding the flow of, a stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, waterworks, ditch, drain or sewer, whether or not it is located on private property,

(b) regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to,

(i) under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, the sale of wild flowers,

(ii) subject to subsection (2), under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, the application of pesticides, except exempted pesticides, for the purpose of maintaining outdoor trees, shrubs, flowers, other ornamental plants and turf on a parcel or a part of a parcel if the parcel or part is used for residential purposes, or on land vested in the municipality,

(iii) under section 8 (3) (j) and (k) of the Act, the control and eradication of alien invasive species, and

(iv) under section 8 (3) (k) of the Act, the control of wildlife species listed in Schedule B or C to the Designation and Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/90.

(2) For the purposes of section 9 (4) (b) of the Act, a municipality may not exercise the authority under subsection (1) (b) (ii) of this regulation in relation to the application of pesticides

(a) for the management of pests that transmit human diseases or impact agriculture or forestry,

(b) on the residential areas of farms,

(c) to buildings or inside buildings, or

(d) on land used for agriculture, forestry, transportation, public utilities or pipelines unless the public utility or pipeline is vested in the municipality.

Schedule

1 The following species are, for the purposes of this regulation, alien invasive species.

Plants

Annual Sow Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Common Crupina (Crupina vulgaris)
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Dalmatian Toadflax (Linaria dalmatica)
Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
Jointed Goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica)
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)
Perennial Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus)
Rush Skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
Scentless Chamomile (Matricaria maritima)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
Wild Oats (Avena fatua)
Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus)
Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Terrestrial Vascular Plants

Smooth brome grass
Downy brome grass
Orchard grass (coast)
Scotch broom
Spurge laurel
Common barnyard grass
English ivy
St. John's wort
Himalayan blackberry
Yellow salsify
Common Crupina
Bull thistle
Nodding thistle
Giant knotweed
Kudzu
Japanese knotweed
Giant knotweed
Giant hogweed
Poison hemlock
Yellow toadflax
Carpet burweed
Baby's breath
Parasitic Dodder
Himalayan Balsam
Saltcedar
Garlic Mustard

Fresh Water/ Riparian Vascular Plants

Flowering rush
Purple loosestrife
Eurasian watermilfoil
Common reed
Curly pondweed
Reed canary grass
Yellow flag
Hydrilla

Invertebrates

Gypsy Moth
Blueberry Maggot
Balsam Woolly Adelgid
Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle
Japanese Beetle
Pine Shoot Beetle
Asian Long-horned Beetle
Cereal Leaf Beetle
Daylily Midge
European Chafer
European Brown Garden Snail
Oriental Fruit Moth
Apple Maggot
Plum Curculio

Vertebrates

Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
North American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Nutria (Myocastor coypu)
Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

2 The species set out in column 1 of Table 1 are, for the purposes of this regulation, alien invasive species in a regional district set out opposite in column 2.

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