B.C. proposes to change rules on mine development, compensation
Publisher: s.n
Published: 1992
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Other titles: Northern miner (0029-3164)
Description:   The British Columbia government's proposed changes to environmental assessment legislation and compensation policies, and their effects on the mining industry, were discussed.  The government, in a paper "Reforming Environmental Assessment in British Columbia" proposed the introduction of project justification analyses, public reviews and a Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks' take over the mine development review process.  The mining industry's concerns are that the government would be the deciding body for a project's economic viability and that social values and public interest would be included in such "project justification analyses".  Fears of biased public review panels, the mining industry's saddling of the economic burden of the extra proceedings, and the inquiries into compensation for mineral and forest interest holders were also reviewed.
Notes: In : The northern miner (newspaper), vol.78, no.7, April 20, 1992, p. A16.

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