Fort St. John Pilot Project

 

 

FSJ Pilot Project Regulation: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

 

Division 2 – Pilot Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Part 5 – Public Accountability

Division 1 – Public Advisory Group

Establishment

       46       (2)  The participants must

(b) publish annually a notice specifying the membership of the public advisory group.

 

46 (2) (b)

Did not publish a notice specifying the membership of the public advisory group as required

$2 000

 

 

 

Periodic independent audit of participants

       50       (1)  A participant must submit to and pay for periodic independent audits by a qualified auditor of the participant’s compliance with this regulation and any matters specified in the sustainable forest management plan as being subject to audit, as follows:

                          (a)  once, on or before December 1, 2003;

                          (b)  at least once in every 2 year period after that date, subject to paragraph (c);

                          (c)  if a shorter period than 2 years, for the second and subsequent audits under this section, is specified in the sustainable forest management plan, at least once in each of those shorter periods.

                  (2)  A qualified auditor must

                          (a)  conduct the audit in accordance with audit principles that are generally accepted for use in the forest industry,

                          (b)  provide the participant with opportunity to comment on the findings of the audit before they are finalized, and

                          (c)  submit a copy of the audit report to the participant and the regional manager.

(3) The participant may submit to the regional manager a response to the audit report and the regional manager must append the participant’s response to the audit report.

 

50 (2)

Did not have the audit carried out within the prescribed period

$10 000

 

 

Annual report

       51       (1)  On or before October 31, 2003, a participant must submit to the ministers a report, in compliance with subsection (3), concerning the operations carried out by the participant during the period beginning on the effective date of this regulation and ending on March 31, 2003.

                  (2)  On or before October 31 of each year after 2003, a participant must submit to the ministers a report, in compliance with subsection (3), concerning the operations carried out by the participant during the preceeding fiscal year of the government.

                  (3)  A report under this section must contain the following:

                          (a)  a summary of the access management and timber harvesting carried out by the participant;

                          (b)  a summary of the reforestation activities carried out by the participant, including the regeneration method, year of establishment, estimated species composition at establishment, and estimated density at establishment;

                          (c)  a summary of the stand tending activities carried out by the participant;

                          (d)  a statement of the degree to which the landscape level strategies contained in the sustainable forest management plan were followed by the participant;

                          (e)  a summary of any variances given to the participant;

                           (f)  a summary of any contraventions reported to the senior official by the participant;

                          (g)  a summary of any compliance and enforcement measures imposed on the participant by the government under Part 6 of the Act.

                  (4)  A participant must provide to the district manager and the public advisory group a copy of the report submitted under this section.

                     

51 (1)	Did not submit an annual report as required	$10 000
51 (2)	Did not submit an annual report as required	$10 000
51 (3)	Did not provide a copy of the annual report to the district manager and the public advisory group as required	$2 000

 

Evaluation of pilot project by government

       53       (1)  From time to time the minister may assess the relative success of the pilot project at improving the regulatory framework of forest practices by evaluating, in the pilot project area, whether this regulation

 

(2)  Within 6 months after becoming a participant, each participant, including the government, must provide to the regional manager a written estimate of the participant’s current costs associated with carrying out forest practices under the Act and regulations, for comparison with the participant’s current costs at the time of an evaluation under this section.

(3) The minister may request relevant information from participants when carrying out an evaluation under subsection (1) and the participants must comply with that request in a timely manner.

 

53 (3)

Did not comply with the minister’s request related to an evaluation of the pilot project

$5 000