Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information Production Order: SOR/2018-214
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 152, Number 22
Registration
October 19, 2018
GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION PRICING ACT
The Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsections 197(2) and (3) of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act footnote a, makes the annexed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information Production Order.
Gatineau, October 17, 2018
Catherine McKenna
Minister of the Environment
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information Production Order
Interpretation
Definitions
1 (1) The following definitions apply in this Order.
Act means the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. (Loi)
authorized official means
- (a) in respect of a person responsible for a regulated facility who is an individual, that individual or another individual who is authorized to act on their behalf;
- (b) in respect of a person responsible for a regulated facility that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf; and
- (c) in respect of a person responsible for a regulated facility that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. (agent autorisé)
biomass means plants or plant materials, animal waste or any product made of either of these, including wood and wood products, bio-charcoal, agricultural residues, biologically derived organic matter in municipal and industrial wastes, landfill gas, bio-alcohols, pulping liquor, sludge digestion gas and fuel from animal or plant origin. (biomasse)
Directive 017 means the directive entitled Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations, published by Alberta Energy Regulator on March 31, 2016. (Directive 017)
Directive PNG017 means the directive entitled Directive PNG017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations, published by Government of Saskatchewan on August 1, 2017. (Directive 017)
facility means
- (a) all of the following, that are operated in an integrated way to carry out an industrial activity, and are owned or operated by the same person or that have at least one owner or operator in common when there is more than one owner or operator:
- (i) a site, or multiple sites, at which an industrial activity is carried out, and the buildings, equipment, and other structures and stationary items located on those sites, and
- (ii) any other sites used in conjunction with the industrial activity, including a quarry, tailings pond, wastewater lagoon or pond and landfill; or
- (b) the portion of a natural gas transmission pipeline system within a province, used to transmit processed natural gas, of which the pipelines and associated installations or equipment – including compressor stations, storage installations and compressors – are owned or operated by the same person or have at least one owner or operator in common when there is more than one owner or operator, but excludes pipelines, installations or equipment that are used in the local distribution of natural gas, downstream of a metering station. (installation)
flaring emissions means controlled emissions of gases from industrial activities as a result of the combustion of a gas or liquid stream produced at a facility, the purpose of which is not to produce useful heat. It does not include emissions from the flaring of landfill gas. (émissions de torchage)
gaseous fuel means a fossil fuel that is gaseous at a temperature of 15°C and an absolute pressure of 101.325kPa. (combustible gazeux)
GHG means greenhouse gas. (English version only)
GHGRP means the guidelines entitled Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements, published by the Department of the Environment in 2017. (Méthode de ECCC)
global warming potential or GWP means the global warming potential set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act for the greenhouse gas set out in column 1 of that Schedule. (PRP ou potentiel de réchauffement planétaire)
HFC means the hydrofluorocarbons referred to in items 6 to 24 of Schedule 3 to the Act. (HFC)
industrial process emissions means emissions from an industrial process that involves a chemical or physical reaction other than combustion and the purpose of which is not to produce useful heat. (émissions liées aux procédés industriels)
industrial product use emissions means emissions from the use of a product in an industrial process that does not involve a chemical or physical reaction and does not react in the process, including emissions from the use of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), HFCs and PFCs as cover gases and the use of HFCs and PFCs in a foam-blowing process. (émissions associées à l’utilisation de produits industriels)
IPCC Guidelines means the guidelines entitled 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, published by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in 2006. (Lignes directrices du GIEC)
ISO Standard 14064-3:2006 means the standard ISO 14064-3:2006 entitled Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions, published by the International Organization for Standardization. (Norme ISO 14064-3:2006)
ISO Standard 14065:2013 means the standard ISO 14065:2013 entitled Greenhouse gases — Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition, published by the International Organization for Standardization. (Norme ISO 14065:2013)
leakage emissions means uncontrolled emissions. It does not include industrial process emissions and industrial product use emissions. (émissions dues aux fuites)
liquid fuel means a fossil fuel that is liquid at a temperature of 15°C and an absolute pressure of 101.325kPa. (combustible liquide)
on-site transportation emissions means emissions from registered or unregistered vehicles and other machinery used at the facility for the transport of substances, materials, equipment or products that are used in a production process or for the transport of people. (émissions liées au transport sur le site)
operator means a person who has the charge, management or control of a facility. (exploitant)
PFC means the perfluorocarbons referred to in items 25 to 33 of Schedule 3 to the Act. (PFC)
regulated facility means a facility referred to in subsection 4(1). (installation réglementée)
solid fuel means a fossil fuel that is solid at a temperature of 15°C and an absolute pressure of 101.325kPa. (combustible solide)
specified emission types means the types listed in subsection 4(3). (types d’émissions visés)
stationary fuel combustion emissions means emissions from stationary devices that combust solid fuels, liquid fuels, gaseous fuels, or tires or asphalt shingles, whether in whole or in part, for the purpose of producing useful heat. (émissions de combustion stationnaire de combustible)
venting emissions means controlled emissions that occur due to the design of a facility, to procedures used in the manufacture or processing of a substance or product or to pressure exceeding the capacity of the equipment at the facility. (émissions d’évacuation)
waste emissions means emissions that result from waste disposal activities at a facility, including the landfilling of solid waste, the biological treatment or incineration of waste and the flaring of landfill gas. It does not include emissions from the combustion of tires or asphalt shingles, whether in whole or in part, to produce useful heat or on-site transportation emissions. (émissions des déchets)
wastewater emissions means emissions resulting from industrial wastewater and industrial wastewater treatment at a facility. (émissions des eaux usées)
WCI Method means the method entitled Final Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting, published on December 17, 2010 by the Western Climate Initiative. (Méthode de la WCI)
Interpretation — Facility
(2) With respect to a facility
- (a) any part of a public road or of a railway track that is bordered on both sides by the facility and used to carry out the facility’s industrial activities is deemed to be part of the facility;
- (b) for greater certainty, any part of a railway track that is used exclusively to carry out the facility’s industrial activities is part of the facility;
- (c) for greater certainty, buildings that are used for legal, administrative or management purposes and that are not located where an industrial activity is carried out are not included for the purposes of the definition of facility; and
- (d) if two or more of the portions of a natural gas transmission pipeline system within a province , are owned or operated by the same person or have at least one owner in common but are not contiguous, each of those portions constitute a separate facility.
Incorporation by reference
(3) A reference to a standard or method that is incorporated by reference into this Order, except ISO Standard 14065:2013, ISO Standard 14064-3:2006 and GHGRP, is incorporated as amended from time to time.
PART 1
General
Purpose
Purpose
2 This Order establishes a requirement for a person responsible for a regulated facility to quantify the GHGs emitted from that facility, to quantify production amounts and to produce reports.
Content
Parts 1 and 21
3 (1) Part 1 sets out general provisions for regulated facilities, including requirements for the person responsible for those facilities to quantify the GHGs emitted, to comply with the sampling, analysis and measurement requirements and to quantify production in compliance with Parts 2 to 20. It also sets out the requirement to make and keep records and to produce a verified annual report. Part 21 sets out the day on which this Order comes into force.
Parts 2 to 20
(2) Each of Parts 2 to 20 applies to regulated facilities engaged in the industrial activity that is covered by that Part and sets out specific requirements for how to quantify the GHGs emitted, to comply with the sampling, analysis and measurement requirements and to quantify production.
Application
Regulated facilities
4 (1) This Order applies to the person that is responsible for a facility that meets the criteria set out in section 2 of the Notice Establishing Criteria Respecting Facilities and Persons and Publishing Measures or in respect of which a covered facility certificate has been issued by the Minister under section 171 of the Act.
Greenhouse gases
(2) The GHGs that must be quantified under this Order are the GHGs listed in Schedule 3 to the Act.
Specified emission types
(3) The following emission types are those for which the GHGs must be quantified:
- (a) stationary fuel combustion emissions;
- (b) industrial process emissions;
- (c) industrial product use emissions;
- (d) venting emissions;
- (e) flaring emissions;
- (f) leakage emissions;
- (g) on-site transportation emissions;
- (h) waste emissions; and
- (i) wastewater emissions.
Person Responsible
Owner or operator
5 For the purpose of this Order, the person that is responsible for a regulated facility is the owner or operator of that facility.
Quantification Requirements
Emissions
Regulated facilities referred to in Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20
6 (1) The person responsible for a regulated facility whose industrial activity is referred to in any of Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20 must
- (a) quantify the GHGs emitted by the regulated facility, in a calendar year, for the specified emission types in accordance with the requirements set out in the Part that is applicable to the facility based on the industrial activity of the regulated facility; and
- (b) comply with the sampling, analysis and measurement requirements for the GHGs and specified emission types, set out in the Part that is applicable to the facility based on the industrial activity of the regulated facility.
Missing data
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), if, for any reason beyond the control of the person responsible for a regulated facility, the data required to quantify the GHG emissions are missing for a given period in a calendar year, replacement data for the given period must be calculated in accordance with the methods set out in the Part that is applicable to the regulated facility based on the industrial activity of the facility.
More than one industrial activity
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1) and subject to subsection (4), if more than one industrial activity referred to in any of Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20 is carried out at a regulated facility, the person responsible for the regulated facility must quantify the GHGs emitted for the specified emissions types for each industrial activity, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Part that is applicable to the facility based on the industrial activity in question.
Additional generation of electricity
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) if a regulated facility generates electricity in addition to engaging in any other industrial activity set out in Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20, the person responsible for a regulated facility must quantify the GHGs emitted for the specified emissions types, attributable to the generation of electricity, for each industrial activity in accordance with the methods that are applicable to those industrial activities.
Regulated facility referred to in Part 8
- 7 (1) The person responsible for a regulated facility whose industrial activity is referred to in Part 8 must
- (a) quantify the GHGs emitted by each unit of the regulated facility, in a calendar year, for the specified emission types in accordance with the requirements set out in Part 8; and
- (b) comply with the sampling, analysis and measurement requirements for the GHGs and specified emission types, set out in Part 8.
Missing data
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), if, for any reason beyond the control of the person responsible for the regulated facility, the data required to quantify the GHG emissions are missing for a given period in a calendar year, replacement data for the given period must be calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Part 8.
Alternative method
8 Despite sections 6 and 7, the person responsible for a regulated facility whose industrial activity is referred to in any of Parts 2 to 19 may use the IPCC Guidelines instead of the methods prescribed in those sections if
- (a) it is not technically feasible to meet the sampling, measurement and analysis requirements set out in the part that is applicable to the facility, based on the industrial activity of the regulated facility, for the 2019 calendar year; or
- (b) the quantity of a GHG for a specified emission type from the regulated facility for a calendar year is less than 20kt of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) and is less than 3% of the total GHGs emissions for the facility for the calendar year.
Production
Regulated facilities referred to in Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20
9 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the person responsible for a regulated facility referred to in any of Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20 must quantify the facility’s production, for the calendar year, in accordance with the requirements set out in the Part that is applicable to the facility based on the industrial activity of the regulated facility, with a margin of error of ±5%.
Additional generation of electricity
(2) If a regulated facility generates electricity in addition to engaging in any other industrial activity, the person responsible a regulated facility must quantify the amount of fossil fuel-fired electricity generated in accordance with the requirements set out in section 103, with a margin of error of ±5%.
Regulated facility referred to in Part 8
10 The person responsible for a regulated facility referred to in Part 8 must quantify production for each unit within the regulated facility, for the calendar year, in accordance with the requirements set out in that Part, with a margin of error of ±5%.
Records and Reports
Record
Information
11 The person responsible for a regulated facility must keep a record of the following information related to the regulated facility and each unit within it, if applicable:
- (a) total emissions for each specified emission type and GHG, if applicable;
- (b) all data used in the quantification, including data used to estimate missing data, for each specified emission type and GHG, as the case may be;
- (c) all sampling, analysis and measurement data for each specified emission type and GHG, if applicable;
- (d) where an alternative method was used for the quantification, sampling, analysis and measurement of a specified emission type, a detailed description of that method;
- (e) a log relating to each year, documenting all procedural changes made in data collection and calculations and changes to instruments used in quantifying GHGs or production;
- (f) all methods and data used to quantify production;
- (g) the total carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions not included in the total quantity of emissions under section 15;
- (h) the quantity of CO2 that was captured, transported, injected at long-term geological sites and permanently stored in those sites, expressed in tonnes and the data used to quantify that CO2; and
- (i) the quantity of steam and heat, expressed in megajoules (MJ), purchased and sold.
Annual Report
Regulated facilities referred to in Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20
12 The person responsible for a regulated facility referred to in any of Parts 2 to 7 or 9 to 20 must prepare an annual report, for each facility for which they are responsible, that includes
- (a) the information listed in Schedule 1;
- (b) the total GHG emissions for the calendar year from all industrial activities, expressed in tonnes of CO2e , determined by the formula
where
Ej is the total emissions of each GHG type “j” for a calendar year from all industrial activities in accordance with section 6,
GWPj is the global warming potential of the GHG type “j”,
j is the jth GHG type, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of greenhouse gases, and
i is the ith specified emission type, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of specified emission types at the facility; and
- (c) the amount of each type of product produced by the regulated facility in the calendar year quantified in accordance with section 9.
Electricity generation facility
13 The person responsible for a regulated facility referred to in Part 8 must prepare an annual report, for each facility for which they are responsible, that includes
- (a) the information listed in Schedule 1;
- (b) the total quantity of GHG emissions from each unit within a facility for the calendar year, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, determined by the formula
where
Ej is the total emissions of each GHG type “j” for a calendar year from all industrial activities in accordance with section 7,
GWPj is the global warming potential of the GHG type “j”,
j is the jth GHG type, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of greenhouse gases, and
i is the ith specified emission type, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of specified emission types;
- (c) the gross amount of electricity generated from gaseous fuel, liquid fuel and solid fuel by each unit within a facility in the calendar year, in accordance with section 10, expressed separately;
- (d) the sum of the total GHG emissions from each unit within the facility, for the calendar year, expressed in tonnes of CO2e ; and
- (e) the sum of the total electricity generated from each unit within the facility, for the calendar year.
Excluded emissions
14 The following are not included in the total quantity of emissions in a calendar year that are determined in accordance with paragraph 12(b) or 13(b):
- (a) CO2 emissions from the combustion of biomass; and
- (b) CO2 emissions from the decomposition of biomass.
Excluded emissions — minimum
15 The combined total of the CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, from stationary fuel combustion emissions is not included in the determination made under paragraphs 12(b) and 13(b) if that combined total does not exceed 0.5% of the total regulated facility CO2e emissions from all fuels combusted.
Rounding
16 For the purpose of sections 12 and 13, any result included in the report that arises from a calculation required by this Order is to be rounded to the nearest whole number and, if the number is equidistant between two whole consecutive numbers, to the higher number.
CO2 capture, transport, injection and storage
17 The person responsible for a regulated facility must quantify the CO2 captured, transported, injected or permanently stored at long-term geological sites — other than CO2 from the combustion or decomposition of biomass — using the quantification method described in section 1 of the GHGRP.
Submission of annual report
18 A person responsible for a regulated facility must submit their annual report to the Minister, on or before June 1 of each calendar year following the calendar year for which the report is made, along with a verification report prepared in accordance with section 20.
Verification of Annual Report
Verification of report
19 (1) The person responsible for a regulated facility must have the annual report verified by a verification body that meets
- (a) the following accreditation requirements:
- (i) it is accredited as a verification body to the ISO Standard 14065:2013 by the Standards Council of Canada, the American National Standards Institute or any other accreditation organization recognized by the International Accreditation Forum, and
- (ii) it is not under investigation or suspended by an accreditation organization that issued an accreditation; and
- (b) the following verification process requirements:
- (i) it conducts the verification in accordance with ISO Standard 14064-3:2006, excluding clauses 4.3.1 and 4.3.5,
- (ii) it conducts by applying methods that allow it to make a determination to a reasonable level of assurance, as defined in ISO Standard 14064-3:2006, on whether the report contains a material discrepancy in the total GHG emissions determined under paragraph 12(b) or 13(d), as the case may be, or the amount of a type of product produced determined under paragraph 12(c) or 13(e), as the case may be, and
- (iii) if it has verified six consecutive annual reports prepared, with respect to the facility, pursuant to this Order, it has been more than three years since the last of those reports.
Conflict of interest
(2) The person responsible for a regulated facility must ensure that there exists no current or potential conflict of interest between the person and the accredited verification body, including members of the verification team and any individual or corporate entity associated with the verification body, that is a threat to or compromises the accredited verification body’s impartiality that cannot be effectively managed.
Facility visit
(3) The person responsible for a regulated facility must ensure that its facility is visited by a verification body for the purpose of clauses 4.5 and 4.6 of ISO Standard 14064-3:2006.
Content of verification report
20 (1) A verification report must be prepared by the verification body in relation to the annual report and any related records, and must include
- (a) the information listed in items 1 and 2 and paragraphs 3(a) to (n) of Schedule 2;
- (b) a verification statement with respect to the quantification of a regulated facility’s reported GHG emissions for the calendar year in respect of which the annual report was made, as referred to in paragraph 3(o) of Schedule 2; and
- (c) a verification statement with respect to the quantification of a regulated facility’s production of each product that must be quantified under this Order for the calendar year in respect of which the annual report was made, as referred to in paragraph 3(p) of Schedule 2.
Material discrepancy
(2) For the purpose of the verification of a regulated facility’s annual report, a material discrepancy exists when
- (a) with respect to GHG emissions from regulated facilities that have an annual quantity of emissions of GHG of less than 500 kt of CO2e, the result determined in accordance with the following formula is equal to or greater than 5%:
A/B × 100
where A is the net result of summing overstatements and understatements resulting from errors or omissions, identified and quantified during the verification, related to GHG emissions, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, and
B is the total quantity of GHG emissions, expressed in tonnes of CO2e;
- (b) with respect to GHG emissions from regulated facilities that have an annual quantity of emissions of GHG that is equal to or greater than 500 kt of CO2e, the result determined in accordance with the following formula is equal to or greater than 2%:
A/B × 100
where
A is the net result of summing overstatements and understatements resulting from errors or omissions, identified and quantified during the verification, related to GHG emissions, expressed in tonnes of CO2e, and
B is the total quantity of GHG emissions, expressed in tonnes of CO2e; and
- (c) with respect to the amount of each product that must be quantified under this Order, the result determined in accordance with the following formula is equal to or greater than 0.1%:
A/B × 100
where
A is the net result of summing overstatements and understatements resulting from errors or omissions, identified and quantified during the verification, related to the quantification of the product, and
B is the amount of the product produced.
Miscellaneous
Electronic submission
21 (1) Any information that is required to be provided to the Minister under this Order with respect to a regulated facility must be submitted electronically in the form and format specified by the Minister and must bear the electronic signature of the person responsible for the facility or of their authorized official.
Provision on paper
(2) If the Minister has not specified an electronic form and format or if it is not feasible to submit the information in accordance with subsection (1) because of circumstances beyond the control of the person that is responsible for the facility, the information must be submitted on paper, signed by the person that is responsible for the facility or their authorized official, in the form and format specified by the Minister. However, if no form and format has been so specified, it may be in any form and format.
Length of time for retaining records
22 (1) Every person responsible for a regulated facility that makes a record or submits information to the Minister under this Order must retain that record or a copy of that information and any supporting documents, including any calculations, measurements and other data on which the information is based, for a period of at least seven years beginning on the day on which a record was made or the day on which the information was made or submitted.
Location of records
(2) The records, copies of information submitted to the Minister and supporting documents, must be retained at the person responsible for the regulated facility’s principal place of business in Canada or, on notification to the Minister, at any other place in Canada where they can be inspected.
Relocation of records
(3) If the records, copies of information submitted to the Minister or supporting documents are moved, the person responsible for the regulated facility must notify the Minister, in writing, of the civic address of the new location within 30 days after the day of the move.
30 days
23 If there is a change to any administrative information required under sections 1 and 2 of Schedules 1 and 2, the person responsible for the regulated facility must notify the Minister, in writing, within 30 days of the change.
PART 2
Base Metals Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
24 This Part applies to regulated facilities that smelt or refine, from feedstock that comes primarily from ore, at least one of the following metals:
- (a) nickel;
- (b) copper;
- (c) zinc;
- (d) lead;
- (e) cobalt.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
25 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4, and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of emission factors in table 2-6 of section 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from |
|||
|
(a) lead production |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.163 |
WCI Method WCI.164 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.243 |
WCI Method WCI.244 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.263 |
WCI Method WCI.264 | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial |
||
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.165 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.245 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.265 | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
26 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 25(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
27 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of the individual base metals or nickel matte produced, separately.
PART 3
Bitumen and Heavy Oil Upgrading Facilities
General
Covered industrial activities
28 This Part applies to regulated facilities at which bitumen or heavy oil is upgraded in order to produce synthetic crude oil.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
29 (1) Subject to subsection (3), the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
Directive 017 or Directive PNG017 |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from |
|||
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.133 |
WCI Method WCI.134 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.203(d) |
WCI Method WCI.204(d) | |
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(a) |
WCI Method WCI.204(a) | |
|
3 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(e) |
WCI Method WCI.204(e) |
|
4 |
Venting emissions from |
|||
|
CO2 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(b) |
WCI Method WCI.204(b) | |
|
CO2 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(k) |
WCI Method WCI.204(b) | |
|
5 |
Wastewater emissions from |
|||
|
CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(g) |
WCI Method WCI.204(g) | |
|
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(h) |
WCI Method WCI.204(h) | |
|
6 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial |
||
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.135 | |
|
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
3 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
4 |
Venting emissions from |
||
|
CO2 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
CO2 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
5 |
Wastewater emissions from |
||
|
CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 | |
|
6 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Methane
(3) The requirements in subsection (1) do not apply to the quantification of CH4 from venting or leakage emissions.
Other emissions
30 (1) Subject to subsection (3), all GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 29(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Methane
(3) The requirements in subsection (1) do not apply to the quantification of CH4 from venting or leakage emissions.
Production
31 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in barrels of synthetic crude oil.
PART 4
Cement Manufacturing Facility
General
Definitions
32 The following definitions apply in this Part.
grey cement means cement that is produced from clinker that contains more than 0.5% by weight of ferric oxide. (ciment gris)
white cement means cement that is produced from clinker that contains 0.5% or less by weight of ferric oxide. (ciment blanc)
Covered industrial activities
33 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce grey cement or white cement.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
34 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions |
CO2 |
GHGRP 4.A |
GHGRP 4.B |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions |
CO2 |
GHGRP 4.C |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
35 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 34(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
36 The quantity of grey cement or white cement produced by the regulated facility, the quantity of clinker produced by the facility and the quantity of gypsum and limestone added to the clinker, must be quantified in tonnes, separately.
PART 5
Coal Mining Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
37 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce coal by mining coal deposits.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
38 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Leakage emissions from |
|||
|
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.103 |
WCI Method WCI.104 | |
|
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.253 |
WCI Method WCI.254 | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Leakage emissions – surface coal mining
(2) The CH4 leakage emissions from surface coal mining must be quantified by multiplying the quantity of coal extracted by the applicable emission factor set out in column 3 of the table to this subsection, according to the province of extraction set out in column 1 and the type of coal set out in column 2.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Nova Scotia |
Bituminous |
0.07 |
|
2 |
New Brunswick |
Bituminous |
0.07 |
|
3 |
Saskatchewan |
Lignite |
0.07 |
|
4 |
Alberta |
Bituminous |
0.55 |
|
5 |
Alberta |
Sub-bituminous |
0.20 |
|
6 |
British Columbia |
Bituminous |
0.86 |
Replacement data
(3) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Leakage emissions from |
||
|
(a) coal storage |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.105 | |
|
(b) underground coal mining |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.255 | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
39 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 38(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Emissions — exclusions
40 GHG emissions associated with the process of producing activated carbon and the process of producing char are not covered by this Part.
Production
41 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of thermal coal and metallurgical coal, separately.
PART 6
Scrap Based Steelmaking Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
42 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part applies to regulated facilities that produce steel from feedstock that comes primarily from scrap iron or steel.
Non-application
(2) This Part does not apply to a regulated facility that produces metal ingots or uses moulds to produce metal products of a specific shape or design the intended use of which when in that form is dependent in whole or in part on its shape or design.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
43 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from |
|||
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.A.5 |
GHGRP 6.C.1 | |
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.A.6 |
GHGRP 6.C.1 | |
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.A.9 |
GHGRP 6.C.1 | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from |
||
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.D | |
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.D | |
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.D | |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
44 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 43(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
45 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of cast steel and rolled steel, separately.
PART 7
Ethanol Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
46 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce grain ethanol for use in industrial applications or as fuel.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
47 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
48 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 47(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
49 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in litres of absolute ethanol for both industrial ethanol and fuel ethanol, separately.
PART 8
Electricity Generation Facility
General
Definitions
50 The following definitions apply in this Part.
boiler unit has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity. (groupe chaudière )
combustion engine means an engine, other than an engine that is self-propelled or designed to be propelled while performing its function, that
- (a) operates according to the Brayton thermodynamic cycle and combusts fossil fuels to produce a net amount of motive power; or
- (b) combusts fossil fuels and uses reciprocating motion to convert thermal energy into mechanical work. (moteur à combustion)
combustion engine unit has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity. (groupe moteur à combustion)
unit means an assembly comprised of a boiler or combustion engine and any other equipment that is physically connected to either, including duct burners and other combustion devices, heat recovery systems, steam turbines, generators and emission control devices, and that operate together to generate electricity and, if applicable, produce useful thermal energy, from the combustion of fossil fuels. (groupe)
Covered industrial activities
51 This Part applies to regulated facilities that generate electricity as their main activity, that are used to generate electricity from fossil fuels and that are comprised of one unit or a group of units.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Hybrid configuration
52 If a combustion engine unit and a boiler unit share the same steam turbine, the provisions of this Part apply as follows:
- (a) with respect to a combustion engine unit, they apply to the assembly comprised of combustion engines and any other equipment connected to them, including the steam turbine that it shares with the boiler unit; and
- (b) with respect to a boiler unit, they apply to the assembly comprised of boilers and any other equipment connected to them, including the steam turbine that it shares with the combustion engine unit.
Stationary fuel combustion emissions
53 (1) CO2, CH4 and N2O from stationary fuel combustion emissions must be quantified by unit in accordance with the following:
- (a) for CO2,
- (i) in the case of any unit that has obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, sections 20 to 26 of those Regulations,
- (ii) in the case of any unit that has not obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations and that generates electricity from the combustion of natural gas, sections 12 to 18 of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity, and
- (iii) in the case of any other unit, GHGRP 2.A; and
- (b) for CH4 and N2O, in the case of all units, GHGRP 2.B.
Combustion of diesel — emission factors
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), for the stationary combustion of diesel, the following emission factors must be used instead of those in table 2-6 of 2.B of GHGRP:
- (a) for CH4, 0.133 kg/kL and
- (b) for N2O, 0.4 kg/kL.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(3) The following sampling, analysis and measurement requirements apply to stationary fuel combustion emissions for each unit:
- (a) for CO2,
- (i) in the case of any unit that has obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, section 27 of those Regulations,
- (ii) in the case of any unit that has not obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations and that generates electricity from the combustion of natural gas, section 19 of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity, and
- (iii) in the case of any other unit, GHGRP 2.C; and
- (b) for CH4 and N2O, in the case of all units, GHGRP 2.C.
Replacement data
(4) Replacement data for stationary fuel combustion emissions must be calculated in accordance with the following:
- (a) for CO2,
- (i) in the case of any unit that has obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, section 28 of those Regulations,
- (ii) in the case of any unit that has not obtained a registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations and that generates electricity from the combustion of natural gas, section 20 of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity, and
- (iii) in the case of any other unit, GHGRP 2.D; and
- (b) for CH4 and N2O, in the case of all units, GHGRP 2.D.
Emissions from certain specified emission types
54 (1) Subject to subsection (3), the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Leakage emissions from coal storage |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.103 |
WCI Method WCI.104 |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions, from acid gas scrubbers and acid gas reagent |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI. 43(c) |
WCI Method WCI.44 |
|
3 |
Industrial product use emissions from |
|||
|
SF6 and PFCs |
WCI Method WCI.233 |
WCI Method WCI.234 | |
|
HFCs |
WCI Method WCI.43(d) |
WCI Method WCI.44 | |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
- (2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Leakage emissions from coal storage |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.105 |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from acid gas scrubbers and acid gas reagent |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.45 |
|
3 |
Industrial product use emissions from |
||
|
SF6 and PFCs |
WCI Method WCI.235 | |
|
HFCs |
WCI Method WCI.45 | |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Apportioning emissions
(3) If the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to subsection (1) emitted for the specified emission types set out in column 1 can only be quantified for the facility as a whole, those emissions must be apportioned to the facility’s units on the basis of each unit’s total generation of electricity relative to the facility’s total generation of electricity.
Other emissions
55 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out subsection 53(1) or in column 2 of the table to subsection 54(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production — fossil fuel
56 (1) Subject to section 57, if a unit uses only one fossil fuel to generate electricity, production of electricity must be quantified in GWh of gross electricity generated by the unit, measured at the electrical terminals of the generators of each unit using meters that comply with the requirements of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations.
Production — fossil fuel and biomass
(2) Subject to section 57, if a unit uses a mixture of fossil fuels or a mixture of biomass and fossil fuels to generate electricity, the gross electricity generated by the unit is to be determined separately for the gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels, in accordance with the following formula and expressed in GWh:
where
- GU is the gross quantity of electricity generated by the unit in the calendar year, as measured at the electrical terminals of the generators of the unit using meters that comply with the requirements of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations, expressed in GWh;
- HFFk is determined in accordance with the following formula, calculated separately for gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels “k”:
where:
- QFFj is the quantity of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the unit during the calendar year, determined in accordance with subsection (3)
- HHVj is the higher heating value of the gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the unit. Each HHVj is determined in accordance with subsection 24(1) of the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, and
- j is the jth fossil fuel type combusted in the unit during the calendar year, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of types of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, combusted; and
HB is determined in accordance with the following formula
where:
- QBi is the quantity of biomass fuel type “i” combusted in the unit during the calendar year, determined in accordance with the subsection (3),
- HHVi is the higher heating value of for the biomass fuel type “i” combusted in the unit. Each HHVi is determined in accordance with subsection 24(1) of the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, and
- i is the ith biomass fuel type combusted in the unit during the calendar year, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of types of biomass fuels combusted.
Quantity of fuel
(3) The quantity of fuel for QFFj or QBi is determined on the following basis:
- (a) for a solid fuel, the mass of the fuel combusted, on a wet or dry basis, expressed in tonnes and measured by a measuring device;
- (b) for a liquid fuel, the volume of the fuel combusted, expressed in kL and measured using a flow meter; and
- (c) for a gaseous fuel, the volume of the fuel combusted, expressed in standard m3 and measured using a flow meter.
Production — hybrid configuration
57 If a facility generates electricity using a combustion engine unit and a boiler unit that share the same steam turbine, the quantity of electricity generated by a given unit is determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity.
PART 9
Food Processing Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
58 This Part applies to regulated facilities engaged in the industrial processing of potatoes or oilseeds for human or animal consumption.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
59 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Wastewater emissions |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(g) |
WCI Method WCI.204(g) |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Wastewater emissions |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
60 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 59(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
61 Production must be quantified in tonnes of potatoes used as a raw material for regulated facilities engaged in the industrial processing of potatoes and tonnes of finished products for regulated facilities engaged in the processing of oilseeds.
PART 10
Iron Ore Pelletizing Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
62 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce iron ore pellets from iron ore concentrate.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
63 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions (induration furnace) |
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.A.1 |
GHGRP 6.C |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions (induration furnace) |
CO2 |
GHGRP 6.D |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
64 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 63(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
65 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of flux pellets and tonnes of pellets other than flux pellets, separately.
PART 11
Metal or Diamond Mining Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
66 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce metal or diamonds from the mining or milling of ore or kimberlite.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
67 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
68 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 67(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
69 Production of diamonds and metals by the regulated facility must be quantified
- (a) in carats, for diamonds;
- (b) in kilograms, for gold, silver, platinum or palladium, separately; and
- (c) in tonnes, for each metal other than those referred to in paragraph (b).
PART 12
Lime Manufacturing Facility
General
Definitions
70 The following definitions apply in this Part.
dolomitic lime means lime derived from limestone other than high-calcium lime. (chaux dolomitique)
high-calcium lime means lime derived from limestone that contains less than 5% magnesium carbonate. (chaux forte en calcium)
Covered industrial activities
71 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce dolomitic lime or high-calcium lime using a kiln.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
72 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions |
CO2 |
GHGRP 3.A |
GHGRP 3.B |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions |
CO2 |
GHGRP 3.C |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
73 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 72(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable, .
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
74 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of high-calcium lime produced, dolomitic lime produced and lime kiln dust sold, separately.
PART 13
Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline System
General
Covered industrial activities
75 This Part applies to a regulated facility that is a facility specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of facility in subsection 1(1) that transmits processed natural gas.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
76 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI. 353(d) |
Directive 017 or Directive PNG017 |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.355 |
Other emissions
77 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 76(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Methane
(3) The requirements in subsection (1) do not apply to the quantification of CH4 from venting or leakage emissions.
Production
78 (1) Production by the regulated facility must be expressed in MWh, and is the sum of the results of the following formula for each of the drivers operated by the regulated facility:
Px × Lx× Hx
where
P is the rated brake power of driver “x” expressed in megawatts, where “x” goes from 1 to n;
L is the actual annual average percent load of driver “x”, where “x” goes from 1 to n or, if the load is unavailable, the result of the following formula:
rpmavg /rpmmax
where
- rpmavg is the actual annual average speed during operation of driver “x”, expressed in revolutions per minute, and
- rpmmax is the maximum rated speed of driver “x”, expressed in revolutions per minute;
H is the number of hours during the year that driver “x” was operated, where “x” goes from 1 to n; and
n is the number of drivers operated by the regulated facility.
Definitions
(2) The following definitions apply in this section.
driver means an electric motor, reciprocating engine or turbine used to drive a compressor. (conducteur)
rated brake power means the maximum brake power of a driver as specified by its manufacturer either on its nameplate or otherwise. (puissance au frein nominale)
PART 14
Nitrogen-based Fertilizer Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
79 This Part applies to regulated facilities that manufacture at least one of the following substances:
- (a) anhydrous ammonia, or aqueous ammonia, produced from steam reforming of a hydrocarbon;
- (b) nitric acid produced by the catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
80 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from
|
N2O CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.313 WCI Method WCI.83 |
WCI Method WCI.314 WCI Method WCI.84 |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
- (2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from
|
N2O CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.315 WCI Method WCI.85 |
|
3 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
81 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 80(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
82 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of nitric acid, ammonia, urea liquor and all other nitrogen-based fertilizers, separately.
PART 15
Natural Gas Processing Plant
General
Covered industrial activities
83 This Part applies to regulated facilities that process natural gas.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
84 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
Directive 017 or, Directive PNG017 |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from acid gas removal |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.363 (c) |
WCI Method WCI.364 |
|
3 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.363(k) |
Directive 017 or Directive PNG017 |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions from acid gas removal |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.365 |
|
3 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.365 |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
85 (1) Subject to subsection (3), all GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 84(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable, .
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Methane
(3) The requirements in subsection (1) do not apply to the quantification of CH4 from venting or leakage emissions.
Production
86 The natural gas processed by the regulated facility must be quantified in m3 at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa.
PART 16
Bitumen and Other Crude Oil Facilities
General
Covered industrial activities
87 This Part applies to bitumen and other crude oil regulated facilities engaged in
- (a) the extraction, processing and production of bitumen or any other heavy crude oil having a density equal to or greater than 940 kg/m3 at 15°C; and
- (b) the extraction, processing and production of light crude oil having a density of less than 940 kg/m3 at 15°C.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
88 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
Directive 017 or Directive PNG017 |
|
2 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.363(k) |
Directive 017 or Directive PNG017 |
|
3 |
Wastewater emissions from
|
CH4 and N2O CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(g) WCI Method WCI.203(h) |
WCI Method WCI.204(g) WCI Method WCI.204(h) |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
(2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.365 |
|
3 |
Wastewater emissions from
|
CH4 and N2O CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
89 (1) Subject to subsection (3), all GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 88(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable, .
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Methane
(3) The requirements in subsection (1) do not apply to the quantification of CH4 from venting or leakage emissions.
Production
90 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in barrels of combined bitumen and heavy crude oil and in barrels of light crude oil, separately.
PART 17
Petroleum Refineries
General
Covered industrial activities
91 This Part applies to a regulated facility that is engaged in the processing of crude oil, including bitumen, heavy crude oil, light crude oil and synthetic crude oil, or secondary petroleum products and that has a combined annual volume of gasoline, diesel fuel and lubricant basestock produced that is greater than 40% of its annual volume of liquid petroleum products produced.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
92 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
Venting emissions from
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O CO2, and CH4 CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(b) WCI Method WCI.203(c) WCI Method WCI.203(m) |
WCI Method WCI.204(b) WCI Method WCI.204(c) WCI Method WCI.204(m) |
|
3 |
Industrial process emissions from
|
CO2 CO2, CH4 and N2O CO2 CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.133 WCI Method WCI.203(a) WCI Method WCI.203(d) WCI Method WCI.203(j) |
WCI Method WCI.134 WCI Method WCI.204(a) WCI Method WCI.204(d) WCI Method WCI.204(i) |
|
4 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(e) |
WCI Method WCI.204(e) |
|
5 |
Leakage emissions |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(i) |
WCI Method WCI.204(b) |
|
6 |
Wastewater emissions from
|
CH4 and N2O CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.203(g) WCI Method WCI.203(h) |
WCI Method WCI.204(g) WCI Method WCI.204(h) |
|
7 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
- (2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
Venting emissions from
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O CO2, and CH4 CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
3 |
Industrial process emissions from
|
CO2 CO2, CH4 and N2O CO2 CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.135 WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
4 |
Flaring emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
5 |
Leakage emissions |
CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
6 |
Wastewater emissions from
|
CH4 and N2O CH4 |
WCI Method WCI.205 WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
7 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
93 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 92(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
94 (1) Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in direct-only complexity weighted barrels (direct-only CWB), in accordance with the method outlined in the directive entitled CAN-CWB Methodology for Regulatory Support: Public Report, published by Soloman Associates in January 2014.
Modification
(2) However, a reference in the method to
- (a) the value of “Electricity Sales” when used to calculate the “Sales and Exports of Steam and Electricity” , excludes any exported electricity that was generated at the regulated facility;
- (b) the value of “EC Reported CO2e Site Emissions”, , excludes the emissions associated with electricity generated at the regulated facility; and
- (c) the value of “Deemed Indirect CO2e Emissions from imported electricity”, includes emissions associated with electricity that is generated and used at the regulated facility.
PART 18
Potash Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
95 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce potash by mining and refining potash ore.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
96 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except, for diesel, |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c, 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
Replacement data
- (2) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
|
2 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
97 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 96(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Production
98 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of potash containing at least 90% potassium chloride from a conventional underground mining process or a solution mining process, separately.
PART 19
Pulp and Paper Facility
General
Covered industrial activities
99 This Part applies to regulated facilities that produce
- (a) pulp from wood, other plant material or paper; or
- (b) any product derived directly from pulp or a pulping process.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
100 (1) The GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be quantified for the specified emission types set out in column 1 in accordance with the method for calculating GHG emissions set out in column 3. The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply to those GHGs and specified emissions types are set out in column 4.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel |
|||
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except,
|
GHGRP 2.C | |
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
For fossil fuels, GHGRP 2.A and 2.B, except for diesel, instead of the emission factors in table 2-6 of 2.B, use 0.133 kg/kL for CH4 and 0.4 kg/kL for N2O, and for pulping liquor, WCI Method WCI.213(c)(a) |
For fossil fuels, GHGRP 2.C, and for pulping liquor, WCI Method WCI.214 | |
|
CO2 |
GHGRP 2.A |
GHGRP 2.C | |
|
CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.B, except,
|
GHGRP 2.C | |
|
2 |
Industrial process emissions: addition of carbonate compound into a lime kiln |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.213(d) |
Direct measurement of quantity of carbonate compounds used or indirect measurement using quantity of carbonate compounds according to the quantity on the delivery invoices |
|
3 |
Wastewater emissions |
CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.203(g) |
WCI Method WCI.204(g) |
|
4 |
On site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.A.1.c , 2.A.1.d, 2.A.2.e and 2.B |
GHGRP 2.C |
|
(a) For the combustion of biomass fuels where CH4 and N2O emission factors are not prescribed, an alternative method must be used to estimate these emissions. The alternative method must not be biased toward understatement or overstatement of emissions. | ||||
Applicable equations
- (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), GHGs emissions from stationary fuel combustion emissions from biomass fuels may be quantified using equations 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-13, 2-14, or 2-18 from GHGRP, if applicable.
Replacement data
(3) Replacement data for the GHGs set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection must be calculated for the specified emission type set out in column 1 using the method for estimating missing analytical data set out in column 3.
TABLE
|
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stationary fuel combustion emissions from |
||
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D | |
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D and WCI Method WCI.215 | |
|
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D | |
|
2 |
Industrial |
CO2 |
WCI Method WCI.215 |
|
3 |
Wastewater emissions |
CH4 and N2O |
WCI Method WCI.205 |
|
4 |
On-site transportation emissions |
CO2, CH4 and N2O |
GHGRP 2.D |
Other emissions
101 (1) All GHGs, other than those set out in column 2 of the table to subsection 100(1), for any specified emission type set out in column 1 and all GHGs for all other specified emission types not set out in column 1, must be quantified in accordance with:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Sampling, analysis and measurement
(2) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in the methods used under subsection (1) apply to the GHGs and specified emission types.
Pulp and paper production
102 Production by the regulated facility must be quantified in tonnes of finished product, as follows
- (a) in the case of pulp
- (i) if the moisture content exceeds 10%, the weight of the pulp is adjusted so that its moisture content does not exceed 10%, or
- (ii) if the moisture content is equal to or less than 10%, the weight of the pulp without adjustment;
- (b) in the case of a product derived directly from pulp or the pulping process, the weight of the product or, if it has been machine dried, its weight after it has been dried.
Electricity production
103 (1) If a regulated facility uses only one fossil fuel to generate electricity, production of electricity must be quantified in GWh of gross electricity generated through the use of fossil fuels, measured with meters that comply with the requirements of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Electricity Gas Inspection Regulations.
Electricity production — fossil fuel and biomass
(2) If a regulated facility uses a mixture of fossil fuels or a mixture of biomass and fossil fuels to generate electricity, the gross electricity generated by the facility is to be determined separately for the gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels, in accordance with the following formula and expressed in GWh
where
- GU is the gross quantity of electricity generated by the regulated facility in the calendar year, as measured using meters that comply with the requirements of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations, expressed in GWh.
-
HFFk is determined in accordance with the following formula, calculated separately for gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels “k”:
where:
QFFj is the quantity of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the facility for electricity generation during the calendar year, as determined under subsection (3) and in accordance with GHGRP 2.C.2 of,
HHVj is the higher heating value of the gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the facility for electricity generation in accordance with GHGRP 2.C.1 and 2.C.3 of, and
j is the jth fossil fuel type combusted in the facility during the calendar year, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of types of gaseous, liquid or solid fuels combusted;
-
HB is determined in accordance with the following formula
where:
QBi is the quantity of biomass fuel type “i” combusted in the facility for electricity generation during the calendar year, determined in accordance with subsection (3) and with 2.C.2 of GHGRP and WCI Method, WCI.214,
HHVi is the higher heating value for the biomass fuel type “i” combusted in the facility for electricity generation in accordance with section 2.C.1 and 2.C.3. of GHGRP and WCI Method, WCI.214, and
i is the ith biomass fuel type combusted in the facility during the calendar year, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of types of biomass fuels combusted.
Quantity of fuel
(3) The quantity of fuels for QFFj and QBi is determined on the following basis:
- (a) for a solid fuel, the mass of the fuel combusted, on a wet or dry basis, expressed in tonnes and measured in accordance with GHGRP 2.C.2;
- (b) for a liquid fuel, the volume of the fuel combusted, expressed in kL and measured in accordance with GHGRP 2.C.2; and
- (c) for a gaseous fuel, the volume of the fuel combusted, expressed in standard m3 and measure in accordance with GHGRP 2.C.2.
PART 20
Other Regulated Facilities
General
Covered industrial activities
104 This Part applies to regulated facilities that are used to carry out an industrial activity not referred to in Parts 2 to 19.
Quantification of Emissions and Production
Emissions from certain specified emission types
105 (1) The GHGs that are emitted for specified emission types must be quantified in accordance with the following methods and the sampling, analysis and measurement requirements set out in those methods apply to those emissions:
- (a) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the industrial activity of the facility; or
- (b) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in paragraph (a) are not applicable.
Replacement data
- (2) Replacement data must be calculated in accordance with the methods used under subsection (1).
Production
106 The quantity of each type of product produced by the regulated facility must be quantified in mass, volume or number of units, according to the units of measure currently used by the industrial sector in question.
PART 21
Coming into Force
January 1, 2019
107 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order comes into force on January 1, 2019.
Deferred application
(2) This Order becomes applicable in Yukon and Nunavut on July 1, 2019.
SCHEDULE 1
(Paragraphs 12(a) and 13(a))
Content of Annual Report on Emissions and Production
1 The following information respecting the person responsible for a regulated facility:
- (a) an indication as to whether they are the owner or operator of the facility and their name and civic address;
- (b) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number of their authorized official; and
- (c) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number of a contact person, if different from the authorized official.
2 The following information respecting the regulated facility:
- (a) its facility name, the federal Business Number assigned to it by the Canada Revenue Agency, if any, and the civic address of its physical location, if any;
- (b) its latitude and longitude coordinates using the decimal degrees or degrees, minutes and seconds, unless the regulated facility is a natural gas pipeline transmission system;
- (c) its six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada code;
- (d) the Covered Facility Certificate Number that was issued to the regulated facility;
- (e) if applicable, its National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) identification number assigned by the Minister for the purpose of section 48 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and, if applicable, its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program identification number; and
- (f) in the case of an electricity generation facility,
- (i) the unique name for each unit,
- (ii) the unit registration number under the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity, if any, and
- (iii) the unit registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, if any.
3 The quantity of each greenhouse gas emitted for the calendar year, expressed in tonnes, from each emission type:
- (a) stationary fuel combustion emissions;
- (b) industrial process emissions;
- (c) industrial product use emissions;
- (d) venting emissions;
- (e) flaring emissions;
- (f) leakage emissions;
- (g) on-site transportation emissions;
- (h) waste emissions; and
- (i) wastewater emissions.
4 If an alternative method is used to calculate, sample, measure and analyze in accordance with section 8 of this Order, a description of that method.
5 The quantity of CO2 that was captured, transported, injected at long-term geological sites and that was permanently stored in those sites, expressed in tonnes of CO2, for the calendar year.
6 A list of the methods used to calculate, sample, measure and analyze each specified emission type and greenhouse gas.
7 If steam and heat are sold or purchased, the quantity of steam and heat, expressed in megajoules (MJ), purchased and sold in the calendar year.
SCHEDULE 2
(Paragraphs 20(1)(a) to (c))
Content of Verification Report
1 The following information respecting the person responsible for a regulated facility:
- (a) an indication as to whether they are the owner or operator of the facility and their name and civic address;
- (b) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number of their authorized official; and
- (c) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number of a contact person, if different from the authorized official.
2 The following information respecting the regulated facility:
- (a) its facility name, the federal Business Number assigned to it by the Canada Revenue Agency, if any, and the civic address of its physical location, if any;
- (b) its the latitude and longitude coordinates using the decimal degrees or the degrees, minutes and seconds, unless the regulated facility is a natural gas pipeline transmission system;
- (c) its six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada code;
- (d) if applicable, its National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) identification number assigned by the Minister for the purpose of section 48 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and, if applicable, its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program identification number; and
- (e) in the case of an electricity generation facility,
- (i) the unique name for each unit,
- (ii) the unit registration number under the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity, if any, and
- (iii) the unit registration number under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, if any.
3 The following information respecting the verification:
- (a) the name and civic address of the verification body along with the name, telephone number and email address of the lead verifier for the verification team that conducted the verification;
- (b) the name and contact information of the accreditation organization by which the verification body is accredited and the date of the verification body’s accreditation;
- (c) the names and functions of individual members of the verification team and the name of the peer reviewer;
- (d) a description of the objectives and scope of the verification and the verification criteria;
- (e) a description of the data and information supporting the verification report;
- (f) details of the verification procedures conducted on the data and information supporting the report that are required under this Order, including
- (i) a summary of the assessments, tests and reviews that were conducted during the verification, and
- (ii) the date of each visit conducted, for the purpose of subsection 19(3),;
- (g) the total greenhouse gas emissions from all industrial activity for the regulated facility for the calendar year and the amount of each type of product produced by the regulated facility, as described in the annual report for the regulated facility;
- (h) in the case of a verification of an electricity generation facility, the following information as described in the annual report :
- (i) the total greenhouse gas emissions from each unit and the sum of the total emissions from each unit within the facility for the calendar year, and
- (ii) the gross amount of electricity generated by each unit from gaseous fuel, liquid fuel and solid fuel and the sum of the total production from each unit that comprise the facility in the calendar year;
- (i) a record of errors or omissions, identified during the verification, in the data, information or method used in the preparation of the annual report that specifies, for each error or omission, and if the error or omission may be quantified,
- (i) in the case of an error or omission related to GHG emissions, the number of tonnes of CO2e to which the error or omission corresponds, and a statement indicating whether the error or omission is an understatement or an overstatement of the total quantity, and
- (ii) in the case of an error or omission related to the production of a given type of product, the quantification of that error or omission, expressed in the applicable unit of measure, and a statement indicating whether the error or omission is an understatement or an overstatement of that amount;
- (j) a record of any corrections made by the person responsible as a result of the identification of any errors or omissions identified during the verification;
- (k) an assessment of the GHG information system and its controls;
- (l) the verification body’s conclusions with respect to the total GHG emissions and the amount of each type of product produced, including any qualifications or limitations;
- (m) a declaration, signed and dated by the lead verifier, stating that the requirements of subsection 19(2) of this Order are complied with and that any real or potential conflicts of interest have been effectively managed;
- (n) a declaration, signed and dated by the peer reviewer, stating their approval of the verification report;
(o) the verification statement by the verification body with respect to the quantification of GHG emissions, in accordance with the following table, based on the determination made by that verification body:
TABLE
Item
Column 1
Verification StatementColumn 2
Determination of Verification Body1
Positive
There is a reasonable level of assurance that there is no material discrepancy in the total GHG emissions.
2
Adverse
There is a reasonable level of assurance there is a material discrepancy in the total GHG emissions.
(p) the verification statement by the verification body with respect to the quantification of the production of each product that must be quantified under this Order, in accordance with the following table, based on the determination made by that verification body:
TABLE
Item
Column 1
Verification StatementColumn 2
Determination of Verification Body1
Positive
There is a reasonable level of assurance that there is no material discrepancy in the amount of products produced.
2
Adverse
There is a reasonable level of assurance that there is a material discrepancy in the amount of products produced.
N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2018-213, Notice Establishing Criteria Respecting Facilities and Persons and Publishing Measures.