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Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining
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1979-1980 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining
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1.2 m of textual records
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Appointed by Order-in-Council no. 170, January 18, 1979; terminated by Order-in-Council no. 442, February 27, 1980. Commissioners: David V. Bates (Chairman), James W. Murray, Valter Raudsepp. The Commissioners were appointed in 1979 to inquire into the adequacy of existing measures to provide protection in all aspects of uranium mining in British Columbia especially as to worker and public safety and protection of the environment. First interim report on uranium exploration, August 15, 1979. The Government terminated the Commission on February 27, 1980 and asked the Commissioners to report their findings by May 31, 1980. On this date the Government ordered a seven year moratorium on the locating and recording of mineral claims for the purpose of uranium exploration and the development of uranium deposits on existing claims. The Commission requested an extension to continue to receive submissions to April 15, 1980 and to complete their report by October 30, 1980. This was granted by Order-in-Council no. 597, March 13, 1980. Commissioners' reported October 30, 1980.
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The Commissioners, David V. Bates, James W. Murray and Vaulter Raudsepp were appointed in 1979 to inquire into the adequacy of existing measures to provide protection in all aspects of uranium mining in British Columbia especially as to worker and public safety and protection of the environment. Early in 1980, the Government of British Columbia declared a moratorium on exploration for and mining of uranium. In the wake of this decision, the Commission was rescinded by order-in-council 442/80 on 27 February 1980.
The records in GR-2582 consist of: verbatim transcripts of public hearings held by the Commission (72 vols.), indexes to transcripts and statements of evidence; a witness list; and an index to the Commission's research library (the Uranium Information Centre). A published three volume Commissioners' Report is held by BC Archives Library, call number: NW 338.274932/B 862. Video tape recordings of hearings are available under accession numbers: V1981:16/122 and V1988:50/162. Additional records of the Commission, transferred in 1980, are held in GR-0882. Most of the commission's records were transferred to the BC Archives in 1980. The library of the Commission was transferred to B.C. Research in Vancouver where it became known as the Uranium Information Centre.
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Transferred to B.C. Research, 1979 and then to BCARS, 1989.
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see GR-0882 and GR-3651.
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Accession number(s): 91-1327; G90-264
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- Bates, David Vincent, 1922- (Subject)
- Murray, James W. (Subject)
- Raudsepp, Vaulter (Subject)