O. Reg. 493/10: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting

 

ontario regulation 493/10

made under the

Environmental Protection Act

Made: December 1, 2010
Filed: December 13, 2010
Published on e-Laws: December 14, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 1, 2011

Amending O. Reg. 452/09

(Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting)

1. The definition of “general stationary combustion” in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 452/09 is revoked.

2. Paragraphs 1 to 26 of Subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

1. Adipic acid manufacturing.

2. Primary manufacturing of aluminum.

3. Ammonia manufacturing.

4. Carbonate use.

5. Cement manufacturing.

6. Coal storage.

7. Copper production.

8. Electricity generation and cogeneration.

9. Ferroalloy production.

10. General stationary combustion.

11. Glass production.

12. HCFC-22 production and HFC-23 destruction.

13. Hydrogen production.

14. Iron manufacturing.

15. Lead production.

16. Lime manufacturing.

17. Nickel production.

18. Nitric acid manufacturing.

19. Petrochemical production.

20. Petroleum refining.

21. Phosphoric acid production.

22. Pulp and paper manufacturing.

23. Refinery fuel gas use within a petroleum refinery.

24. Soda ash manufacturing.

25. Steel manufacturing.

26. Zinc production.

3. Subsection 5 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) For the purposes of this section, a person mentioned in subsection 2 (1) may, in quantifying tonnes of CO₂e generated in a reporting period, deduct all of the carbon dioxide generated from the sources mentioned in subsection 2 (1) at a facility where the carbon dioxide is generated from the combustion of biomass.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Additional information

5.1 (1) This section applies to a person if the person is required to ensure that an emissions report is submitted under subsection 5 (1) in respect of a facility.

(2) The Director may request in writing that a person mentioned in subsection (1) submit any of the information mentioned in subsection (3) in respect of any year before the first year in which subsection 5 (1) applies.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the Director may request any of the following:

1. Copies of any submissions that the person was required to make to the Federal government under section 46 or 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

2. Subject to subsection (4), a report described in subsection (5),

i. that sets out tonnes of CO₂e generated from all sources mentioned in subsection 2 (1) at the facility, quantified in accordance with subsections 4 (1), (2) and (3), and

ii. that is prepared based on information that is in the custody or control of the person or to which the person has, or reasonably can obtain, access.

(4) If the Director requests a report mentioned in paragraph 2 of subsection (3) but the person mentioned in subsection (1) is unable to quantify in accordance with subsection (3), the quantifications may be made,

(a) using the best alternative quantification methods set out in the Guideline for the sources; or

(b) using a quantification method that is consented to by the Director in writing.

(5) A report mentioned in paragraph 2 of subsection (3) shall identify the means of quantification used, the data used in the quantification, the results of the quantification and any other information specified by the Director that is related to the application of the standard quantification methods mentioned in subsections 4 (1), (2) and (3).

(6) A person mentioned in subsection (1) shall comply with a request made under subsection (2) by the date specified in the request.

5. Subsection 11 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) If, after receiving notice under clause (1) (b), the person mentioned in subsection 2 (1) does not submit a revised emissions report to the Director and the accredited verification body or make a request under subsection (3), the accredited verification body shall prepare an adverse verification statement and submit the statement to the person mentioned in subsection 2 (1).

6. Table 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Table 1

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
	Common Name	Formula	Chemical Name	Chemical Abstract Service Registry No.	Global Warming Potential Factor
1.	Carbon dioxide	CO2	Carbon dioxide	124-38-9	1
2.	Methane	CH4	Methane	74-82-8	21
3.	Nitrous oxide	N2O	Nitrous oxide	10024-97-2	310
4.	Sulfur hexafluoride	SF6	Sulfur hexafluoride	2551-62-4	23,900
5.	Nitrogen trifluoride	NF3	Nitrogen trifluoride	7783-54-2	17,200
6.	HFC-23	CHF3	Trifluoromethane	75-46-7	11,700
7.	HFC-32	CH2F2	Difluoromethane	75-10-5	650
8.	HFC-41	CH3F	Fluoromethane	593-53-3	150
9.	HFC-43-10mee	C5H2F10	1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5- Decafluoropentane	138495-42-8	1,300
10.	HFC-125	C2HF5	Pentafluoroethane	354-33-6	2,800
11.	HFC-134	C2H2F4	1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoroethane	359-35-3	1,000
12.	HFC-134a	C2H2F4	1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane	811-97-2	1,300
13.	HFC-143	C2H3F3	1,1,2-Trifluoroethane	430-66-0	300
14.	HFC-143a	C2H3F3	1,1,1-Trifluoroethane	420-46-2	3,800
15.	HFC-152	C2H4F2	1,2-Difluoroethane	624-72-6	43
16.	HFC-152a	C2H4F2	1,1-Difluoroethane	75-37-6	140
17.	HFC-161	C2H5F	Fluoroethane	353-36-6	12
18.	HFC-227ea	C3HF7	1,1,1,2,3,3,3- Heptafluoropropane	431-89-0	2,900
19.	HFC-236cb	C3H2F6	1,1,1,2,2,3-Hexafluoropropane	677-565	1,300
20.	HFC-236ea	C3H2F6	1,1,1,2,3,3-Hexafluoropropane	431-63-0	1,200
21.	HFC-236fa	C3H2F6	1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoropropane	690-39-1	6,300
22.	HFC-245ca	C3H3F5	1,1,2,2,3-Pentafluoropropane	679-86-7	560
23.	HFC-245fa	C3H3F5	1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane	460-73-1	950
24.	HFC-365mfc	C4H5F5	1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane	406-58-6	890
25.	Perfluoromethane	CF4	Tetrafluoromethane	75-73-0	6,500
26.	Perfluoroethane	C2F6	Hexafluoroethane	76-16-4	9,200
27.	Perfluoropropane	C3F8	Octafluoropropane	76-19-7	7,000
28.	Perfluorobutane	C4F10	Decafluorobutane	355-25-9	7,000
29.	Perfluorocyclobutane	c-C4F8	Octafluorocyclobutane	115-25-3	8,700
30.	Perfluoropentane	C5F12	Dodecafluoropentane	678-26-2	7,500
31.	Perfluorohexane	C6F14	Tetradecafluorohexane	355-42-0	7,400

 

7. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2011 and the day it is filed.