Archived: Proposed guidelines: reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions from natural stationary combustion turbines

The development of the Proposed Guidelines for the Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions (NO_x) from Natural Gas-fuelled Stationary Combustion Turbines follows the agreement made by federal, provincial and territorial environment ministers to better protect human health and the environment by endorsing and implementing a new Air Quality Management System (AQMS). The AQMS includes Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone, Base Level Industrial Emissions Requirements (BLIERs) and local Air Zone Management by the provincial/territorial jurisdictions.

Environment and Climate Change Canada led a multi-stakeholder BLIERs working group that developed consensus-based NO_x emission requirements for new natural gas-fuelled combustion turbines. These requirements form the foundation for the emission limits in the guidelines.

• Proposed guidelines for the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions from natural gas-fuelled stationary combustion turbines (PDF format, 534 KB)

Contact for further information on the proposed guidelines

• E-mail to: ec.combustion.ec@canada.ca (subject: CEPA Guidelines)
• Mail to:
  Paola Mellow
  Director, Electricity and Combustion Division
  Environmental Protection Branch
  Department of the Environment and Climate Change Canada
  351 St-Joseph Boulevard
  Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0H3

Related links

• Air Quality Management System (AQMS)
• Base-level Industrial Emissions Requirements (BLIERs)