BC Ministry of Environment, Lands

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BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and
Parks Pollution Prevention Planning for Large
Industry Presentation prepared for the June
7 8, 2001, 5th Canadian P2 Roundtable in St.
Johns, NFLD
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Development Implementation of P2 Planning in BC

• PHASE 1 - Pilot Demonstration Project
• PHASE 2 - Develop Recommendations
• PHASE 3 - Implementation

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Development Implementation of P2 Planning in BC

• PHASE 1 - Pilot Demonstration Project

- 1996 to 1999
PHASE 2 - Develop Recommendations
- Implementation 2000 to (June 30??) 2001
PHASE 3 - Implementation
- (expected to commence in 2001 following
Ministry response to recommendations)
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Development Implementation of P2 Planning in BC

• PHASE 1 - Pilot Demonstration Project
• - 1996 to 1999

- BC Government and Six Large Industries
PHASE 2 - Develop Recommendations -
Implementation 2000 to (June 30??) 2001
- 3 Levels of Govt, Industry,
Environmentalists, Labour, Academics, Business
Council of BC, Canadian Environmental Audit
Association
PHASE 3 - Implementation - (expected to
commence in 2001 following Ministry response to
recommendations)
- Multistakeholder
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BC P2 Environmental Protection Hierarchy

• Prevention
• - Avoidance, Elimination, Or Substituting Of
  Polluting Products
• - Reduction In Use of Polluting Products
• Three Rs
• - Reduction And Elimination Of The Generation
  Of Polluting By-Products
• - Reuse And Recycling of Pollutants By-products
• - Energy Recovery of Polluting By-products
• Control
• - Treatment Or Containment Of Polluting
  Residuals
• - Remediation of Waste And Other Polluted Sites

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Waste Discharges to the Environment Require Waste
Management Act Authorization
- Permits
- Approvals
- Waste Management Plans
- Regulations

• BC Pollution Prevention (P2) Plans for large
  industry will complement, not replace, the need
  for the above described authorization

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BC P2 Plans Will Be

• Site Specific
• Voluntary Entry
• Compliance Plus
• Include Mandatory Elements
• - Involve Workers and Community
• Consider Social and Community Interests as well
  as losses of Material and Energy, Including
  Environment and Waste Discharges

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BC P2 Plans are Intended to Harmonize as much as
Possible with

• - ISO 14001
• - Federal CEPA P2 Plans
• - GVRD P2 Planning

Our Goal Is To
- Ensure that work done to satisfy an element of
a BC P2 Plan would also satisfy a similar
requirement of a federal CEPA P2 Plan,
Etc. - Avoid Contradiction or duplication with
Federal or GVRD P2 Planning
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Pollution Prevention is
Strategic planning
Shared decision making
change management
all within the context of sustainable development
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Required Entry Criteria

• The Company Must be Committed to
• Undertaking the P2 planning process
• Developing the capability to measure and manage
  inputs and outputs
• Initiating and sustaining a community involvement
  process
• Providing information and orientation to all
  stakeholders involved in the P2 planning process
• Provide adequate resources (including staff) to
  undertake P2 planning
• Long-term process of performance monitoring,
  evaluation and continuous improvement
• An open and co-operative process with government
  and the public

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Inherent Benefits of P2 Planning to Industry

• Participation in an open process to identify
  environmental priorities at the local, regional,
  and provincial levels, accommodating national and
  international commitments
• Integration of environmental and economic
  planning
• More efficient application of resources for
  environmental benefit
• Improved relations with local communities
• Enhanced corporate image
• Improved worker motivation and morale

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Inherent Benefits of P2 Planning to Community

• Direct, open communication with industry and
  government
• Improved input in setting environmental
  priorities
• Direct involvement in reducing pollution locally
• Establishment of co-operative relationships with
  industry
• Better co-ordination of environmental measures
  with municipalities
• Greater public outreach to the community at large

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Government Driven
Business - Government Driven
Business Driven
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Government Driven
Business - Government Driven
Some financial incentives from Govt
Agreed on planning process elements
PAC or other appropriate approach to public
involvement
Business Driven
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Government Driven
Significant govt involvement and oversight
Govt approval of P2 Plan
Prescribed accountability process
Business - Government Driven
Co-operative Business - Govt process
Mutually developed accountability process
Govt endorsement of P2 Plan
Business Driven
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Draft Recommendations

• The draft report currently contains 41 specific
  recommendations. A few are described below
• A 25 reduction for two years in waste discharge
  fees for entry to the P2 planning process
• The above fee reduction should continue beyond 2
  years provided performance both
• - exceeds target in the P2 Plan, and
• - goes beyond statutory performance requirements

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Draft Recommendations cont./

• The province should consider tax incentives for
  P2 investments
• Names of companies and committees involved in P2
  planning be published annually on a government
  environmental recognition list
• A multistakeholder advisory group should guide
  the province-wide implementation

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Draft Recommendations cont./

• The P2 planning process
• Includes open and transparent community and
  public involvement
• Should include employee involvement
• Unions must be invited to participate
• Company to provide resources for worker and
  PAC/CAP participation
• Performance subject to audit or verification

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BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and ParksP2
Planning Web Address
http//www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/ industrial_was
te/pollution_prvntn/ipphome.html
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Questions?
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Participants in First PhaseDemonstration Project

• MELP
• CPPA (FMC)
• Fletcher Challenge
• Cominco

• Tilbury Cement
• Westcoast Energy
• Alcan
• (Riverside Forest Products)

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WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT DEFINITION FOR POLLUTION

• "pollution" means the presence in the environment
  of substances or contaminants that substantially
  alter or impair the usefulness of the environment

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