Geophysical Exploration Regulation (B.C. Reg. 361/98). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision British Columbia Document type Regulation Date 1998 (2004) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Mining Exploration Policy/planning Inspection Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Authorization/permit Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Regulation enacts section 36 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. The present Regulation applies to all geophysical exploration for petroleum and natural gas in British Columbia. Section 3 establishes that an application for approval to undertake a project must be made in the form required by the commission. If an operator proposes to alter the geophysical exploration from that described in the original application, the operator must submit a revised application to the commission. The text consists of 19 sections as follows: Interpretation (1); Application (2); Application for project approval (3); Reports (4); Registered traplines (5); Consent of highway authorities (6); Survey monuments (7); Geophysical exploration near pipeline, utility, residence, etc.(8); Shot hole plugging (9); Marking shot holes (10); Unexploded charges (11); Flow of gas or water (12); Inspection (13); Refuse removal (14); Campsite abandonment (15); Repair of damage (16);Use of trails and roads made on Crown lands (17); Bonding (18); Term of geophysical licence (19). One Schedule is enclosed. Full text English Website www.qp.gov.bc.ca References - Legislation Implements Petroleum and Natural Gas Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 361). Legislation | Canada | 1979 (2016) Keyword: Basic legislation, Oil, Natural gas, Transport/storage, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment, Minerals, Mining, Access right, Authorization/permit, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Geophysical Exploration Regulation (B.C. Reg. 280/2010). Legislation | Canada | 2010 Keyword: Survey/mapping, Public land, Mining, Exploration, Policy/planning, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX