Protocols, Procedures and Policies
Protocols
Protocols are technical procedures that are legally required under the Contaminated Sites Regulation.
- Protocol 1: Guidance and Checklist for Tier 1 Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites in British Columbia Issued january 1998
- Protocol 2: Site-Specific Numerical Soil Standards (PDF/282 KB) Issued February 1998
- Protocol 3: Blending, Mixing, or Dilution as a Remediation Approach (PDF/204 KB) Issued July 1999
- Protocol 4: Determining Background Soil Quality (PDF/330 KB) Updated October 2010
- Protocol 6: Eligibility of Applications for Review by Approved Professionals
(PDF/340 KB) Updated March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Protocol 7: Regulation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Water under the Contaminated Sites and Special Waste Regulations (PDF/481 KB) Issued may 2002
- Protocol 8: Security for Contaminated Sites (PDF/218 KB) Issued
November 2007
- Protocol 9: Determining Background Groundwater Quality (PDF/127 KB) Issued january 2004
- Protocol 10: Hardness Dependent Site-Specific Freshwater Water Quality Standard for Cadmium and Zinc (PDF/231 KB) Issued February 2001
- Protocol 11: Upper Cap Concentrations of Substances (PDF/480 KB) Updated JANUARY 2013
- Protocol 12: Site Risk Classification, Reclassification and Reporting
(PDF/1.04 MB) Updated March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Protocol 13: Screening Level Risk Assessment (PDF/666 KB) Issued July 2008
- Protocol 14: Requirements for Determining Barite Sites (PDF/109 KB) Issued December 2008
- Protocol 15: Soil Treatment Facility Design and Operation for
Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil (PDF/109 KB) NEW July 22, 2012
- Protocol 16: Determining the Presence and Mobility of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids and Odorous Substances (PDF/113 KB) Updated JUNE 2010
- Protocol 17: Requirements for Notifications of Independent Remediation and Offsite Migration (PDF/275 KB) updated August 2012
- Protocol 18: Criteria for Establishing Multiple Land Uses at Sites
(PDF/143 KB) NEW March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Protocol 20: Detailed Ecological Risk Assessment Requirements
(PDF/341 KB) NEW March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
Procedures
Procedures are used by ministry staff to guide their administration of the contaminated sites legislation and regulations.
- Procedure 8: Definitions and Acronyms for Contaminated Sites (PDF/484 KB) Updated March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Procedure 9: Procedures for processing site profiles
(PDF/223 KB) Updated March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Procedure 10: Requirements for Service Application Resubmissions, Withdrawals and Amendments (PDF/172 KB) Updated March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Procedure 12: Procedures for preparing and issuing contaminated sites legal instruments (PDF/327 KB) new March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Procedure 16: Procedures for determining if a Director should require the submission of a Site Risk Classification Report under Protocol 12 (PDF/238 KB) new March 2012, Effective date April 1, 2013
- Use of Status Codes in SITE and the Site Registry
- Protocol for Assessment of Residues from Treatment or Incineration of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Special Wastes
- Procedure for Managing the Site Registry
- Procedures for the Roster of Approved Professionals (PDF/138 KB) Updated november 2009
- Procedure Regarding Exercise of Powers to Require Additional Remediation
- Management of Residues from Treatment of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Special Waste Drill Cuttings Treated by Using an Approved Biological Treatment Process (PDF/28 KB) Issued August 2002
- Time and Expense Tracking (PDF/93 KB) Issued July 2007
- Establishing the Boundaries of a Site (PDF/162 KB) Updated october 2008
- Procedures for Processing Site Profiles (PDF/131 KB) Updated JUNE 2010
Policies
The ministry has adopted policies for contaminated sites which focus on scientific, technical and legal policy decisions. Relevant reports and recommendations are listed below.
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