Proposal for the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations: chapter 2

means

• a) all of the following, that are operated in an integrated way to carry out the 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.

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.

means the date upon which a facility first produces a product from a covered industrial activity or eligible activity after it opened.

means a person who has the charge, management or control of a facility.

means the report that is referred to in section 173 of the Act.

means an activity described in section 3 of these regulations.

means an activity eligible under the Policy Regarding Voluntary Participation in the Output-based Pricing System.

means an application made under the Policy Regarding Voluntary Participation in the Output-based Pricing System.

means the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

means the Minister of Environment.

means the Output-Based Pricing System.

means an output-based standard.

means a surplus credit, an offset credit or a recognized unit.

means a surplus credit that is issued under section 175 or paragraph 178(1)(b) of the Act.

means an offset credit that is issued pursuant to regulations made under section 195 of the Act.

means a unit or credit issued by a person other than the Minister and that meets the criteria set out in these regulations.

means

1. in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility who is an individual, that individual or another individual who is authorized to act on their behalf;
2. in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf; and
3. in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf.

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.

has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity.

means an engine, other than an engine that is self-propelled or designed to be propelled while performing its function, that

1. operates according to the Brayton thermodynamic cycle and combusts fossil fuels to produce a net amount of motive power; or
2. combusts fossil fuels and uses reciprocating motion to convert thermal energy into mechanical work.

has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity.

means the directive entitled Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations, published by Alberta Energy Regulator on March 31, 2016.

means the directive entitled Directive PNG017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations, published by Government of Saskatchewan on August 1, 2017.

means lime derived from limestone that contains equal to or more than 5% magnesium carbonate.

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.

means a facility that produces metal ingots or uses a mould to produce a metal product 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.

means a fossil fuel that is gaseous at a temperature of 15 °C and an absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa.

means greenhouse gas.

means the guidelines entitled Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements, published by the Department of the Environment in 2017.

means the global warming potential set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act for the GHG set out in column 1 of that Schedule.

means cement that is produced from clinker that contains more than 0.5% by weight of ferric oxide.

means the hydrofluorocarbons referred to in items 6 to 24 of Schedule 3 to the Act.

means lime derived from limestone that contains less than 5% magnesium carbonate.

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.

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.

means clinker that is produced at the covered facility and not mixed at the covered facility with gypsum and limestone to produce cement.

means the guidelines entitled 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, published by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in 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.

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.

means uncontrolled emissions. It does not include industrial process emissions and industrial product use emissions.

means a fossil fuel that is liquid at a temperature of 15 °C and an absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa.

means a mixture of hydrocarbons—such as methane, ethane or propane—that is in a gaseous state at standard conditions and that is composed of at least 70% methane by volume, or that has a higher heating value that is not less than 35 MJ/standard m³ and not more than 41 MJ/standard m³. It excludes landfill gas, digester gas, refinery gas, blast furnace gas, coke oven gas, or gas derived through industrial processes from petroleum coke or coal, including synthetic gas.

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.

means a facility that is used to carry out the covered industrial activity listed in item 4 of Schedule 1 and for which the combined annual volume of gasoline, diesel fuel and lubricant basestock produced is greater than 40% of the annual volume of liquid petroleum products produced.

means the perfluorocarbons referred to in items 25 to 33 of Schedule 3 to the Act.

means a fossil fuel that is solid at a temperature of 15 °C and an absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa.

means lime produced by passing dolomitic lime through a kiln more than once or by adding material to dolomitic lime to change it properties.

means a temperature of 15 °C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa.

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.

means useful thermal energy in the form of steam or hot water that is intended to be used for an industrial purpose.

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.

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.

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.

means emissions resulting from industrial wastewater and industrial wastewater treatment at a facility.

means the method entitled Final Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting, published on December 17, 2010 by the Western Climate Initiative.

means cement that is produced from clinker that contains 0.5% or less by weight of ferric oxide.