Environmental excavation and remediation

Several layers can apply. The Water Sustainability Act requires a notification (at least 45 days ahead for listed low-risk changes) or a change approval for work in and about a stream. The federal Fisheries Act may require a DFO review or authorization. Under the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation, residential, commercial or industrial development within 30 m of a stream needs a Qualified Environmental Professional’s assessment where the regulation applies, and most cities add their own streamside rules.

The province sets timing windows for instream work by region. On environmental projects the consultant and the permits set the window, and the excavation crew works within it.

BC’s Heritage Conservation Act protects sites with evidence of human habitation or use before 1846, on public and private land, recorded or not. The Archaeology Branch asks that finds and remains not be disturbed and that the Branch be contacted; for possible human remains, contact it immediately.

PCE has worked with Matcon and Matcon Environmental on the Paul Lake dam upgrade near Kamloops, wildfire cleanup in Lytton, environmental cleanup around Lillooet and remote work at Rivers Inlet, plus creek restoration, fisheries and habitat work and oil spill clean-up.