Q-2, r. 17.1 - Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact

Schedule Disposition versions

2022-08-23

SCHEDULE I

(ss. 20, 21 and 29)

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT PROCESSES CONCERNED

Division II of Chapter I of Title IV of Part I applies to the following activities, equipment and processes:

(1) any of the following equipment, with a rated power equal to or greater than 5 MW:

(a) a fuel burning system;

(b) an industrial furnace within the meaning of section 55 of the Clean Air Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 4.1);

(c) an incinerator within the meaning of section 101 of the Clean Air Regulation;

(d) any other thermal treatment unit for an industrial process;

(e) a stationary internal combustion engine;

(2) the use of at least 2 pieces of equipment referred to in paragraph 1, each rated at more than 3 MW;

(3) equipment or a process listed in Table 1 of this Schedule as a source of greenhouse gas emissions;

(3) a process used in aluminum production, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) prebaked anode consumption;

(b) anode consumption for Söderberg processes;

(c) anode and cathode baking;

(d) green coke calcination;

(e) anode effects;

(f) use of SF6 as a cover gas;

(4) a calcining or combustion process for carbonates such as limestone, dolomite, ankerite, magnesite, siderite, rhodochrosite, sodium carbonate or strontium carbonate used in cement, lime, sodium carbonate, glass and pulp and paper production, with a maximum production capacity of more than 10,000 tonnes of total carbonates per year;

(5) the construction or operation of an industrial establishment with a total storage capacity for coal, coke or any other material associated with coal equal to or greater than 145,000 tonnes;

(6) a process to reform natural gas using steam to produce hydrogen;

(7) a process to produce iron and steel, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) metallurgical coke production;

(b) steel production using a basic oxygen furnace;

(c) sinter production;

(d) steel production using an electric arc furnace;

(e) argon-oxygen decarburization process or vacuum degassing process;

(f) iron production by direct reduction;

(g) iron production using a blast furnace;

(h) indurating of iron ore pellets;

(i) ladle furnace use;

(8) equipment or a process for petroleum refining, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) process vents;

(c) asphalt production;

(d) sulphur recovery units;

(e) combustion of hydrocarbons from flares and antipollution devices;

(f) storage tanks;

(g) anaerobic wastewater treatment;

(h) oil-water separators;

(i) system components;

(j) coke calcining;

(k) uncontrolled blowdown systems;

(l) loading operations;

(m) delayed coking process;

(9) equipment or a process for the manufacturing of petrochemical products for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) flares and antipollution devices;

(c) process vents;

(d) leaks from equipment components;

(e) storage tanks;

(10) a lead production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary lead production processes;

(11) a zinc production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary zinc production processes;

(12) a nickel and copper production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of carbonate flux reagents;

(b) the use of reducing agents and materials for slag clearing;

(c) the use of raw materials containing carbon;

(d) the consumption of carbon electrodes in electric arc furnaces;

(e) the use of other raw materials contributing 0.5% or more of the total carbon in the process, by mass;

(13) a ferroalloy production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of an electric arc furnace;

(b) metallurgical reduction;

(14) a magnesium production process;

(15) a nitric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 4,000 tonnes per year;

(16) a phosphoric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 10,000 tonnes per year;

(17) an ammoniac production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 3,500 tonnes per year;

(18) an electronic components manufacturing process that uses a total combined quantity of NF3, SF6 and any other perfluocarbon compound equal to or greater than 430 kg per year at maximum production capacity;

(19) a titanium dioxide production process using chlorides with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 1,100 tonnes per year;

(20) a TiO2 production process using slag;

(21) an iron and steel powder production process;

(22) (paragraph revoked);

(23) geological CO2 sequestration;

(24) the establishment or extension of a site used for the landfilling of residual materials from an industrial process at the rate of 4,000 tonnes or more per year;

(25) a composting activity, where the facility has an annual treatment capacity equal to or greater than 60,000 tonnes of residual organic materials on a wet basis;

(26) a biogas production and treatment activity, when the maximum daily total capacity of the equipment is equal to or greater than 40,000 m3 of CH4 at a temperature of 25 °C and a pressure of 101.3 kPa.

O.C. 871-2020, Sch. I; S.Q. 2022, c. 10, s. 107.

2020-12-31

SCHEDULE I

(ss. 20, 21 and 29)

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT PROCESSES CONCERNED

Division II of Chapter I of Title IV of Part I applies to the following activities, equipment and processes:

(1) any of the following equipment, with a rated power equal to or greater than 5 MW:

(a) a fuel burning system;

(b) an industrial furnace within the meaning of section 55 of the Clean Air Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 4.1);

(c) an incinerator within the meaning of section 101 of the Clean Air Regulation;

(d) any other thermal treatment unit for an industrial process;

(e) a stationary internal combustion engine;

(2) the use of at least 2 pieces of equipment referred to in paragraph 1, each rated at more than 3 MW;

(3) equipment or a process listed in Table 1 of this Schedule as a source of greenhouse gas emissions;

(3) a process used in aluminum production, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) prebaked anode consumption;

(b) anode consumption for Söderberg processes;

(c) anode and cathode baking;

(d) green coke calcination;

(e) anode effects;

(f) use of SF6 as a cover gas;

(4) a calcining or combustion process for carbonates such as limestone, dolomite, ankerite, magnesite, siderite, rhodochrosite, sodium carbonate or strontium carbonate used in cement, lime, sodium carbonate, glass and pulp and paper production, with a maximum production capacity of more than 10,000 tonnes of total carbonates per year;

(5) the construction or operation of an industrial establishment with a total storage capacity for coal, coke or any other material associated with coal equal to or greater than 145,000 tonnes;

(6) a process to reform natural gas using steam to produce hydrogen;

(7) a process to produce iron and steel, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) metallurgical coke production;

(b) steel production using a basic oxygen furnace;

(c) sinter production;

(d) steel production using an electric arc furnace;

(e) argon-oxygen decarburization process or vacuum degassing process;

(f) iron production by direct reduction;

(g) iron production using a blast furnace;

(h) indurating of iron ore pellets;

(i) ladle furnace use;

(8) equipment or a process for petroleum refining, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) process vents;

(c) asphalt production;

(d) sulphur recovery units;

(e) combustion of hydrocarbons from flares and antipollution devices;

(f) storage tanks;

(g) anaerobic wastewater treatment;

(h) oil-water separators;

(i) system components;

(j) coke calcining;

(k) uncontrolled blowdown systems;

(l) loading operations;

(m) delayed coking process;

(9) equipment or a process for the manufacturing of petrochemical products for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) flares and antipollution devices;

(c) process vents;

(d) leaks from equipment components;

(e) storage tanks;

(10) a lead production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary lead production processes;

(11) a zinc production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary zinc production processes;

(12) a nickel and copper production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of carbonate flux reagents;

(b) the use of reducing agents and materials for slag clearing;

(c) the use of raw materials containing carbon;

(d) the consumption of carbon electrodes in electric arc furnaces;

(e) the use of other raw materials contributing 0.5% or more of the total carbon in the process, by mass;

(13) a ferroalloy production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of an electric arc furnace;

(b) metallurgical reduction;

(14) a magnesium production process;

(15) a nitric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 4,000 tonnes per year;

(16) a phosphoric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 10,000 tonnes per year;

(17) an ammoniac production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 3,500 tonnes per year;

(18) an electronic components manufacturing process that uses a total combined quantity of NF3, SF6 and any other perfluocarbon compound equal to or greater than 430 kg per year at maximum production capacity;

(19) a titanium dioxide production process using chlorides with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 1,100 tonnes per year;

(20) a TiO2 production process using slag;

(21) an iron and steel powder production process;

(22) exploration for hydrocarbons or brine within the meaning of the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2);

(23) geological CO2 sequestration;

(24) the establishment or extension of a site used for the landfilling of residual materials from an industrial process at the rate of 4,000 tonnes or more per year;

(25) a composting activity, where the facility has an annual treatment capacity equal to or greater than 60,000 tonnes of residual organic materials on a wet basis;

(26) a biogas production and treatment activity, when the maximum daily total capacity of the equipment is equal to or greater than 40,000 m3 of CH4 at a temperature of 25 °C and a pressure of 101.3 kPa.

O.C. 871-2020, Sch. I.

Not in force

SCHEDULE I

(ss. 20, 21 and 29)

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT PROCESSES CONCERNED

Division II of Chapter I of Title IV of Part I applies to the following activities, equipment and processes:

(1) any of the following equipment, with a rated power equal to or greater than 5 MW:

(a) a fuel burning system;

(b) an industrial furnace within the meaning of section 55 of the Clean Air Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 4.1);

(c) an incinerator within the meaning of section 101 of the Clean Air Regulation;

(d) any other thermal treatment unit for an industrial process;

(e) a stationary internal combustion engine;

(2) the use of at least 2 pieces of equipment referred to in paragraph 1, each rated at more than 3 MW;

(3) equipment or a process listed in Table 1 of this Schedule as a source of greenhouse gas emissions;

(3) a process used in aluminum production, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) prebaked anode consumption;

(b) anode consumption for Söderberg processes;

(c) anode and cathode baking;

(d) green coke calcination;

(e) anode effects;

(f) use of SF6 as a cover gas;

(4) a calcining or combustion process for carbonates such as limestone, dolomite, ankerite, magnesite, siderite, rhodochrosite, sodium carbonate or strontium carbonate used in cement, lime, sodium carbonate, glass and pulp and paper production, with a maximum production capacity of more than 10,000 tonnes of total carbonates per year;

(5) the construction or operation of an industrial establishment with a total storage capacity for coal, coke or any other material associated with coal equal to or greater than 145,000 tonnes;

(6) a process to reform natural gas using steam to produce hydrogen;

(7) a process to produce iron and steel, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) metallurgical coke production;

(b) steel production using a basic oxygen furnace;

(c) sinter production;

(d) steel production using an electric arc furnace;

(e) argon-oxygen decarburization process or vacuum degassing process;

(f) iron production by direct reduction;

(g) iron production using a blast furnace;

(h) indurating of iron ore pellets;

(i) ladle furnace use;

(8) equipment or a process for petroleum refining, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) process vents;

(c) asphalt production;

(d) sulphur recovery units;

(e) combustion of hydrocarbons from flares and antipollution devices;

(f) storage tanks;

(g) anaerobic wastewater treatment;

(h) oil-water separators;

(i) system components;

(j) coke calcining;

(k) uncontrolled blowdown systems;

(l) loading operations;

(m) delayed coking process;

(9) equipment or a process for the manufacturing of petrochemical products for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) catalyst regeneration;

(b) flares and antipollution devices;

(c) process vents;

(d) leaks from equipment components;

(e) storage tanks;

(10) a lead production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary lead production processes;

(11) a zinc production process, for the sources of greenhouse gas emissions linked to primary and secondary zinc production processes;

(12) a nickel and copper production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of carbonate flux reagents;

(b) the use of reducing agents and materials for slag clearing;

(c) the use of raw materials containing carbon;

(d) the consumption of carbon electrodes in electric arc furnaces;

(e) the use of other raw materials contributing 0.5% or more of the total carbon in the process, by mass;

(13) a ferroalloy production process, for the following sources of greenhouse gas emissions:

(a) the use of an electric arc furnace;

(b) metallurgical reduction;

(14) a magnesium production process;

(15) a nitric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 4,000 tonnes per year;

(16) a phosphoric acid production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 10,000 tonnes per year;

(17) an ammoniac production process with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 3,500 tonnes per year;

(18) an electronic components manufacturing process that uses a total combined quantity of NF3, SF6 and any other perfluocarbon compound equal to or greater than 430 kg per year at maximum production capacity;

(19) a titanium dioxide production process using chlorides with a maximum production capacity equal to or greater than 1,100 tonnes per year;

(20) a TiO2 production process using slag;

(21) an iron and steel powder production process;

(22) exploration for hydrocarbons or brine within the meaning of the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2);

(23) geological CO2 sequestration;

(24) the establishment or extension of a site used for the landfilling of residual materials from an industrial process at the rate of 4,000 tonnes or more per year;

(25) a composting activity, where the facility has an annual treatment capacity equal to or greater than 60,000 tonnes of residual organic materials on a wet basis;

(26) a biogas production and treatment activity, when the maximum daily total capacity of the equipment is equal to or greater than 40,000 m3 of CH4 at a temperature of 25 °C and a pressure of 101.3 kPa.

O.C. 871-2020, Sch. I.