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Code of Practice for Agricultural Environmental Management (BC Reg 8/2019).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Public health Agricultural land Agricultural commodities Farming Fertilizers/nutrients Agricultural development Pollution control Waste disposal Emissions Animal production Animal feed/feedstuffs Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 28 February 2019.
Abstract

For the purpose of minimizing the introduction of waste into the environment and preventing adverse impacts to the environment and human health, this code requires persons to use environmentally responsible and sustainable agricultural practices when carrying out agricultural operations described in subsection (3). This code applies to an agricultural operation described in subsection (3) that is carried out in British Columbia (a) on (i) an agricultural land base that is owned, rented or leased, and managed, by the person who carries out the agricultural operation, and (ii) land that is not zoned for residential purposes, and (b) primarily for the purpose of distributing agricultural products to other persons, whether (i) directly or indirectly, (ii) with or without a fee, or (iii) on a commercial or non-commercial basis. The following are agricultural operations for the purposes of this code: (a) rearing and keeping livestock or poultry, and growing and harvesting agricultural products, for (i) consumption or use by humans, including as food, fibre or fuel, (ii) use as animal feed, (b) storing (i) nutrient sources and agricultural by-products, and (ii) the primary products of livestock, poultry, insects, plants and fungi; (c) carrying out agricultural composting processes; (d) applying nutrient sources to land; (e) washing, grading or packaging agricultural products, if carried out on the same agricultural land base as the livestock or poultry were reared or kept or the agricultural products were grown or harvested. A person who carries out an agricultural operation must ensure that emissions of air contaminants from forced air ventilation systems used in the agricultural operation do not enter a watercourse or cross a property boundary. A person who applies wastewater to land must ensure that the wastewater (a) contains no solid waste or visible tissue, (b) is applied only on the agricultural land base on which the wastewater was generated, and (c) is not applied to land used to grow crops for human consumption or to graze domestic ruminants.

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Website
www.bclaws.ca