Implementation of Recommendations

The Province has completed implementation of all recommendations resulting from the independent expert engineering panel’s investigation into the Mount Polley TSF breach as well as all recommendations of the Chief Inspector of Mines. July 2016 updates to the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia, along with new site characterization guidelines from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, address the independent panel’s seven recommendations as outlined in Backgrounder 1 (PDF, 357KB).

All 26 recommendations of the independent panel and Chief Inspector of Mines are listed in the following document along with status of implementation as of August 2021.

• Mount Polley Recommendations Table, updated August 2021(PDF, 183KB)