Site remediation forms
Last updated on September 23, 2025
Before you complete any of the following forms:
- Make sure you understand how to apply for services
- Check the requirements for each contaminated site remediation service
- Find out how to use the web app
Contaminated sites services application (CSSA)
Use this form for all contaminated sites service requests.
To get information about a site, make a request to the site registry.
Soil relocation notification
Only qualified professionals can submit this form. It must be submitted to the ministry at least 1 week before the removal of non-waste quality soil from a source site with a Schedule 2 use. Read more: Part 8 of the CSR.
- Complete the form online: Log in with a BCeID to save drafts, submit or review submissions
- Instructions for completing a soil relocation notification form (DOCX, 21KB)
High volume site registration
Only qualified professionals can submit this form. It must be submitted to the ministry when a site receives more than 20,000 cubic metres of commercial and/or industrial quality soil from a source site with a Schedule 2 use. Read more: Part 8 of the CSR.
- Complete the form online: Log in with a BCeID to save drafts, submit or review submissions
- Instructions for completing a high volume receiving site registration form (DOCX, 19KB)
Detailed ecological risk assessment checklist
Include this checklist with a site risk classification report with your Contaminated Sites Service Application.
Find more information: Protocol 20: Detailed Ecological Risk Assessment Requirements (Revised) (PDF, 479KB)
Notification of independent remediation
Submit this form to let the ministry know the timing of independent remediation at a site. It must be done when starting remediation and within 90 days of completing.
- Review the requirement: Section 54(2): Environmental Management Act (EMA)
- Read about site remediation options
Notification of likely or actual migration
Use this form to let neighbouring land owners and the ministry know when contamination has migrated (or has likely migrated) from a source site. It must be done within 15 days of becoming aware of the migration.
- Review the requirement: Sections 57 and 60 of the CSR
- Read about contaminant migration
Site disclosure statements (SDS)
A statement may be required when requesting to close or redevelop a site. Read about the process: Identifying sites that may be contaminated.
Apply online using the web app
OR
Complete the online form and save a PDF copy to provide to potential purchasers or to a local government or approving authority that wants documentation for their own records.
All submissions for ministry processing must be submitted through the SRS Web App.
Site information request
Use this form to request information from the site registry, including custom reports or copies of documents that are regularly released. You can also complete a site registry search through BC Registries and Online Services.
It usually takes 2 to 4 weeks to process a request.
Summary of site condition
A summary of site condition form is needed for requests that include a recommendation from an approved professional. The form is included in the SRS Web App.
Apply online using the web app
Review the requirement:
This report must be completed as part of the site risk classification procedure. The exposure pathway questionnaire may also be required. Find it in part 5 of the online form or part 8 of the PDF form.
Legislation and regulations
The information on this web page does not replace the legislative requirements in the EMA or its regulations and it does not list all provisions for contaminated site services.
If there are differences between this information and the Act, Regulation, or Protocols, the Act, Regulation, and Protocols apply.