Remediation, Reclamation, and Restoration
This page provides links to Commission documentation relating to oil and gas activity site restoration requirements, including manuals, forms and additional information.
Manuals
This document provides guidance for oil and gas permit holders on the requirements and expectations for Certificate of Restoration applications made to the Commission.
Please Note: this document was formerly the Certificate of Restoration Application Manual.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
January 2020 | February 2020 | Please refer to the Table of Revisions within the document for a detailed list of edits made. |
Guidelines
The Schedule B – Site Reclamation Assessment provides industry with the reclamation assessment requirements for lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve.
| Version Date | Update |
|---|---|
November 2013 | This document has been updated to reflect the new ALC-OGC Delegation Agreement. |
The Site Classification Tool guides industry through the requirements to determine if an oil and gas site is required to complete and submit potential high risk Site Documentation to the Ministry of Environment.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2019 | July 2019 | Updated to reflect the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation. |
Forms
The Access to Crown Land for Offsite Investigation Form is used by permit holders to apply for Crown land access for the purpose of environmental investigation related to existing oil and gas activities.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
December 2018 | January 2019 | Updated Block E and Block F. |
Part 1 of the Certificate of Restoration Application Form is used by permit holders to apply for a remediated site status.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2019 | July 2019 | This form has been updated to reflect the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation. Users are encouraged to review in full and refer to News Release 2019-02 on the Commission's website |
Part 2 of the Certificate of Restoration Application Form is used by permit holders to apply for a reclaimed site status.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2016 | June 2016 | Updated to reflect Business Transition Strategy, incl: new Application Management System, eSubmission, and release of new Oil and Gas Activity Application Manual/Oil and Gas Activity Operations Manual. For more information, see INDB 2016-16. |
This form must be submitted under the authorities of the Oil and Gas Activities Act, s. 43, and the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation, s. 7, in hardcopy, to the Oil and Gas Commission, at the address noted above.
This form may only be completed by a professional or technologist registered as a member in good standing with an organization operating under an act of the British Columbia legislature.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2019 | July 2019 | This is a new form created to reflect the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation. Users are encouraged to review in full and refer to News Release 2019-02 on the Commission's website. |
The Environmental Site Assessment Checklist must be completed and submitted as part of an Environmental Site Assesment Report submitted under Section 7(b) of the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation and as part of an application for a CoR under Section 41(1) of the Oil and Gas Activities Act.
Please note: This document was formerly the Certificate of Restoration Application Part 1 Checklist.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
January 2020 | January 2020 | Updated sections on page 1 and 3. Users are encouraged to review in full. |
The Site Classification Form allows industry to demonstrate site condition and regulatory authority responsible for oversight of remediation to the Commission.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2019 | July 2019 | Updated to reflect the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation. |
Additional Information
The Restoration Verification Audit Program Procedure Manual provides an overview of the Commission's restoration verification audit program.
| Version Date | Effective Date | Update |
|---|---|---|
June 2013 | July 2013 | This document replaces the 2012 Restoration Verification Audit Program Procedure Manual. Users are encouraged to review the document in full. |