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Interior Roads Ltd. and Blacklock v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2013-WFA-G01 These two appeals relate to a fire centre manager’s decision that Wayne Blacklock and Interior Roads Ltd. contravened the Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation. Mr. Blacklock, a contractor for Interior Roads Ltd., was found to have caused a fire while mowing the roadside. The manager apportioned the […]
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West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2012-FRP-003 West Fraser appealed a determination finding that it contravened FRPA by failing to achieve a visual quality objective near Bowron Lakes Provincial Park. The appeal centred on the due diligence defence and sought to revisit issues canvassed in the BC Supreme Court decision in Pope and Talbot, […]
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Babine Forest Products Ltd. v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2012-FRP-006 The appeal relates to a district manager's refusal to approve Babine's forest stewardship plan amendment that proposed a result or strategy for the visual quality objective for an area visible from Babine Lake. The district manager refused to approve the amendment because it did not meet the […]
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Robert Unger v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2012-WFA-002b In 2012, the Board joined an appeal relating to a wildfire that escaped from private land to Crown land. A government official ordered the landowner to pay the government’s fire-control costs of $861,356. At issue for the Board was the scope of the manager’s authority to make […]
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Charles E. Kucera v. Government of British Columbia

APPEAL NO. 2011-FOR-001 and 002 FRPA authorizes a decision-maker to order a licensee to carry out work that is reasonably necessary to remedy a contravention. At issue in this case was whether the order made to achieve the stocking requirements specified in a site plan for a woodlot was reasonably necessary. The Board initially joined […]
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Forest Practices Board v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Murray McLean APPEAL NO. 2011-FOR-005 This appeal was initiated by the Board to take issue with a penalty determination against a woodlot licensee for failing to achieve “free to grow” obligations. The reasons given for not levying a penalty were inadequate because they did not discuss why the contravention was found to be […]
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Ronald Edward Hegel and 449970 B.C. Ltd. v. Government of British Columbia & Forest Appeals Commission

Intervenor: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2011 BCCA 446 In the course of harvesting timber on private land, the appellants were found to have crossed onto Crown land and harvested Crown timber without authorization. After unsuccessfully arguing that they were entitled to the mistake of fact and due diligence defence before the FAC and later […]
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Atco Wood Products Ltd. v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2010-FOR-001(a) This case involved road maintenance practices, and runoff from a forest road into a stream. Atco appealed a determination that it contravened two provisions of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation (FPPR). One was section 57, which requires licensees to carry out their activities “at a time […]
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Tembec Enterprises Inc. v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2008-FOR-011(a) The appeal issue was whether due diligence and reasonable reliance on professionals in regard to a landslide across a road and into a stream due to poor culvert locations and lack of water control structures. The Board took no position on the contraventions under appeal, and focused […]
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Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. v. Government of British Columbia

Third Party: Forest Practices Board APPEAL NO. 2009-WFA-001(a) This appeal raised the issue of whether the appellant had an "adequate fire suppression system" for the circumstances. The parties agreed to a consent order granting the appeal and rescinding the determination. Appeal allowed. Consent Order: http://www.fac.gov.bc.ca/wildfireAct/2009wfa001a.pdf
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