Environmental Assessment Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 119). País/Territorio Canadá Subdivisión territorial British Columbia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1994 (1996) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Medio ambiente gen. Palabra clave Legislación básica EIA Institución Pueblos indígenas Área geográphica Americas, Ártico, Asia y Pacifico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte Resumen This Act is composed of 8 parts, creating a legal framework for environmental impact assessment (EIA). Among the purposes of the Act, section 2 lists the following: to provide an open, accountable and neutrally administered process for the assessment of reviewable projects, and to activities that pertain to the environment and land use; to provide for participation by the public, proponents, first nations (native populations), local, provincial and federal government. The Act does not apply to "forest practice", as defined in the Forest Practices Code of B.C. (sect. 3). Whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council has the power to make regulations prescribing what constitutes a reviewable project (sect. 3), the Minister has the power to designate a project as reviewable if satisfied that it has or may have a "significant adverse effect" and that it is in the public interest to do so (sect. 4), thus applying the precautionary principle. Persons must apply for Project Approval Certificates, issued by the competent Minister, before undertaking "reviewable projects". These will be examined by a Project Committee composed of representatives from the sectors mentioned above (sect. 9) and a Public Advisory Committee (at the discretion of the Executive Director of the Environmental Assessment Board). The rest of Part 2 elaborates the environmental assessment process. Guidelines for review and category assessment requirements (Part 3); Environmental Assessment Board (Part 4); Administration (Part 5); Sanctions (Part 6); General provisions (Part 7); Regulations and transitional provisions (Part 8). Texto completo Inglés Página web www.qp.gov.bc.ca Referencias - Legislación Revocado por Environmental Assessment Act ([SBC 2002] Chapter 43). Legislación | Canadá | 2002 Palabra clave: Legislación básica, Control de la contaminación, EIA, Institución, Planificación ambiental, Responsabilidad/indemnización, Normas sobre calidad ambiental, Auditoría ambiental, Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos, Evaluación/manejo de riesgos, Infracciones/sanciones, Pueblos indígenas, Política/planificación, Normas, Protección del medio ambiente Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX