The primary pieces of legislation reviewed include the Mines Act (2021), the Environmental Assessment Act (2021), the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code (HSRC) for Mines in British Columbia (Ministry of Energy and Mines, 2017), and the accompanying Guidance Document (Ministry of Energy and Mines, 2016) for Part 10 (Permitting, Reclamation and Closure) of the HSRC. [...] The primary pieces of legislation reviewed include the Mines Act (2021), the Environmental Assessment Act (2021), the HSRC (Ministry of Energy and Mines, 2017), and the accompanying Guidance Document (Ministry of Energy and Mines, 2016) for Part 10 (Permitting, Reclamation and Closure) of the HSRC. [...] HSRC 2017 and HSRC Guidance “(a) for tailings storage FEMA: Dams with the Document 2016 require facilities for which failure probable loss of a single tailings facilities and dams would result in the life in the event of failure to be able to withstand potential loss of human life, should be designed to the most extreme weather (i) the minimum seismic withstand the PMF and and seismic events (PMF. [...] C.’s Chief Inspector must composition of the ITRB Global Industry Standard: approve the membership shall be commensurate The independent reviewers and the terms of reference with the complexity of the are third-parties who for the ITRB. [...] The HSRC 2017 requires only consultation with “affected communities and First Nations” for the establishment of the Mine Emergency Response Plan, including for the “identification of potential hazards, emergency communications, and responses,” as well as for “the annual testing of the effectiveness of the Mine Emergency Response Plan” (section 3.7.1).
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