Waste management

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Environmental Appeal Board appeal records

  • GR-3999
  • Series
  • 1964-1987

This series consists of appeal files and other records from the Environmental Appeal Board, 1981-1987. The series also includes some appeal or hearing files from its predecessors, the Pesticide Control Appeal Board and Pollution Control Board dating back as early as 1964.

The appeals relate to a variety of permits and licences issued by the government to manage the use of various natural resources and other aspects of the environment. Appeal files are grouped by the piece of legislation they relate to.

Appeals and hearings under the Pesticide Control Act (RSBC 1979 c. 322) include the use and application of pesticides and herbicides for purposes including weed control, mosquito control, and wildlife (wolf and coyote) control. Most appeals wish to amend or cancel pesticide permits due to concerns including poison leeching into water supply, and injury to people or other animals.

Appeals under the Wildlife Act (SBC 1982 c. 57) relate to restoring hunting and guide outfitter licences which had been cancelled or amended as a result an of alleged contravention of the Wildlife Act.

Appeals under the Water Act (RSBC 1979 c. 429) may relate to the application, cancellation or amendment of water licences as well as other issues relating to water quality and quantity.

Appeal under the Waste Management Act (SBC 1982 c.41) and the Pollution Control Act (RSBC 1979 c. 332) relate to attempts to cancel or amend waste management permits. Permits may relate to disposing of sewage and other waste materials through burning, landfills, and release into the air or a body of water.

Appeal files may include respondent’s submissions, precedents, transcripts, exhibits, petitions, copies of permits, correspondence from stakeholders, maps, photographs, decisions, responses to decisions, permits, court records, newspaper clippings, and administrative records related to organizing the appeals.

The series also includes some transcripts of proceedings; reports or other reference material; day copies of correspondence from the Associate Deputy Minister E.H. Vernon and Deputy Minister Lloyd Brooks; and other administrative records relating to the operation of the Appeal Boards. There are also some court records related to cases that were appealed to the Supreme or Provincial courts.

Transferred under one-time schedule number 870581.

British Columbia. Environmental Appeal Board

Pollution Control Board records

  • GR-4035
  • Series
  • 1956-1981

This series consists of a variety of administrative and operational records created by the Pollution Control Board from 1956-1981. Most records are related to specific appeals or objections to a permit. This includes those from individuals or groups seeking intervenor or objector status in an appeal. Appeals include objections to a variety of pollution and waste permits issued across the province. Records include:

Reports and intervenor records (presented at the hearings) from the Lower Fraser River Public Hearing or related to the environmental plan for the Fraser River Estuary.

Summary records or minutes of board meetings. These may relate to the establishment of the board; creation or alteration of procedures; approval or acceptance of new appeals; discussions of current appeals; approval of official intervenors or objectors on appeals; appeal decisions; discussions of meetings and reports submitted to the board; and other ongoing work. These files may include agendas, correspondence, copies of records referenced in meetings and meeting notices.

There are a variety of other administrative records as well. These include meeting notices, procedures, agendas, records related to the organization of meetings or public hearings, financial records, scheduling records, news releases, newspaper clippings, reports and correspondence.

There is also a correspondence file from the Pollution Control Chairman. Most records are letters from individuals or organizations who seek intervenor status in various hearings. These letters are forwarded to the Director for assessment.

Transferred under one-time schedule number 870583.

British Columbia. Pollution Control Board

Waste management area files

  • GR-4037
  • Series
  • 1948-1981

This series consists of waste management files for areas across the province from 1948-1981. The records were created by the Pollution Control Branch of the Ministry of Environment, and its predecessors. They document the management of waste outside the waste management permit system, but still under the authority of the Waste Management Act (SBC 1982 c. 41).

Waste management can involve the disposal or mitigation of: water pollution, assessing water quality, sewage, waste from slaughterhouses and canneries, garbage and other solid waste, heavy metals, oil, agricultural or manure, and other industrial discharges.

Topics addressed in the files include: major federal-provincial or international activities or issues related to large areas such as an entire watershed; assessments of the environmental health of certain areas of the province through various tests, sampling, inspections and surveys; liaison with other waste management authorities in the province, such as municipalities and other levels of government; correspondence with individuals or groups making complaints or voicing concerns over environmental issues and waste disposal; and correspondence with potential permittees prior to application of a waste management permit.

Records include correspondence, memoranda, water quality reports, studies, statistical data, agreements, newspaper clippings, photos and maps.

Some of the larger files regard places such as: Columbia River basin, Buttle Lake, Fraser River, Kamloops, Kelowna, Libby Dam, Naramata, Okanagan Basin, Thompson River, Trail Cominco Mine, Victoria, and the Greater Vancouver area. However, other files relate to other municipalities and bodies of water across the province.

The records are arranged alphabetically by area or place. Some files contain records related to multiple places beginning with a particular latter. For example, the 'Area “D”' file includes records on Deroche, Dawson Creek, Deadman Creek, etc.

British Columbia. Pollution Control Branch

Webster! : 1987-02-16

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Doug MacKay, Manager of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), discusses the district's solid waste management plan and under what circumstances solid waste may be disposed of in the Interior. Three London newspaper editors are guests on the show and discuss the UK newspaper business and share their opinions on some current political topics in the UK. The three editors are Lloyd Turner of The Star, Nick Lloyd of Daily Express, and Robin Esser of Sunday Express. In a taped video segment Webster walks along Vancouver's Granville Street and Mall with alderman Jonathan Baker who also chairs the Granville Planning Committee. They discuss urban decay of the area and some ideas for its future.