Rail: Pre-Certification Support Fee

Public or privately funded projects in early stages of consideration, design, or development may require technical and regulatory support from TSBC years or months in advance of a submission to become a certified railway in the province of BC. This pre-certification support involves time from safety officers, senior safety officers and other technical subject matter experts (SME) to review plans, attend prospective operational sites/meetings, provide technical or regulatory guidance, and answer questions.

Currently, this pre-certification support is not captured within our existing railway certification fees and therefore our costs of providing this technical service are not being recovered. Some projects may not result in an application for a minister certificate (‘certification’) or an operating permit.

We are proposing our hourly professional services rate be charged on an established basis as part of a contract agreement or as defined by TSBC Policy.