{"id":34362,"date":"2020-02-13T14:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T22:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=impact&#038;p=34362"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:27:22","slug":"environmental-assessment-reviewable-projects-regulation-results","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/environmental-assessment-reviewable-projects-regulation-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Assessment Reviewable Projects Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Environmental Assessment Reviewable Projects Regulation<\/h1>\n\n<h2><strong>Engagement Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #494949\">The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) developed a new Reviewable Projects Regulation (RPR) to replace the current RPR. This regulation sets out the criteria for determining which projects should be reviewable and required to undergo an environmental assessment (EA). EAs are conducted across Canada by provinces, territories and the federal government to assist in determining whether proposed major projects should proceed to construction and, if so, under which terms and conditions. In British Columbia, the EAO assesses major projects for potential environmental, social, economic, health and heritage effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #494949\">The EAO sought public feedback on the proposed regulation through an&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2019\/09\/reviewable_projects_regulation_intentions_paper_final.pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #1a5a96\">Intentions Paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #494949\">&nbsp;that set out the current policy recommendations for the new proposed RPR, including proposed Reviewable Project criteria as well as supporting appendices.<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #494949\">Updates to the Reviewable Projects Regulation are part of Environmental Assessment Revitalization \u2013 an initiative to modernize the way British Columbia conducts environmental assessments to ensure the rights of First Nations are respected, and the public\u2019s expectation of a strong, transparent process is met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #494949\">For more information visit the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.bc.ca\/eao\/revitalization\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;color: #1a5a96\">Environmental Assessment Revitalization website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Engagement Timeframe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>September 6 to October 15, 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input received<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1,500 completed online surveys<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>30 formal submissions from organizations and Indigenous nations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input leads to action:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/02\/rpr_what_we_heard_report.pdf\">What We Heard Report<\/a> has been released that outlines the themes of feedback we heard from the public, in addition to the themes we heard from 30 formal submissions from Indigenous nations, industry, NGOs, and others. To see how your concerns were reflected in the new Reviewable Projects Regulation, please see Appendix II of the report: <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/02\/rpr_what_we_heard_appendix_2.pdf\">What We Heard Response Table.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","engagement_category":[212],"engagement_region":[192],"engagement_status":[207],"engagement_pin_group":[],"class_list":["post-34362","engagement","type-engagement","status-publish","hentry","engagement_category-environmental-protection","engagement_region-province-wide","engagement_status-closed-with-results"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"pinned_engagement_toggle":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/34362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/engagement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/34362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60472,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/34362\/revisions\/60472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"engagement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_category?post=34362"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_region?post=34362"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_status?post=34362"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_pin_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_pin_group?post=34362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}