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Resource Road Act Project

Resource Road Act Project. Ministry of Forests and Range Resource Tenures & Engineering Branch 2006. Resource Roads Status Quo. Uncommon and uncertain tenures Road without tenures: NSRs Inconsistent Standards Exaggerated environmental footprint Administrative complexity

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Resource Road Act Project

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  1. Resource Road Act Project Ministry of Forests and Range Resource Tenures & Engineering Branch 2006

  2. Resource Roads Status Quo • Uncommon and uncertain tenures • Road without tenures: NSRs • Inconsistent Standards • Exaggerated environmental footprint • Administrative complexity • Inter-industry friction • Ineffective land and resource management

  3. Volume of Resource Roads is Significant & Increasing Projections from digital mapping: • Approx 45,000 kms of public roads • Approx 650,000 kms of resource roads. • Up to 30,000 kms of new resource roads per year for next 5-10 years • Resource roads reaching more populated and controversial areas

  4. Project Objectives • Consolidate legislation: simplify and streamline • Harmonize standards and administration across province • Move to results based model • Establish effective dispute settlement process • Improve government’s management of existing infrastructure and liabilities

  5. Simplify and Consolidate:Transfer Best Parts of Existing Acts and Regulations into New RRA Land Act & Regulations Forest and Range Practices Act & Regulations Petroleum and Natural Gas Act& Regulations Mining Right of Way Act & Regulations Other Acts & Regulations Industrial Roads Act & Regulations Resource Roads Act & Regulations

  6. Benefits of Proceeding • Simplified permitting requirements • Common standards across industries • Reduced environmental impact • Better use of existing infrastructure • Improved inter-industry road use • Improved tracking of government liabilities • No new non status roads (NSRs) • More specific road tenures

  7. Steering CommitteeMembership • Oil and Gas Commission • Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources • Forests and Range • Environment • Tourism, Sport and the Arts • Integrated Land Management Bureau • Agriculture and Lands • Transportation

  8. Project Challenges • Avoid impacts to land-use planning processes & authorities. • Complex operational issues • Appropriate implementation schedule • Effective dispute settlement mechanism • Legislative Ownership / Sponsor

  9. Project Challenges – Cont’d. • Suitable legislative model • Creating multi-industry tools for performance metrics and C&E regimes • OGRII objectives • Existing NSRs • Inter-Industry Capitalization Policy

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