Environmental Protection Notice – July 22, 2025
As stipulated within the Public Notification Regulation under the Environmental Management Act, a permit amendment must be publicly posted for a period of 30 days. Please see the Environmental Protection Notice for Coastal GasLink’s Ltd.’s Mount Bracey compressor station approximately 198 km northeast of Prince George. This compressor station is part of the Cedar Link Project, which consists of the Cedar Link Connector, LNG Link Meter Station and the Mount Bracey Compressor Station. The Cedar Link Project will enable the delivery of up to 0.4 bcf/d (11,335 e3m3/d) to Cedar LNG, a floating LNG facility in Kitimat.
The Mount Bracey Compressor Station is one of the eight (8) compressor stations authorized under Coastal GasLink Project Environmental Assessment Certification #E14-03, approved October 2014 and last amended May 2025.
The discharge permit application seeks discharge authorization for three (3) (2 continuous, 1 standby) 30.9 MW turbine compressor engines, four (4) (3 continuous, 1 standby) 850 kW generator drivers, six (6) 431 kW glycol heaters, and three (3) seal gas combustors.
If you would like to provide comment, please email: Waste.Management@bc-er.ca
May 7, 2025
Public Review Now Open: Draft CSA Z276.1:25 – Design Requirements for Marine Structures at LNG Facilities
The CSA Group has released a draft of its new standard for the design of marine structures associated with LNG facilities.
The public review is open until Tuesday, June 23, 2025.
You're invited to read the draft and submit feedback via the CSA Group website (account creation required): https://publicreview.csa.ca/Home/Details/5632
Free Access to CSA Standards
Canadians now have free, online access to important technical standards meant to keep pipelines safe. The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is part of a group of energy regulators in western Canada that worked on the initiative, providing free access to several CSA safety standards, including CSA Z662, the main safety standard for designing, building and operating pipelines in Canada.
Visit the CSA Group website to find the list of standards now available to download at no fee: Petroleum & Natural Gas Standards - CSA Group Follow these instructions to get started.
BRFN Agreement - Rules for Oil and Gas Development
Following the provincial announcement on Jan. 18, 2023 of an implementation agreement (Agreement) with Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN), the BC Energy Regulator (BCER) and Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions (Ministry) are jointly releasing further information about the Agreement and specific to the petroleum and natural gas industry.
In order to provide early guidance and information to the oil and gas sector, the BCER has posted a summary of Rules for Oil and Gas Development.