Dredge Management Guidelines - the BIEAP and FREMP Website

3 The Coordinated Project
Review process is being
revised and this section
will be updated when the
process is complete.
4 The FREMP Area of
Interest includes the Main,
North, Middle and South
Arms of the Fraser River
downstream of Kanaka
Creek, the Pitt River downstream
of Pitt Lake, and
the entire outer banks
from Point Grey to the
US Border. It also includes
Boundary, Semiahmoo,
and Mud Bays as well as
the Serpentine and
Nicomekl Rivers upstream
to the sea dams on
each river.
Dredging and Project Review in the Estuary
Any project that has the potential to affect the Fraser River is already subject to the approval of a
variety of regulatory agencies. For instance:
■ Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Habitat and Enhancement Branch) is responsible for ensuring that
fish and fish habitat are protected.
■ Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Canada Coast Guard) ensures that navigable waters are protected.
■ Environment Canada regulates ocean disposal.
■ Ministry of Environment Lands & Parks is also responsible for ensuring that fish and fish habitat are
protected and is responsible for regulating the environmental quality of sediments disposed on
Crown and private land.
■ British Columbia Assets & Land Corporation is responsible for all upland, foreshore, and riverbed
Crown Land, including issuing dredging permits upstream of Kanaka Creek, and is responsible for
tenuring disposal of sediment on Crown land.
■ The Port Authorities (the North Fraser Port Authority and the Fraser River Port Authority) are responsible
for managing port activities, port properties, lands granted to them by the federal and
provincial governments, channel maintenance, and issuing dredging permits downstream of Kanaka
Creek.
In the FREMP Area of Interest 4
, FREMP coordinates the environmental review of all dredging projects.
Any person or organization interested in undertaking a project that may have an environmental impact
on the river must proceed through the Coordinated Review process.
The guidelines and regulations of agencies responsible for dredging in the Fraser River are found in the
Appendices. During the Coordinated Project Review process the various agency representatives refer
to these documents when assessing dredging proposals.
Overview
The following flow diagram outlines the general application and environmental review process for
dredging projects in the FREMP area. This process is discussed at greater length in the appendices.
Lead Agencies are outlined in the glossary and in the appendices.
19 Part 3: The Application Process