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IRM Report |
In 2007 the partners behind Sequel suggested to the Province of
British Columbia that moving towards resource recovery and away from waste management
could potentially be environmentally sustainable and financially beneficial.
As a result the Province commissioned a study of the potential impacts
and on 20th May 2008 British Columbia's Ministry of Community Services
released the report "Resources from Waste - Integrated Resource
Management."
The steering committee for the report comprised representatives from
provincial government (Ministry of Community & Rural Development Deputy
Minister, Climate Action
Secretariat/Premier's office representatives and CRD Chief Administrative Officer).
At the request of the Province the study included an assessment of how
this would apply to Capital Regional District's ("CRD")
core area.
The study was commenced in July 2007 with input from Capital Regional
District's Technical Advisory Committee ("CRD TAC" - who had been
advisors to the original study "The
Path Forward" by CRD published on 13th June, 2007), and with
sub-consulting input from a wide range of engineers, ecological and
valuation professionals. Input was also obtained from Partnerships
BC, who represented Provincial Treasury Board.
The draft report was exposed to experts from private and public sectors from Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
These experts are identified and credited in the report.
An integrated preliminary business case model was developed that
evaluated the different revenue streams and costs. Input values
and assumptions were exposed to all participants in the study, including
external advisors and experts. Recommendations for change were implemented almost without exception.
The spreadsheet-based model and report received extensive comment and
in its final stages were reviewed by a retired Assistant Deputy Minister
and former Treasury Board staff Director, as well as an independent
accountant within provincial government. All recommendations
received for adjusting the model were implemented.
CRD TAC provided comments on the IRM final draft in February 2008.
The IRM Team provided a partial response to the TAC comments as not all
TAC comments were accepted, since some related to the older versions of
the study or were factually incorrect. Final changes were then made and the IRM Study was
completed at the end of February 2008.
The Ministry of Community & Rural Development then submitted the report for external
review and formal written comment. This comprised a panel of expert peer reviewers drawn from valuation, engineering,
sustainability and included a representative from the United Nations. All responses were provided
to the authors, who made final comments on each of the peer review documents.
The report was released on 20th
May, 2008 following a final step of internal review by several
Ministries, as is customary practice within provincial government, and
liaison with CRD.
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