A review of the management of the Britannia Mine remediation project : counting the pennies

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium

A review of the management of the Britannia Mine remediation project : counting the pennies Azevedo, Barry, 1964-; O’Hara, Gerry

Abstract

The Province of British Columbia began planning and budgeting for the Britannia Mine Remediation Project in 1997, subsequent to the B.C. Contaminated Sites Regulation becoming effective. Remediation planning was conducted in significant consultation with stakeholders, and with the guidance of a technical advisory committee, which has proven a valuable approach. The Contaminated Sites Regulation provided a legal incentive for the former mine owners to reach a settlement with the Province. A settlement was reached between the Province and the former mine owners in April 2001. The settlement only provided a portion of the total estimated remediation cost and therefore required the Province to commit additional dollars to fully fund the plan. The Province subsequently reached an agreement with the new owner of the mine site in 2003 and took ownership of the vast majority of the Britannia Mine lands. The Province also received development levies from the privately held lands and other cash-in-kind considerations. The original remediation plan and budget was developed with only limited site knowledge; however, the project budget has benefited from some early conservative assumptions, effective project management, and cost-effective WTP procurement and delivery. However, there remain substantial outstanding liabilities that may impact the budget in the future.

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Title	A review of the management of the Britannia Mine remediation project : counting the pennies
Creator	Azevedo, Barry, 1964-; O’Hara, Gerry
Contributor	British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued	2007
Description	The Province of British Columbia began planning and budgeting for the Britannia Mine Remediation Project in 1997, subsequent to the B.C. Contaminated Sites Regulation becoming effective. Remediation planning was conducted in significant consultation with stakeholders, and with the guidance of a technical advisory committee, which has proven a valuable approach. The Contaminated Sites Regulation provided a legal incentive for the former mine owners to reach a settlement with the Province. A settlement was reached between the Province and the former mine owners in April 2001. The settlement only provided a portion of the total estimated remediation cost and therefore required the Province to commit additional dollars to fully fund the plan. The Province subsequently reached an agreement with the new owner of the mine site in 2003 and took ownership of the vast majority of the Britannia Mine lands. The Province also received development levies from the privately held lands and other cash-in-kind considerations. The original remediation plan and budget was developed with only limited site knowledge; however, the project budget has benefited from some early conservative assumptions, effective project management, and cost-effective WTP procurement and delivery. However, there remain substantial outstanding liabilities that may impact the budget in the future.
Extent	1175200 bytes
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Date Available	2009-05-26
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0042516
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8270
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Copyright Holder	British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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