EAO COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
Environmental Assessment
Every proposed project that undergoes an environmental assessment is thoroughly assessed on its specific individual aspects, including its potential environmental, economic, social, cultural, and health effects, as well as its impacts on First Nations and their rights.
The Cariboo Gold Project was subject to review under the 2018 BC Environmental Assessment Act, which was led by British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office (EAO), and received its Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) on October 10, 2023.
Once an environmental assessment certificate is issued, post-certificate activities include mitigation effectiveness reports, audits, certificate amendments, extensions, and transfers. The Compliance and Enforcement Branch of the EAO conducts compliance inspections of regulated parties and projects and, where required, uses enforcement to ensure projects are designed, built, operated, and decommissioned or reclaimed in compliance with the legally binding requirements of the Act, its regulations, and environmental assessment certificates.
CARIBOO GOLD PROJECT EA MANAGEMENT PLANS
- EAC Condition #10 - Construction Environmental Management Plan
- EAC Condition #11 - Care and Maintenance Plan
- EAC Condition #13 - Environmental Effects Management Plan
- EAC Condition #14 - Caribou Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
- EAC Condition #16 - Community Effects Plan
- EAC Condition #17 - Health and Medical Services Plan
- EAC Condition #18 - Drinking Water Water Treatment Plan
- EAC Condition #19 - Human Health Monitoring and Management Plan
- EAC Condition #20 - End Land Use Plan
- EAC Condition #21 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan
- EAC Condition #22 - Aquatic Effects Management Plan
Links to the above documents will be made available following final review by the EAO.