Decisions - BC Environmental Appeal Board

Emily Toews; Elisabeth Stannus v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Third Party

Decision Type:
Preliminary applications

DENIED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema007e_010e.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-11-10

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-007(e) 2013-EMA-010(e)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Ryan Damstrom v. Regional Manager (Kootenay Boundary Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil028a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-11-07

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-028(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Robert P. Thompson v. Regional Manager (Kootenay-Boundary Region)

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014wil025a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-10-31

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-WIL-025(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Randy Wells v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Decision Type:
Preliminary issue of jurisdiction

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014ema002a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-10-31

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-EMA-002(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Steven Vestergaard v. Engineer under the Water Act

Decision Type:
Stay application

DENIED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014wat019a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-10-08

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-WAT-019(a)

Act:

Water Act
Philip Woodcock v. Deputy Director of Wildlife

Decision Type:
Consent order

APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014wil023a_consent_order.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-10-08

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-WIL-023(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Emily Toews; Elisabeth Stannus v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Third Party

Decision Type:
Application for order to produce documents

GRANTED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema007d_010d.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-10-02

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-007(d) 2013-EMA-010(d)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Frederick Vandenberghe v. Regional Manager

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014wil001a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-09-22

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-WIL-001(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Seaspan ULC (formerly Seaspan International Ltd.) v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority; Fibreco Export Inc. and 602534 BC Ltd., Domtar Inc., Third Parties Attorney General of British Columbia, Participant

Decision Type:
Application for costs

GRANTED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2010ema005c_006c.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-09-15

File Number:

Decision Number:
2010-EMA-005(c) 2010-EMA-006(c)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Seaspan ULC (formerly Seaspan International Ltd.); Domtar Inc. v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority; Fibreco Export Inc. and 602534 BC Ltd., Third Parties Attorney General of British Columbia, Participant

Decision Type:
Mid hearing rulings and abandonments

SOME APPEALS ABANDONED AND ADJOURNED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2010ema004c_005b_006b_2013ema003a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-09-15

File Number:

Decision Number:
2010-EMA-004(c) 2010-EMA-005(b) 2010-EMA-006(b) 2013-EMA-003(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Tim Stephenson v. Regional Manager (Kootenay Boundary Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED WITH ONE EXCEPTION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil014a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-09-10

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-014(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Wilfred Boardman v. Regional Manager (Kootenay Boundary Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil021a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-09-09

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-021(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Emily Toews; Elisabeth Stannus v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Third Party/Permit Holder

Decision Type:
Preliminary applications

GRANTED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema007b_007c_010b_010c.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-08-22

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-007(b) 2013-EMA-007(c) 2013-EMA-010(b) 2013-EMA-010(c)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Robert J. Cutts v. Regional Manager (Kootenay Boundary Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil024a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-07-17

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-024(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Vince Cocciolo v. Regional Manager (Kootenay Boundary Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEALS DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil019a_020a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-07-10

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-019(a) 2013-WIL-020(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Bradley Bowden v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED WITH RECOMMENDATION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil007a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-07-09

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-007(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Christine Franke v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED WITH RECOMMENDATION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil006a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-07-03

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-006(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Hans-Albert Jacobs v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART WITH RECOMMENDATION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil003a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-07-02

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-003(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Darren James Linnell v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED WITH RECOMMENDATION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil029a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-06-25

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-029(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Assistant Regional Water Manager and Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations v. Jill Fitzpatrick

Decision Type:
Preliminary application: application to strike

GRANTED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat004a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-06-16

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-004(a)

Act:

Water Act
Stewart Fraser v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED WITH RECOMMENDATION

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil026a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-05-23

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-026(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Neil T. Findlay v. Deputy Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Thompson/Okanagan Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil033a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-04-24

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-033(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Chris Condie v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Thompson/Okanagan Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil035a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-04-22

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-035(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Chris Condie v. Regional Manager, Recreational Fisheries and Wildlife Program (Cariboo Region)

British Columbia Wildlife Federation, Participant

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil030a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-04-22

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-030(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Lynda Gagne; Charles Henry Claus; Skeena Wild Conservation Trust; Lakelse Watershed Stewards Society v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Third Party/Permit Holder

Decision Type:
Reconsideration of a preliminary issue of standing to appeal

APPEALS DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema005b_008b_011b_012b.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-04-17

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-005(b) 2013-EMA-008(b) 2013-EMA-011(b) 2013-EMA-012(b)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Halme’s Auto Service Ltd.; Petro Canada Limited, now known as Suncor Energy Inc. v. Regional Waste Manager

Chardale Enterprises Ltd.; Attorney General of British Columbia, Third Parties

Decision Type:
Final decision

1998-WAS-018 DISMISSED; 1998-WAS-031 ALLOWED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/1998was018c_31a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-03-24

File Number:

Decision Number:
1998-WAS-018(c) 1998-WAS-031(a)

Act:

Waste Management Act
Chief Michelle Edwards in her own right and on behalf of Sekw’el’was (aka Cayoose Creek Indian Band) v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

District of Lillooet; Tribal Chief Shelley Leech in her own right and on behalf of T’it’q’et (aka Lillooet Indian Band), Third Parties

Decision Type:
Stay application

DENIED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2014wat008a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-03-06

File Number:

Decision Number:
2014-WAT-008(a)

Act:

Water Act
Park Oakview Holdings Ltd. v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Shell Canada Limited, Third Party

Decision Type:
Consent order

APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema013.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-02-19

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-013

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Shawnigan Residents Association.; Cowichan Valley Regional District; v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd., Applicant/Third Party John and Lois Hayes; Richard Sanders, Third Parties

Decision Type:
Preliminary application by cobble hill to vary stay order

GRANTED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema015b_019c.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-02-11

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-015(b) 2013-EMA-019(c)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Ronald Witherspoon; Cowichan Valley Regional District; John and Lois Hayes; Richard Sanders v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Cobble Hill Holdings, Applicant/Third Party Shawnigan Residents Association, Appellant/Third Party

Decision Type:
Applications by cobble hill to strike grounds for appeal

ALLOWED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema017a_019b_020a_021a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2014-02-05

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-017(a) 2013-EMA-019(b) 2013-EMA-020(a) 2013-EMA-021(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Fernie Corbel v. Regional Manager

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil043a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-12-02

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-043(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Jason Ralph Frank v. Regional Water Manager

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat012a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-11-19

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-012(a)

Act:

Water Act
Shawnigan Residents Association; Cowichan Valley Regional District v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd., Third Party

Decision Type:
Stay decisions

GRANTED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema015a_019a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-11-15

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-015(a) 2013-EMA-019(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
District of Lake Country v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

Jeffrey and Yvonne Goldstone; John Gifford and Terry Ann Ryan Whittaker; Russell and Leslie Horne; Sharon Holmes, Blair and Louise Holmes; Janice F. Quering; Angela and Darren King; Herbert Teather; Oyama Lake Resort; Lloyd and Wanda Manchester; John Giraud; John and Norma Laing; John and Loretta Moxon; Hugh and Wendy Fraser; Monteith G. Hughes, Third Parties Okanagan Indian Band, Participant

Decision Type:
Final Decision

APPEALS DISMISSED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2012wat017a_etal.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-11-13

File Number:

Decision Number:
2012-WAT-017(a) 2012-WAT-018(a) 2012-WAT-019(a) 2012-WAT-020(a) 2012-WAT-021(a) 2012-WAT-022(a) 2012-WAT-023(a) 2012-WAT-024(a) 2012-WAT-025(a) 2012-WAT-026(a) 2012-WAT-027(a) 2012-WAT-028(a) 2012-WAT-029(a) 2012-WAT-030(a)

Act:

Water Act
Darren DeLuca v. Regional Manager of Fish and Wildlife

Coastal British Columbia Guide Outfitter Association, Participant

Decision Type:
Final Decision

APPEALS DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil046a_047a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-31

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-046(a) 2013-WIL-047(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Lynda Gagne; Emily Toews; Charles Henry Claus; Pamela Vollrath; Elisabeth Stannus; Skeena Wild Conservation Trust; Lakelse Watershed Stewards Society v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Third Party/Permit Holder

Decision Type:
Preliminary issue of jurisdiction

APPEALS ALLOWED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013ema005a_007a_008a_009a_010a_011a_012a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-31

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-EMA-005(a) 2013-EMA-007(a) 2013-EMA-008(a) 2013-EMA-009(a) 2013-EMA-010(a) 2013-EMA-011(a) 2013-EMA-012(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Robert Ackerman; Julie Nurse; Kenneth Hampson; Alix Macdonald and Dieter Haubold; Swissterra Land Corporation v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

David Mario Lang and Elizabetha Lidia Lang, Third Parties

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEALS DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2012wat034a_035a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-28

File Number:

Decision Number:
2012-WAT-034(a) 2012-WAT-035(a)

Act:

Water Act
John Vlchek, doing business as Cariboo Water Wells Ltd. v. Regional Water Manager

Hazel Collins, Third Party Patrick and Rebecca Barton; Carson and Theresa Warncke; Leslie and Sonya Warncke, Participants

Decision Type:
Stay application

GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat025a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-28

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-025(a)

Act:

Water Act
Ellen Weir, Greg Whynacht; D’Arcy Lubin, Ian R. Poyntz; Catherine Willows Woodrow; Michael Dix (on behalf of himself and the Cowichan Lake Recreational Community Inc.) v. Deputy Comptroller of Water Rights

Catalyst Paper Corporation, Third Party Cowichan Watershed Board, Applicant

Decision Type:
Preliminary decision

PARTICIPANT STATUS ; GRANTED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat013a_015b_016a_017b_018b_019b.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-24

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-013(a) 2013-WAT-015(b) 2013-WAT-016(a) 2013-WAT-017(b) 2013-WAT-018(b) 2013-WAT-019(b)

Act:

Water Act
Katrina Sigloch v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

Patricia and Richard Prescott, Third Party

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat002a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-10-18

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-002(a)

Act:

Water Act
Greg Whynacht; Ian R. Poyntz; Catherine Willows Woodrow; Michael Dix (on behalf of himself and the Cowichan Lake Recreational Community Inc.) v. Deputy Comptroller of Water Rights

Catalyst Paper Corporation, Third Party

Decision Type:
Preliminary issue of jurisdiction

APPEALS ALLOWED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat015a_017a_018a_019a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-08-23

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-015(a) 2013-WAT-017(a) 2013-WAT-018(a) 2013-WAT-019(a)

Act:

Water Act
Domtar Inc. v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Seaspan ULC; Fibreco Export Inc. and 602534 BC Ltd.; Attorney General of British Columbia; Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Third Parties

Decision Type:
Preliminary application

DENIED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2010ema004b.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-08-07

File Number:

Decision Number:
2010-EMA-004(b)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Francis Baller v. Regional Manager

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil036a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-08-07

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-036(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Burquitlam Building Limited and Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust v. Director, Environmental Management Act

Canada Safeway Ltd., Third Party

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL ALLOWED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2012ema002b.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-07-17

File Number:

Decision Number:
2012-EMA-002(b)

Act:

Environmental Management Act
Sarah Ardley v. Regional Manager

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil044a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-07-16

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-044(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Abraham Dougan v. Regional Managers

Decision Type:
Consent order

APPEAL ALLOWED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wil049.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-07-12

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WIL-049

Act:

Wildlife Act
Southeast Kelowna Irrigation District v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

Edward F. Lawrence; Brian and Kimberley McDivitt, Third Parties

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEALS DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2012wat016a_031a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-07-11

File Number:

Decision Number:
2012-WAT-016(a) 2012-WAT-031(a)

Act:

Water Act
Sage Investments Ltd. v. Assistant Regional Water Manager

Decision Type:
Stay application

GRANTED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2013wat011a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-06-18

File Number:

Decision Number:
2013-WAT-011(a)

Act:

Water Act
Jozef and Bibiana Demcak v. Director of Wildlife

Attorney General of British Columbia, Third Party

Decision Type:
Final decision

APPEAL DISMISSED

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2012wil012a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-06-14

File Number:

Decision Number:
2012-WIL-012(a)

Act:

Wildlife Act
Seaspan ULC (formerly Seaspan International Ltd.) v. Domtar Inc.

Decision Type:
Applications for orders to produce documents

APPLICATIONS GRANTED IN PART

File:
https://www.bceab.ca/app/uploads/sites/717/2020/04/2010ema004a_005a_006a_2011ema003a.pdf

Date Decision Issued:
2013-06-11

File Number:

Decision Number:
2010-EMA-004(a) 2010-EMA-005(a) 2010-EMA-006(a) 2011-EMA-003(a)

Act:

Environmental Management Act

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