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Volume 47, No. 7

B.C. Reg. 144/2004

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 6, 2004

B.C. Reg. 144/2004, deposited March 26, 2004, pursuant

to the COMMUNITY CHARTER [Section 9 (4)]. Regulation of the

Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection M71/2004, dated March 25, 2004.

I, Bill Barisoff, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection,

order that the Spheres of Concurrent Jurisdiction — Environment and Wildlife

Regulation, attached, is made.

— B. BARISOFF, Minister of Water, Land

and Air Protection.

SPHERES OF CONCURRENT JURISDICTION —

ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"Act" means the Community Charter ;

"alien invasive species" means the species listed

in sections 1 and 2 of the Schedule;

"exempted pesticides" means pesticides listed as

"Exempted Pesticides" in Annex 1 to the Pesticide Control Act Regulation,

B.C. Reg. 319/81.

Municipal jurisdiction in relation to the environment and wildlife

(1) For the purposes of

section 9 (4) (a) (

i) of the Act, a municipality may,

(

a) under

section 8 (3) (

j) of the Act, regulate and prohibit in relation to polluting or obstructing, or impeding the flow of, a stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, waterworks, ditch, drain or sewer, whether or not it is located on private property,

(

b) regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to,

(

i) under

section 8 (3) (

j) of the Act, the sale of wild flowers,

(ii) subject to subsection (2), under

section 8 (3) (

j) of the Act, the application of pesticides, except exempted pesticides, for the purpose of maintaining outdoor trees, shrubs, flowers, other ornamental plants and turf on a parcel or a part of a parcel if the parcel or

part is used for residential purposes, or on land vested in the municipality,

(iii) under

section 8 (3) (

j) and (

k) of the Act, the

control and eradication of alien invasive species, and

(iv) under

section 8 (3) (

k) of the Act, the control

of wildlife species listed in

Schedule B or C to the Designation and

Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/90.

(2) For the purposes of

section 9 (4) (

b) of the Act,

a municipality may not exercise the authority under subsection (1) (b) (ii)

of this regulation in relation to the application of pesticides

(

a) for the management of pests that transmit human diseases or impact agriculture or forestry,

(

b) on the residential areas of farms,

(

c) to buildings or inside buildings, or

(

d) on land used for agriculture, forestry, transportation, public utilities or pipelines unless the public utility or pipeline is vested in the municipality.

Schedule

1 The following species are, for the purposes of this regulation, alien invasive species.

Plants

Annual Sow Thistle ( Sonchus oleraceus )

Canada Thistle ( Cirsium arvense )

Common Crupina ( Crupina vulgaris )

Common Toadflax ( Linaria vulgaris )

Dalmatian Toadflax ( Linaria dalmatica )

Diffuse Knapweed ( Centaurea diffusa )

Dodder ( Cuscuta spp. )

Gorse ( Ulex europaeus )

Hound's-tongue ( Cynoglossum officinale )

Jointed Goatgrass ( Aegilops cylindrica )

Leafy Spurge ( Euphorbia esula )

Perennial Sow Thistle ( Sonchus arvensis )

Purple Nutsedge ( Cyperus rotundus )

Rush Skeletonweed ( Chondrilla juncea )

Scentless Chamomile ( Matricaria maritima )

Spotted Knapweed ( Centaurea maculosa )

Tansy Ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea )

Velvetleaf ( Abutilon theophrasti )

Wild Oats ( Avena fatua )

Yellow Nutsedge ( Cyperus esculentus )

Yellow Starthistle ( Centaurea solstitialis )

Terrestrial Vascular Plants

Smooth brome grass

Downy brome grass

Orchard grass (coast)

Scotch broom

Spurge laurel

Common barnyard grass

St. John's wort

Himalayan blackberry

Yellow salsify

Common Crupina

Bull thistle

Nodding thistle

Giant knotweed

Kudzu

Japanese knotweed

Giant knotweed

Giant hogweed

Poison hemlock

Yellow toadflax

Carpet burweed

Baby's breath

Parasitic Dodder

Himalayan Balsam

Saltcedar

Garlic Mustard

Fresh Water/ Riparian Vascular Plants

Flowering rush

Purple loosestrife

Eurasian watermilfoil

Common reed

Curly pondweed

Reed canary grass

Yellow flag

Hydrilla

Invertebrates

Gypsy Moth

Blueberry Maggot

Balsam Woolly Adelgid

Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle

Japanese Beetle

Pine Shoot Beetle

Asian Long-horned Beetle

Cereal Leaf Beetle

Daylily Midge

European Chafer

European Brown Garden Snail

Oriental Fruit Moth

Apple Maggot

Plum Curculio

Vertebrates

Bullfrog ( Rana catesbeiana )

Green Frog ( Rana clamitans )

Rock Dove ( Columba livia )

European Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris )

House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus )

North American Opossum ( Didelphis virginiana )

European Rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )

Eastern Cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus )

Nutria ( Myocastor coypu )

Gray Squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis )

Fox Squirrel ( Sciurus niger )

2 The species set out in column 1 of Table 1 are, for the purposes of this

regulation, alien invasive species in a regional district set out opposite in

column 2.

Table 1

Column 1

Species

Column 2

Area of the Province

Blueweed ( Echium vulgare )

Cariboo, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East

Kootenay, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola

Burdock ( Arctium spp. )

Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo, Columbia-Shuswap,

Fraser-Fort George, Kitimat-Stikine, North Okanagan,

Okanagan-Similkameen, Peace River, Thompson-Nicola

Cleavers ( Galium aparine )

Peace River

Common Bugloss ( Anchusa officinalis )

Kootenay-Boundary

Common Tansy ( Tanacetum vulgare )

Bulkley-Nechako, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, North

Okanagan

Field Scabious ( Knautia arvensis )

Bulkley-Nechako, Kootenay-Boundary,

Thompson-Nicola

Green Foxtail ( Setaria viridis )

Peace River

Hoary Alyssum ( Berteroa incana )

Kootenay-Boundary

Hoary Cress ( Cardaria spp. )

Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan,

Thompson-Nicola

Kochia ( Kochia scoparia )

Peace River

Marsh Plume Thistle ( Cirsium palustre )

Bulkley-Nechako, Fraser-Fort George

Meadow Knapweed ( Centaurea pratensis )

Columbia-Shuswap

Night-flowering catchfly ( Silene noctiflora )

Peace River

Orange Hawkweed ( Hieracium aurantiacum )

Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo, Central Kootenay,

Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay,

Thompson-Nicola

Oxeye Daisy ( Chrysanthemum leucanthemum )

Cariboo, North Okanagan, Peace River,

Thompson-Nicola

Perennial Pepperweed ( Lepidium latifolium )

East Kootenay, Thompson-Nicola

Plumeless Thistle ( Carduus acanthoides )

Central Kootenay

Puncturevine ( Tribulus terrestris )

Okanagan-Similkameen

Quackgrass ( Agropyron repens )

Peace River

Russian Knapweed ( Acroptilon repens )

North Okanagan

Russian Thistle ( Salsola kali )

Peace River

Scotch Thistle ( Onopordum acanthium )

North Okanagan

Sulphur Cinquefoil ( Potentilla recta )

Colombia-Shuswap, North Okanagan,

Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola

Tartary Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum tataricum )

Peace River

White Cockle ( Lychnis alba )

Peace River

Wild Chervil ( Anthriscus sylvestris )

Fraser Valley

Wild Mustard ( Sinapsis arvensis )

Peace River

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