This page provides links to BC Energy Regulator documentation relating to Environmental Management requirements.
Environmental Management
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Environmental Offsite Mitigations Guidance (v1.1)
The Offsite Environmental Mitigations Guideline is a reference document for energy resource activity applicants and permit holders. The guideline assists energy resource companies and those potentially affected by energy resource activities to understand the requirements for offsite environmental mitigations, also known as offsets. Offsets are a mitigation technique that is anticipated to grow in use in the northeast of British Columbia. The Offsite Environmental Mitigation Regulation identifies designated areas where offsets may be triggered. Effective Date: Apr 10, 2025 - Refer to the Table of Revisions within the document. |
Apr 10, 2025 |
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General Environmental Management Plan Guideline
The General Environmental Management Plan Guideline is a reference document for energy resource activity proponents undertaking activities in certain landscape management plan areas (for example the HV1-C Gundy Complex Plan Area). The guideline is intended to assist energy resource companies and those potentially affected by energy resource activities to understand the review process and minimum requirements for General EMPs, where required by a landscape management plan. Effective Date: Feb 27, 2025 - - Refer to the Revisions Table within the document. |
Feb 27, 2025 |
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Environmental Protection and Management Guideline (v3.1)
The Environmental Protection and Management Guideline guides industry through the requirements and processes associated with the Regulator's legislative authorities. Effective Date: Aug 1, 2024 - Refer to the Revisions Table within the document. |
Jun 27, 2024 |
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Environmental Guidance Updates Information Session Presentation
A narrated presentation to provide training and further information on environmental updates to the Environmental Protection and Management Guideline (EPMG), which support the transition from Area-Based Analysis (ABA) and the implementation of Treaty 8 Planning and Mitigation Measures. |
Jun 27, 2024 |
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Treaty 8 Planning and Mitigation Measures (v1.1)
These planning and oil and gas-specific mitigation measures specify operational practices that apply to energy resource activities in Treaty 8 Territory. The measures are designed to contribute to the protection of Treaty Rights and cumulative effects management. The measures, which are organized by activity type (seismic, roads, aggregate and borrow pits, pipelines, well sites and facilities), include detailed descriptions of the documentation and plans that must be developed during activity planning and included with applications to the BCER. Effective Date: May 17, 2024 - Refer to the Table of Revisions within the document. |
May 17, 2024 |
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Ecologically Suitable Species Guideline (v1.1)
The guideline is intended to introduce expectations for meeting the intent of section 19 of the Environmental Protection Management Regulation (EPMR) as part of the Certificate of Restoration (COR) Part 2 application process. It provides the oil and gas sector reclamation guidance related to planning, implementing, and performance reporting of soil and vegetation metrics for Crown forested land in northeast B.C. Effective Date: Mar 12, 2024 - re-formatted table pg 26 (rm) |
Mar 12, 2024 |
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Golder Restoration Toolkit
The Golder Restoration Toolkit is an operational handbook developed to guide implementation of reclamation techniques that will contribute to the restoration of caribou habitat. It is intended to help guide operators and reclamation specialists with activities in boreal caribou range with a toolkit of measures to address vegetation and human/predator accessibility within ranges. |