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Oil and Gas Commission
Delegation Agreement Audit
The Oil and Gas Commission/ALC
Delegation Agreement, enables the OGC
to decide certain applications for oil and
gas activities and pipelines on ALR lands,
and to exempt specific oil and gas activities
and pipelines on ALR lands from the
requirement of an application under the
Agricultural Land Commission Act (the Act),
provided specified conditions are met.
In February 2009, an independent auditor,
the Forest Practices Board of BC submitted
their findings to the ALC. The report
titled “Oil and Gas Activities within the
Agricultural Land Reserve: An Audit of the
BC Oil and Gas Commission’s Performance
in Carrying out its Delegated Authority
to Decide on Oil and Gas Non-Farm
Use Activities and ALC Act Applications
within the Agricultural Land Reserve”
provided an independent assessment of
the OGC’s performance in carrying out its
responsibilities, as set out in the Delegation
Agreement, to make decisions that respect
the purpose and intent of the Act. The
audit
examined OGC approvals and related
activities in the Peace River Regional
District (PRRD) occurring in fiscal 2006 and
2007 – April 1, 2006 through March 31,
2008.
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