by Keystone Environmental | Sep 26, 2018 | Contaminated Sites, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Regulatory
The BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (BC ENV) has recently released Technical Bulletin 3: Regional Background Concentrations for Select Inorganic Substances in Groundwater. The document provides regional background estimates are provided for...
by Keystone Environmental | Sep 24, 2018 | Contaminated Sites
As part of the development process, many municipalities will request a portion of the property to be redeveloped be dedicated to the municipality. The dedicated land is often to widen roads or sidewalks or for public amenities such as parkland. If the property to be...
by Keystone Environmental | Aug 22, 2018 | Contaminated Sites, Engineering, Environment
Field Equipment Usage & Maintenance is Key in Collecting Accurate Data The selection, maintenance and safe use of field equipment is essential to collecting accurate data in environmental remediation. In the scientific community there is a saying: “data is only...
by Keystone Environmental | Apr 12, 2018 | Business, City of Vancouver, Contaminated Sites
What to do if Someone has Contaminated your Site by Michael Geraghty, P.Geo. Senior Technical Manager You have just received a Notification of Likely or Actual Migration from your neighbor saying that they have off-site migration – contamination from their...
by Keystone Environmental | Nov 8, 2017 | Contaminated Sites
The recently adopted Stage 11 Amendments to the Contaminated Sites Regulations (CSR) included new groundwater standards for metals such as cobalt, lithium and thallium that are less than the commonly observed background concentrations for these metals in groundwater...
by Keystone Environmental | Jan 24, 2017 | Contaminated Sites, Environment, Regulatory, Risk Assessment
Commercial property values in Greater Vancouver increased between 15 to 30%. BC Assessment‘s evaluation of Greater Vancouver includes Vancouver, the North Shore, Squamish, Burnaby, the Tri-Cities, Richmond and Surrey. The commercial property values in the Fraser...
