Series GR-3837 - Socio-economic and environmental assessment review case files

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Socio-economic and environmental assessment review case files

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  • 1994-2006 (Creation)

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76 cm of textual records

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(2005-2010)

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In 2005 the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands was renamed from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries when it was transferred the responsibility for Land and Water British Columbia Inc. and Land Information BC (OIC 450/2005). The mandate of the ministry was to promote economic development and environmental sustainability for the agricultural, aquaculture and food sectors. The ministry is responsible for managing Crown land, allocating Crown land, setting policy for managing the resources, and working with other stakeholders.

In 2010, the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of Agriculture. At this time, many Land functions were transferred to the Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands, and the newly created Ministry of Natural Resource Operations (OIC 652/2010). The Ministry of Agriculture also gained the following functions: policy advice related to range resource management from the Minister of Forests and Range, and marine fisheries and seafood industry development from the Ministry of Environment.

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(2001-2005)

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The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks was renamed the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management in 2001 (OIC 565/2001). Many functions of the old Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks were also transferred to the newly established Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection.

One of the main roles of the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management was to be a central agency for land use planning. It was created from the planning branches of several groups, including all the functions of the recently disestablished Land Use Coordination Office (LUCO). Additional functions included survey, mapping, resource inventories, Crown land policies, water rights and licensing, the Land Reserve Commission, the British Columbia Assets and Land Corporation, the Archaeology Branch, among others.

The ministry was disestablished in 2005 (OIC 450/2005). Most of its functions related to land were transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. Other functions were likely transferred to the new Ministry of Environment (renamed from the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection).

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(1991-2001)

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In 1991, the Ministry of Environment was disestablished. Its functions were then merged with the functions of the Ministry of Lands and Parks to create a new ministry called the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (OIC 1374/1991).

In 2001 the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks was renamed the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management when the following functions were transferred to the newly established Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection: Environmental Emergencies, Parks and Recreation, the Wildlife Branch, the Environmental Youth Team, the Environment Appeal Board and the Sustainable Environment Fund (OIC 565/2001).

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(1988-2005)

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In 1988, the Ministry of Forests was renamed from the Ministry of Forests and Lands (OIC 1305/1988). The Ministry of Forests was responsible for the management of forest and range resources of the Crown and the planned use of such land in accordance with the Forest Act and Department of Forest Act. The department was also responsible for encouraging maximum productivity of those resources and encouraging a competitive timber processing industry in the province. The new organizational structure consisted of three divisions: Forestry, Operations and Management Services. A number of branches also reported directly to the Deputy Minister. During fiscal year 1993-1994, a Policy and Planning Division was formed to take in the branches that formerly reported directly to the Deputy. The ministry was renamed the Ministry of Forests and Range in 2005 (OIC 450/2005).

Custodial history

Land-use planning in British Columbia was managed by the Ministry of Forests until 1992 when the Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE) was found. When CORE dissolved in 1996, the management of the land-use planning process was taken over by an interagency secretariat known as the Land Use Coordination Office (LUCO). It is difficult to trace the creators of these documents as each region had its own Regional Interagency Management Committee made up of public servants from any number of provincial ministries that had interests in Crown Land. These public servants may have also changed positions and ministries over the course of the planning process while maintaining their role in the LRMP planning team. The Interagency Management Committees in turn created stakeholder tables comprised of any number of participants representing all levels of government, environmental and community groups, the general public, the private sector and aboriginal groups. Each regional table was appointed an independent chair and was supported by professional staff from government agencies that helped manage meetings, provide information and undertake technical analysis. Facilitators were also hired to provide training workshops to prepare stakeholders for the process. Each table also had subcommittees tasked to research and analyze specific issues in detail and make recommendations back to the table. All of these records were presumably accumulated by members of the Regional Interagency Management Committee and the individual LRMP table support staff, with individual files being stamped by the ministry where the receiving public servant (usually part of a planning division in that ministry) had their office. With the establishment of the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management in 2001, the process for land-use planning was streamlined and it is presumed that around this time records keeping practices began being centralized. During another phase of restructuring within government, responsibilities for supervising land-use and resource planning were moved to the Integrated Land Management Bureau within the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (the Bureau was later moved to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations from where the records were transferred).

Scope and content

This series includes records relating to the review of socio-economic and environmental assessments (SEEA). The records cover the development of policy and procedures for assessments and assessment analysis. They also document the reviews that have been performed in support of Resource Management Plans.
Every resource management plan requires socio-economic and an environmental assessment to confirm the objectives and viability of the plan. Typically a consultant is hired during the creation of a plan to perform the analysis which is then examined and reviewed to verify its accuracy and objectives.

The records in this series include various ministries’ comments on plans and requests for conservation and environmental protection measures in relation to proposed plans. Government produced documents also include notices of pending environmental certificates from developers, as well as briefing notes, news releases and announcements. The series also contains the records of related working groups and committees who were involved in facilitating workshops on assessing projects, organizing the process and analyzing the assessments.

Other records include third party evaluations of proposed developments, such as resorts and landfills, and analysis and impact concerns on wildlife, water resources and the environment in addition to socio-economic impacts. Some environmental assessment certificate applications submitted by developers are also included and cover research conducted for the assessment as well as maps and graphs.

The records are arranged according to the Resource Management Operational Records Classification System (schedule 144100) using the following primary numbers:

17400: RMP – Resource Management Plans

And the secondary number -40 (SEEA review case files).

This series currently contains records from the Kamloops, Lillooet LRMP and the Okanagan-Shuswap LRMP tables. The records from the associated accession(s) cover all types of land use and resource planning, including landscape unit plans, sustainable resource management plans, land and resource management plans, local and regional resource use plans, and other land and/or resource use plans as they were all part of a greater land-use strategy.

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Transferred from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Resource Operations in 2017.

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Associated materials

For records belonging to accessions pertaining only to land-use strategies developed by the Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE), please see GR-3559 Land use strategy and planning process records.

Related series:
GR-3697: LRMP First Nation consultation case files
GR-3793: Land and resource management committee files
GR-3810: Land and resource management planning teams
GR-3834: Consultation case files
GR-3835: Development case files
GR-3836: Implementation and monitoring case files
GR-3838: Policy and procedures
GR-3839: Approved plans, studies and terms of reference

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Accession number(s): 96-7598

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