This section of the toolkit is divided into 2 areas - Policies and Guidelines and Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Items are listed alphabetically by title. Click the appropriate letter below to be taken to the desired area.

A . B . C . D . E . F . G . H . I . L . N . O . P . R . S . T . U . W

Title: A Guide on Biodiversity and Environmental Assessment
ID or Type: 18 pp.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Biodiversity Convention Office
Date: April 1996
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: A Review of Environmental Quality Criteria and Guidelines for Priority Substances in the Fraser River Basin
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada/ MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd.
Date: March 1994
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Access Near Aquatic Areas: A Guide to Sensitive Planning, Design and Management
ID or Type: Stewardship Series, 83 pp.
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) and BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: An Overview of “Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Habitat, 2nd Edition”
ID or Type: Stewardship Series, Pamphlet
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) (Habitat Management Division) and MELP (Integrated Management Branch)
Date: September 1993
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: Applications of Sediment Quality Guidelines in the Remediation of Contaminated Sites in BC
ID or Type: 66 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP), Industrial Wastes and Hazardous Chemicals; Donald MacDonald
Date: September 1998
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: Archaeological Impact Assessment Guidelines
ID or Type: 46 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Archaeology and Registry Services Branch
Date: Revised October 1998
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: BC Approved Water Quality Guidelines (Criteria) [Pursuant to s. 2(c) of the BC Environmental Management Act, 1981]
ID or Type: 72 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP), Water Management Branch
Date: January 2001
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Best Pracitices for the Reduction of Air Emissions from Construction and Demolition Activites
Document ID: n/a
pp.: 58
Author(s): Cheminfor Service Inc. for Environment Canada
Date: March 2005
Section of Tools: 2.2
Theme or Keyword:

Title: BMPs for Boatyards and Boaters
Document ID: n/a
pp.: 2
Author(s): Environment Canada
Date: n/a
Section of Tools: 2.2guides
Theme or Keyword: marinas

Title: Coastal Shore Stewardship: A Guide for Planners, Builders and Developers
ID or Type: Document
Source: The Stewardship Series, Province of BC
Date: n/a
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Complying with the Fisheries Act
ID or Type: 18 pp.
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)
Date: Feb 2001
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Construction Water Use Guidelines: For Release of Municipal Tap Water to the Environment
ID or Type: 12 pp.
Source: Greater Vancouver Regional District
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Coordinated Project Review in Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River Estuary
ID or Type: Brochure
Source: BIEAP-FREMP
Date: 2001
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Deterioration and Repair of Timber and Concrete Pilings
ID or Type: Florida Marine Advisory Bulletin MAP-27
Source: Christopher Jones
Date: 1982
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: DFO Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat or the National Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat
ID or Type: DFO/4486
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)
Date: 1986
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Dreging Guidelines
ID or Type: n/a
Source: FREMP
Date: 2005
Location: PDF (new window)

Title: Environmental Guidelines for Vegetation Management on Flood Protection Works to Protect Public Safety and the Environment
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP) and Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)
Date: 1999
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Environmental Information Sheet
ID or Type: Fact Sheet, 3 pp.
Source: Canadian Coast Guard
Date: Unknown
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: Fish Habitat Management Guidelines for the Siting, Design, Construction and Operation of Marinas in BC
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) and BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)
Date: Nov 1991
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: Float Home Standards
ID or Type: 14 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services
Date: 1993
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: General BC Govenment Land Use BMPs
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Environment
Date: July 2006
Location: Visit website

Title: Georgia Basin Boater Outreach Program: Final Report
ID or Type: 4 pp.
Source: Georgia Straight Alliance
Date: July 2001
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Guide to Green Boating
ID or Type: Brochure
Source: Georgia Straight Alliance
Date: 2000
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guide to the BC Environmental Assessment Process
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Environmental Assessment Office
Date: March 2003
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guidelines for Attaining No Net Loss
ID or Type: DFO/4961, Brochure
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO), Fish Habitat Conservation and Protection, Communications Directorate
Date: 1995
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guidelines for Designing and Implementing a Water Quality Monitoring Program in British Columbia
ID or Type: RIC Publication
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection/ Resource Inventory Commission/ Cavanagh, Nordin, Pommer and Swain
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guidelines for Dealing with Development Effects on Species and Ecosystems at Risk
ID or Type: Working Document
Source: BC Ministry of Environment
Date: July 2006

Title: Guidelines for Industry Emergency Response Contingency Plans
ID or Type: 16 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection/ Environmental Emergencies Date: March 1992, revised
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guidelines for Management of Flood Protection Works in British Columbia
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Date: Unknown
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Guidelines for the Use of Explosives In or Near Canadian Fisheries Waters
ID or Type: Tech Report 2107, 34 pp.
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)/ Wright and Hopky
Date: 1998
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Guidelines on Storage, Use and Disposal of Wood Residue for the Protection of Fish Habitat in British Columbia
ID or Type: DOE-FRAP Report 95-18, 28 pp.
Source: Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans, FRAP/ Liu, Samis and Nassichuk
Date: 1996
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Guidelines to Protect Fish and Fish Habitat from Treated-wood Use in Aquatic Environments in the Pacific Region
ID or Type: Tech Report 2314
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)/ Hutton and Samis
Date: 2000
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Habitat Conservation and Protection Guidelines, 2nd ed.
ID or Type: DFO/5859
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO)/ Communications Directorate
Date: 1998
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Interim Contaminant Testing Guidelines for Ocean Disposal
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region, OceanDisposal Advisory Committee
Date: March 2000
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Land Development Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Habitat, 2nd Edition
ID or Type: Stewardship Series, 129 pp.
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) and BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)/ Chilibeck, Chislett and Norris
Date: September, 1993
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Liquid Waste Management Plan
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Greater Vancouver Regional District
Date: February 2001
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Log Bundling Strand Recycling Initative
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada
Date: 2001
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: National Guidelines for Monitoring Dredged and Excavated Material at Ocean Disposal Sites
ID or Type: EPSM-386, 27 pp.
Source: Environment Canada/ Marine Environmental Division / Chevrier and Topping
Date: September, 1998
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Ocean Disposal Guidelines for Fish Wastes
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada, Environmental Assessment Program, Sector Specific Information
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Ocean Disposal Guidelines for Uncontaminated Dredge Sediments
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada, Environmental Assessment Program
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Ocean Disposal Guidelines for Wrecks and Construction Wastes
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Environment Canada, Environmental Assessment Program
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Protecting British Columbia’s Wetlands: A Citizen’s Guide
ID or Type: n/a
Source: West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation and BC Wetlands Network/Linda Nowlan and Bill Jefferies
Date: 1996
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Protection of Fish and Fish Habitat During Bridge Maintenance Operations in BC
ID or Type: Tech Report 1692. 64pp
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO); Samis, Nassichuk and Reid
Date: 1990
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Recreational Boating Restrictions
ID or Type: 7 pp.
Source: Canadian Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety
Date: August 1993
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Reference Guide: Determining Whether A Project is Likely to Cause Significant Adverse Environmental Effects Reference Guide (Complement to “Responsible Authority’s Guide”)
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Date: 1994
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Report on Effectiveness of Stormwater Source Control
Document ID: n/a
Author(s): n/a
Date: 2002
Section of Tools: 2.2guides
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Reporting Incidents Involving Dangerous Goods, Harmful Substances and/or Marine Pollutants
ID or Type: TP 9834E
Source: Transport Canada, Marine Safety
Date: 1995 (amended)
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Riparian Re-vegetation
ID or Type: Fact Sheet, 2 pp.
Source: Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) and BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)
Date: 1998
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Riparian Rights and Public Foreshore Use in the Administration of Aquatic Crown Lands
ID or Type: Occasional Paper #5
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)
Date: March 1995
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Riparian Areas and Revegetation
Document ID: n/a
pp.: n/a
Author(s):  Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region
Date: March 31, 2005
Section of the Tools:  2.2guides
Theme or keyword: habitat

Title: Riprap Design and Construction Guide
ID or Type: 19 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP), Public Safety and Water Management
Date: March 2000
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Stormwater Management BMPs and Reports
Document ID: n/a
Author(s): n/a
Date: n/a
Section of Tools: 2.2guides
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Shoreline Structures Environmental Design
Document ID: n/a
Author(s): Mark Adams, M.A., and DFO and EC
Date: 2002
Section of Tools: 2.2 guides
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Stormwater Source Controls Design Guidelines (2005)
ID or Type: n/a
Source: GVRD
Date: 2005
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Special Waste Legislation Guide
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)
Date: May 1992
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Statutes and Legislation Related to Environmental Emergencies: An Operational Guideline Applicable to all Environmental Emergencies
ID or Type: 6pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Date: January 2002
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Summary of Environmental Standards & Guidelines for Fuel Handling, Transportation, and Storage, 2nd Edition
ID or Type: 65 pp.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)/ Ray Hollenberg
Date: December 1995
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: The Responsible Authority’s Guide
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Office
Date: August 1999
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Tree Replacement Criteria for Region II
ID or Type: Fact Sheet, 1 p.
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)/ Fish and Wildlife Branch
Date: November 1996
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Upland Disposal
ID or Type: Memo
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)/ Deanna Lee
Date: December 1997
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: Waterfront Industry Guide to Safe Use of Hazardous Products
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Maritime Employers Association
Date: March 1990
Location: download file (PDF, new window)

Title: BMPs for Boat Building and Repair
ID or Type: Brochure
Source: Environment Canada, Commercial Chemicals Division
Date: Feb 1995
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for Marinas and Small Boatyards in British Columbia
ID or Type: FRAP 95-16, 28 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ PCA Consultants
Date: August 1995
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for the Ship and Boat Building and Repair Industry in British Columbia
ID or Type: FRAP 95-14, 46 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ PCA Consultants
Date: August 1995
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: CAN/CSA 080 Wood Preservation Standards
ID or Type: Series 97
Source: Canadian Standards Association
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Exposed Aggregate Concrete Wash-off Water: BMPs
ID or Type: Brochure, 4pp.
Source: BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association
Location: Unknown
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Guide for Best Management Practices for Process Water Management at Fish Processing Plants in BC
ID or Type: 94-20
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ Troy Vassos et.al.
Date: September 1994
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Guide for Best Management Practices for British Columbia Dry Bulk Terminals
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BIEAP-FREMP/ Westmar Ltd.
Date: July 1993
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office

Title: How to set up a Job Site Recycling Program
ID or Type: Brochure, 4 pp.
Source: Greater Vancouver Regional District
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Steel Structure Painting Guidelines and Best Management Practices, Guide 6 “Guide for Containing Debris Generated During Paint Removal Operation”
ID or Type: n/a
Source: Society for Protective Coatings
Date: Unknown
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Stormwater Planning Guidebook for BC
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Environment
Date: 2002
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Asphalt Preparation Operations in the Lower Faser Basin
ID or Type: 96-12, 111 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ Novatec Inc.
Date: 1996
Location: visit website (new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Brewery and Winery Operations
ID or Type: 97-20, 101 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ EI Rayes
Date: 1997
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guides for Dairy Processing Operations
ID or Type: 97-11, 227 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ PCA Consultants
Date: 1997
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Dry Bulk Terminals
ID or Type: 96-19, 109 pp.
Source: Fraser River Action Plan (FRAP)/ PCA Consultants
Date: 1996
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Guide for the Development of Pollution Prevention Plans for Fish Processing Operations
ID or Type: 95-23, 107 pp.
Source: Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans, FRAP/ Novatec Inc.
Date: 1995
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Foundaries
ID or Type: 97-02, 111 pp.
Source: Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans, FRAP / Kent Engineering
Date: 1997
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry
ID or Type: 96-18, 129 pp.
Source: Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans, FRAP/ PBK Engineering
Date: 1996
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Technical Pollution Prevention Guide for Pressure Wood Preservation Facilities
ID or Type: 97-14, 177 pp.
Source: Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans, FRAP/ Envirochem Inc.
Date: 1997
Location: visit website (PDF, new window)

Title: Waste Management Guide for Classification of Woodwaste Discharges
ID or Type: n/a
Source: BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (formely MELP)/ Dave Morrison
Date: Unknown
Location: BIEAP-FREMP office