|
Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Results — Continued
Goal 2: To maintain high environmental, and health and safety
standards at mines and exploration sites.
This goal focuses on ensuring resource exploration and production
activities are carried out in accordance with high environmental,
and health and safety standards.
- Core Business Area:
- Mining and Minerals.
- Objective 1:
- Maintain high health and safety standards.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
| Lost time accident frequency lower than any other heavy
industry in British Columbia.1 |
2.5 or less |
2.5 or less |
2.5 or less |
2.5 or less |
| Compliance with Health and Safety orders resulting from
mine inspections. |
85 per cent Compliance2 |
95 per cent Compliance |
95 per cent Compliance |
95 per cent Compliance |
- Strategies:
- 1. Complete site inspections at all major mines with a frequency
as determined by performance and risk. Major mines are defined as
those with a capacity to produce over 50,000 tonnes per year and
any underground mines.
- 2. Complete in-depth audits at randomly selected mine sites
to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
- 3. Complete site inspections at a minimum of 20 per cent of
small mines to provide reasonable statistical certainty of compliance.
- 4. Complete site inspections at a minimum of 15 per cent of
exploration sites.
- 5. Work with industry, labour and other jurisdictions to keep
provincial regulations current, practicable and effective.
- Objective 2:
- Ensure a high standard of environmental protection
with respect to mine sites.
| Performance Measures |
2003/04
Base |
2004/05
Target |
2005/06
Target |
2006/07
Target |
| Compliance with:
1. Permit conditions; and
2. Environmental and reclamation orders resulting from
mine inspections.
|
85 per cent Compliance1 |
95 per cent Compliance |
95 per cent Compliance |
95 per cent Compliance |
- Strategies:
- 1. Complete site inspections at all major mines with a frequency
as determined by performance, risk and activity.
- 2. Complete site inspections at closed mine sites on a risk
assessment basis to ensure ongoing monitoring and maintenance requirements
are achieving the required outcome.
- 3. Work with industry to establish mine closure requirements
at mine sites that are ceasing operations to ensure practicable,
timely and effective reclamation.
- 4. Work with operators of active mines to ensure practicable,
effective planning for ongoing reclamation and closure.
|
