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On February 1, 2021, amendments to B.C.'s Environmental Management Act and the Contaminated Sites Regulation (the Stage 13 Amendments) will come into effect which will affect the application process for redevelopment of lands formerly used for specified industrial or commercial uses. These amendments will affect most subdivision, zoning, development permit and building permit applications for such lands, automatically requiring the applicant to undertake site investigations before the applications are approved. The amendments could also see a proliferation of litigation as developers/owners...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Feb. 1, 2021, the Province of British Columbia brought new obligations for identifying and addressing contaminated sites through amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulation (the Regulation) into force. What you need to know The legislation establishes the process for identifying potentially contaminated sites and ensuring that such sites are investigated and remediated as needed after they have been decommissioned, where operations have ceased, or before re-use or redevelopment. B.C...