Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 153, Number 3: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

January 19, 2019

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999.pg

Notice with respect to reporting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2018

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the Act), that, with respect to emissions of GHGs identified in Schedule 1 to this notice and for the purpose of conducting research, creating an inventory of data, formulating objectives and codes of practice, issuing guidelines or assessing or reporting on the state of the environment, any person who operates a facility described in Schedule 3 to this notice during the 2018 calendar year, and who possesses or who may reasonably be expected to have access to information described in Schedules 4 through 18 to this notice, shall provide the Minister of the Environment with this information no later than June 1, 2019.

Persons subject to this notice shall address responses or enquiries to the following address:

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Pollutant Inventories and Reporting Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Place Vincent Massey, 7th Floor
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Telephone: 819‑938‑3258 or 1‑877‑877‑8375
Email: ec.ges-ghg.ec@canada.ca

This notice applies to the calendar year 2018. Pursuant to subsection 46(8) of the Act, persons subject to this notice shall keep copies of the information required under this notice, together with any calculations, measurements and other data on which the information is based, at the facility to which the calculations, measurements and other data relate, or at the facility’s parent company, located in Canada, for a period of three years from the date the information is required to be submitted. Where the person chooses to keep the information required under the notice, together with any calculations, measurements and other data, at the facility’s parent company in Canada, that person shall inform the Minister of the civic address of that parent company.

If a person who operates a facility with respect to which information was submitted in response to the Notice with respect to reporting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2017 determines that the facility does not meet the criteria set out in Schedule 3 of this notice, the person shall notify the Minister of the Environment that the facility does not meet those criteria no later than June 1, 2019.

The Minister of the Environment intends to publish information on greenhouse gas emission totals by gas per facility submitted in response to this notice. Pursuant to section 51 of the Act, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with their information and no later than the deadline for submission, a written request that the information be treated as confidential based on the reasons set out in section 52 of the Act. The person requesting confidential treatment of the information shall indicate which of the reasons stipulated in section 52 of the Act applies to their request. Nevertheless, the Minister may decide to disclose the information submitted in response to this notice, in accordance with subsection 53(3) of the Act. Every person to whom this notice is directed shall comply with the notice. A person who fails to comply with the requirements of the notice will be liable under the applicable offence provisions of the Act.

Jacqueline Gonçalves
Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

SCHEDULE 1

Greenhouse Gases

Table 1: Greenhouse gases subject to mandatory reporting
  Greenhouse Gas Formula CAS Registry Number table 1 note 1 100-year Global Warming Potential (GWP) table 1 note 2
1. Carbon dioxide CO2 124-38-9 1
2. Methane CH4 74-82-8 25
3. Nitrous oxide N2O 10024-97-2 298
4. Sulphur hexafluoride SF6 2551-62-4 22 800

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
5. HFC-23 CHF3 75-46-7 14 800
6. HFC-32 CH2F2 75-10-5 675
7. HFC-41 CH3F 593-53-3 92
8. HFC-43-10mee C5H2F10 138495-42-8 1 640
9. HFC-125 C2HF5 354-33-6 3 500
10. HFC-134 C2H2F4 (Structure: CHF2CHF2) 359-35-3 1 100
11. HFC-134a C2H2F4 (Structure: CH2FCF3) 811-97-2 1 430
12. HFC-143 C2H3F3 (Structure: CHF2CH2F) 430-66-0 353
13. HFC-143a C2H3F3 (Structure: CF3CH3) 420-46-2 4 470
14. HFC-152a C2H4F2 (Structure: CH3CHF2) 75-37-6 124
15. HFC-227ea C3HF7 431-89-0 3 220
16. HFC-236fa C3H2F6 690-39-1 9 810
17. HFC-245ca C3H3F5 679-86-7 693
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
18. Perfluoromethane CF4 75-73-0 7 390
19. Perfluoroethane C2F6 76-16-4 12 200
20. Perfluoropropane C3F8 76-19-7 8 830
21. Perfluorobutane C4F10 355-25-9 8 860
22. Perfluorocyclobutane c-C4F8 115-25-3 10 300
23. Perfluoropentane C5F12 678-26-2 9 160
24. Perfluorohexane C6F14 355-42-0 9 300

Table 1 Notes

Table 1 Note 1

The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number is the property of the American Chemical Society, and any use or redistribution, except as required in supporting regulatory requirements and/or for reports to the Government of Canada when the information and the reports are required by law or administrative policy, is not permitted without the prior, written permission of the American Chemical Society.

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Table 1 Note 2

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 2014. FCCC/CP/2013/10/Add.3. Decision 24/CP.19. Revision of the UNFCCC Reporting on annual inventories for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, November 2013.

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SCHEDULE 2

Definitions

The following definitions apply to this notice and its schedules:

SCHEDULE 3

Reporting criteria

1. This notice applies to any person who operates

2. Any person who operates a facility described in this notice shall determine whether a facility meets or exceeds the reporting threshold using the following equation:

Where:

3. Any person who operates a facility that is engaged in more than one activity described in paragraph 1(b) shall report emissions for each activity separately.

4. If the person who operates a facility described in section 1 changes during the 2018 calendar year, the facility operator on December 31, 2018, shall report for the entire 2018 calendar year. If facility operations terminate during the 2018 calendar year, the last facility operator shall report for the portion of the year during which the operations occurred.

Table 2: North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes under which facilities are subject to mandatory reporting

SCHEDULE 4

Reportable administrative information

1. Any person who operates a facility described in Schedule 3 of this notice shall, for each facility, report the

2. The reported information required by this notice is to include a Statement of Certification, signed by an authorized signing officer, indicating that the information submitted is true, accurate and complete.

SCHEDULE 5

Reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in paragraph 1(a) or 1(b) of Schedule 3 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each of the GHGs listed in Table 1 of Schedule 1, report

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall

4. Any person subject to this schedule, and to whom any of Schedules 6 through 18 of this notice apply, shall use the methods described in the applicable schedules to quantify the information that the person must report under this schedule. Where methods are not described in the applicable schedules for a specific emission source, methods described in section 5 shall be used.

5. Any person subject to this schedule, and to whom none of Schedules 6 through 18 of this notice apply, shall

Table 3: Table for reporting selected GHGs by source category

Emission Source Categories
Greenhouse
Gas		 Stationary Fuel Combustion Emissions Industrial Process Emissions Industrial Product Use Emissions Fugitive On-site Transportation Emissions Waste Emissions Waste-water Emissions
Venting Emissions Flaring Emissions Leakage Emissions
Carbon dioxide (excluding CO2 emissions from biomass combustion, which is to be reported separately)   N/A  
Methane   N/A  
Nitrous oxide   N/A  
Sulphur hexafluoride N/A     N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hydrofluorocarbons N/A by species by species N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Perfluorocarbons N/A by species by species N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total      

SCHEDULE 6

CO2 capture, CO2 transport, CO2 injection and CO2 storage reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 3 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the quantification methods for carbon capture, transport and storage described in section 1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2:

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall use section 1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use section 1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity, expressed in tonnes of CO2 fugitive emissions from equipment and infrastructure used for

5. Any person subject to this schedule shall report the total annual quantity, expressed in tonnes, of CO2 surface leakage from each long-term geological storage site and enhanced fossil fuel recovery operation.

6. Any person subject to this schedule shall use section 1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity, expressed in tonnes of CO2 venting emissions from equipment and infrastructure used for

SCHEDULE 7

Fuel combustion and flaring reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 3 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule and whose facility is classified under NAICS 221112 shall use section 2 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity, expressed in tonnes (t), of CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions, by fuel type and source, from

3. Any person subject to this schedule who is not subject to section 2 above shall use section 2 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity, expressed in tonnes (t), of CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions, by fuel type and source, from

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall report the methods used to quantify each greenhouse gas under section 2 and section 3 of this schedule, by fuel type and source.

5. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the total emissions by CO2, CH4 and N2O. The person shall report their fuel information by fuel type, in accordance with sections 6 and 7 below.

6. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each fuel used under section 2 and section 3, report the

7. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each fuel used under section 2 and section 3, report the annual measured and weighted

8. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each fuel used under section 2 and section 3, report the default CO2, CH4 and N2O emission factors, when using values presented in Table 2-1 to Table 2-11 and in Equation 2-20, Equation 2-22 and Equation 2-23 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements.

9. Any person subject to this schedule shall report, for each fuel, the combustion oxidation factor when applied and provide supporting documentation used in its derivation.

10. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for steam used to quantify emissions under section 2 and section 3 above, report the

11. Any person subject to this schedule and whose facility is classified under NAICS 221112 shall report the annual quantities of

12. Any person subject to this schedule who is not subject to section 2 above shall report the annual quantities of

13. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for heat and steam generation, report the annual quantities of

14. Any person subject to section 11, section 12 and section 13 of this schedule shall use methods conforming to the Weights and Measures Act to measure the reported annual quantities purchased and sold.

15. Any person subject to this schedule shall submit documentation describing the methodology used, when

16. Any person subject to this schedule, who obtains from a supplier or performs fuel sampling, analysis and consumption measurement, as outlined in section 2.D of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements, shall submit a fuel quantity, carbon content and higher heating value for all sampling and measurement periods.

17. Any person subject to this schedule is not required to report fuels and their associated emissions when the sum of CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions (excluding CO2 from biomass), in CO2 eq., from the combustion of one or more of these fuels does not exceed 0.5% of the total facility GHG emissions from all fuels combusted (excluding CO2 from biomass combustion).

SCHEDULE 8

Lime production reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(iii) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice. For lime kilns at pulp and paper facilities, the person shall report using Schedule 17 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 3 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person described in this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions and production quantities under paragraphs 2(a), (b), and (f). This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 9

Cement production reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(iv) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 4 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions and production information under paragraphs 2(a), (b), (h), (i), (l) and (m). This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 10

Aluminium production reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(v) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.2 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.3 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2 emissions from anode and cathode baking, expressed in tonnes (t).

5. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.4 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

6. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.5 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

7. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.6 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

8. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.7 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

9. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.7 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

10. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 5.A.8 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of emissions from SF6 used as a cover gas, expressed in tonnes (t).

11. Any person subject to this schedule shall report the total annual quantity of liquid aluminium production, expressed in tonnes (t).

12. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions under sections 2 to 7 of this schedule. This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 11

Iron and steel production reporting requirements

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(vi) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for an induration furnace to report the

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.2 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for a basic oxygen furnace to report the

5. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.3 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for coke oven battery to report the

6. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.4 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for sinter production to report the

7. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.5 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for an electric arc furnace to report the

8. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.6 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for an argon-oxygen decarburization vessel to report the

9. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.7 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for a direct reduction furnace to report the

10. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.8 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for a blast furnace to report the

11. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A.9 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for the ladle furnace to report the

12. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.B.1 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for the atomization of molten cast iron to report the

13. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.B.2 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for the decarburization of iron powder to report the

14. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.B.3 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for steel grading to report the

15. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.B.4 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for steel powder annealing to report the

16. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 6.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements for iron and steel production to report

SCHEDULE 12

Electricity and heat generation

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(vii) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 7 of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

SCHEDULE 13

Ammonia production

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(viii) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 8.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of feedstock consumption, by feedstock type, expressed in

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each feedstock type used under section 3, report the annual weighted average carbon content expressed in

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 8.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

5. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions under paragraph 4(c). This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 14

Nitric acid production

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(ix) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 9.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility where there is abatement downtime shall report the

4. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility where the NOx abatement is integrated within the operating process and cannot be bypassed shall report the annual weighted average N2O emission factor, expressed in kilograms (kg) of N2O/tonnes (t) of nitric acid, 100% acid base.

5. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions under paragraph 2(a). The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 15

Hydrogen production

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(x) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice. For ammonia production, the person shall report using Schedule 13 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 10.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall for paragraph 2(b) indicate if the CO2 that is recovered or captured is for downstream use, on-site production or for permanent storage.

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 10.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of feedstock charged, reported by feedstock type, expressed in

5. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each feedstock type used under section 3, report the annual weighted average carbon content expressed in

6. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions under paragraphs 2(a) and (b). This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS are used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 16

Petroleum refineries

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(xi) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice. For hydrogen production emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 15 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from catalyst regeneration, expressed in tonnes (t).

3. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.B of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from process vents, expressed in tonnes (t).

4. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.C of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from asphalt production, expressed in tonnes (t).

5. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.D of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2 emissions from sulphur recovery units, expressed in tonnes (t). Any person subject to this schedule shall provide documentation of the methodology if they are using a source-specific molar fraction of CO2 in sour gas in Equation 11-14.

6. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.F of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 emissions from above-ground storage tanks, expressed in tonnes (t).

7. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.G of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 and N2O emissions from wastewater treatment plants, expressed in tonnes (t).

8. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.H of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 emissions from oil-water separators, expressed in tonnes (t).

9. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.I of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 emissions from equipment leaks at refineries, expressed in tonnes (t).

10. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.J of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from coking calcining units, expressed in tonnes (t).

11. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.K of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from uncontrolled blowdown systems, expressed in tonnes (t).

12. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.L of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 emissions from loading operations, expressed in tonnes (t).

13. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 11.M of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the total annual quantity of CH4 emissions from delayed coking units, expressed in tonnes (t).

14. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each of crude oil, propane, butane and ethanol brought into the facility for input into the refining process, report the

15. Any person subject to this schedule shall, for each feedstock used under sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 report the total annual

16. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions and production information under section 2 through section 13. This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 and Schedule 15 of this notice. The person shall indicate where emissions calculations use CEMS.

SCHEDULE 17

Pulp and paper production

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(xii) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 12.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

3. Any person subject to this schedule who operates a facility with stacks monitored by CEMS may use the annual emissions data from CEMS to report the emissions information under paragraphs 2(a) and (b). This shall not include the emissions information specified for CEMS in Schedule 7 of this notice. The person shall indicate where CEMS is being used to calculate emissions.

SCHEDULE 18

Base metal production

1. This schedule applies to any person who operates a facility described in subparagraph 1(b)(xiii) of Schedule 3 of this notice. For fuel combustion and flaring emissions, the person shall report using Schedule 7 of this notice.

2. Any person subject to this schedule shall use the greenhouse gas quantification methods in section 13.A of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements to report the

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the notice.)

In March of 2004, the Government of Canada established the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) to collect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions information annually from the largest emitting Canadian facilities. Under this mandatory reporting program, a notice is issued in accordance with section 46 of the Act and published annually in the Canada Gazette, outlining the reporting requirements. Operators of facilities that meet the criteria specified in the notice are required to submit their information to Environment and Climate Change Canada by June 1 of each year. The GHGRP is part of Canada’s ongoing effort to develop, through a collaborative process with provinces and territories, a harmonized and efficient reporting system that will meet the information needs of all levels of government, provide Canadians with reliable and timely information on greenhouse gas emissions and support regulatory initiatives.

In December 2016, the Government of Canada published the Notice of intent to inform stakeholders of upcoming consultations on proposed changes to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. It is pursuing this expansion to the GHGRP in order to

The notice requiring the reporting of 2017 GHG information, published in December 2017, represented Phase 1 of the expansion. In this phase, the reporting threshold was lowered to require all facilities emitting 10 kt or more of GHGs (in CO2 eq. units) to report. Specific industry sectors were also required to report additional information, using prescribed methods. These sectors were cement, lime, aluminium, iron and steel producers as well as facilities engaged in CO2 capture, transport, and storage activities.

As part of Phase 2 of the GHGRP expansion, a proposed set of expanded reporting requirements and methods, applicable to the 2018 calendar year, was circulated and consultations were undertaken with respect to these changes in 2018. More information about these consultations, including a response document issued by the GHGRP, is available on the program’s Consultations web page.

This notice represents the second year of the phased expansion to the GHG reporting requirements for industrial facilities in Canada. It contains the following key changes:

The GHGRP will continue to allow facilities subject to the expanded reporting requirements issued under Phases 1 and 2 of the expansion to upload provincial reports for those who are already reporting the same or similar data to provincial programs (in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador).

Information required to be reported as outlined in this notice will continue to be collected via Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Single Window (SW) system. This system currently collects data for ECCC’s GHGRP and for British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick, to support provincial GHG reporting regulations; the National Pollutant Release Inventory and its partners and various other partner programs. Further information on the GHGRP and step-by-step instructions on how to navigate the SW system are available on the Program website.

Compliance with the Act is mandatory and specific offences are established by subsection 272.1(1) of the Act. Subsections 272.1(2), (3) and (4) of the Act set the penalties for persons who contravene section 46 of the Act. Offences include the offence of failing to comply with an obligation arising from the present notice and the offence of providing false or misleading information. Penalties include fines, and the amount of the fine can range from a maximum of $25,000 for an individual convicted following summary proceedings to a maximum of $500,000 for a large corporation convicted on indictment. The maximum fines are double for second or subsequent offences.

The current text of the Act, including the most recent amendments, is available on Justice Canada’s website.

The Act is enforced in accordance with the Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Suspected violations under the Act can be reported to the Enforcement Branch by email at ec.enviroinfo.ec@canada.ca.

For more information on the GHGRP, including guidance documents, annual summary reports, and access to reported data, please visit the GHGRP website.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Publication after screening assessment of 10 substances in the Ketones Group specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) or subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas eight of the substances identified in the annex are substances identified under subsection 73(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas a summary of the draft screening assessment conducted on eight substances pursuant to section 74 of the Act and on the remaining two substances pursuant to paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Act is annexed hereby;

Whereas it is proposed to conclude that methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 2,4-pentanedione meet one or more of the criteria set out in section 64 of the Act;

And whereas it is proposed to conclude that the remaining substances do not meet any of the criteria set out in section 64 of the Act,

Notice therefore is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health (the ministers) propose to recommend to Her Excellency the Governor in Council that methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 2,4-pentanedione be added to Schedule 1 to the Act.

Notice is further given that the ministers propose to take no further action on methyl propyl ketone, methyl isoamyl ketone, diacetone alcohol, diacetyl, acetoin, and mesityl oxide at this time under section 77 of the Act.

Notice is also given that the ministers propose to take no further action on 2,3-pentanedione at this time.

Notice is furthermore given that the ministers have released a risk management scope document for methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 2,4-pentanedione to initiate discussions with stakeholders on the development of risk management actions.

Public comment period

Any person may, within 60 days after publication of this notice, file with the Minister of the Environment written comments on the measure the ministers propose to take and on the scientific considerations on the basis of which the measure is proposed. More information regarding the scientific considerations may be obtained from the Canada.ca (Chemical Substances) website. All comments must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice and be sent to the Executive Director, Program Development and Engagement Division, Department of the Environment, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, by fax to 819‑938‑5212, or by email to eccc.substances.eccc@canada.ca. Comments can also be submitted to the Minister of the Environment using the online reporting system available through Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Single Window.

In accordance with section 313 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit with the information a request that it be treated as confidential.

Jacqueline Gonçalves
Director General
Science and Risk Assessment Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

Gwen Goodier
Acting Director General
Industrial Sectors, Chemicals and Waste Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

David Morin
Director General
Safe Environments Directorate
On behalf of the Minister of Health

ANNEX

Summary of the draft screening assessment of 10 substances in the Ketones Group

Pursuant to section 68 or 74 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of 10 substances referred to collectively as the Ketones Group. Substances in this group were identified as priorities for assessment, as they met categorization criteria under subsection 73(1) of CEPA or were considered a priority on the basis of other human health concerns. The Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers (CAS RNfootnote 4) of the substances, their Domestic Substances List (DSL) names and their common names and acronyms are listed in the table below.

Substances in the Ketones Group
CAS RN Subgroup Domestic Substances List name Common name (acronym)
78-93-3 1 2-Butanone Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
107-87-9 1 2-Pentanone Methyl propyl ketone (MPK)
108-10-1 2 4-Methyl-2-pentanone Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)
110-12-3 2 2-Hexanone, 5-methyl Methyl isoamyl ketone (MIAK)
123-42-2 2 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone Diacetone alcohol (DAA)
431-03-8 3 2,3-Butanedione Diacetyl
513-86-0 3 2-Butanone, 3-hydroxy Acetoin
600-14-6 table 3 note a 3 2,3-Pentanedione 2,3-Pentanedione (2,3-PD)
123-54-6 table 3 note a Individual 2,4-Pentanedione 2,4-Pentanedione (2,4-PD)
141-79-7 Individual 4-Methyl-3-penten-2-one Mesityl oxide (MO)

Table 3 Notes

Table 3 Note a

This substance was not identified under subsection 73(1) of CEPA but was included in this assessment, as it was considered a priority on the basis of other human health concerns.

Return to table 3 note a referrer

All 10 substances in the Ketones Group are commercially produced and are also naturally present in the environment in various plants and/or food items or produced by microbes and other organisms. Several of the ketones are also produced endogenously in humans, including MEK, diacetyl and acetoin. MEK, MPK and MIBK have been detected in breast milk. According to information reported in response to surveys conducted under section 71 of CEPA, only DAA (23 000 kg) and 2,3-PD (1 200 kg) were reported to be manufactured in Canada in 2011. Reported imports in Canada for these ketones ranged between 100 kg (for acetoin) and 6 000 000 kg (for MEK) in 2011. In the same year, no Canadian manufacturing or importing activities were reported for MO above the reporting threshold of 100 kg.

In general, ketones are primarily used as solvents in various products, including products available to consumers, such as paints, coatings and adhesives, and as chemical intermediates and solvents among others in numerous industrial applications. They may also be used as food flavouring agents, in cosmetics and as formulants in pest control products.

The ecological risks of the substances in the Ketones Group were characterized using the ecological risk classification of organic substances (ERC). The ERC is a risk-based approach that employs multiple metrics for both hazard and exposure based on weighted consideration of multiple lines of evidence for determining risk classification. Hazard profiles are established based principally on metrics regarding mode of toxic action, chemical reactivity, food web–derived internal toxicity thresholds, bioavailability, and chemical and biological activity. Metrics considered in the exposure profiles include potential emission rate, overall persistence, and long-range transport potential. A risk matrix is used to assign a low, moderate or high level of potential concern for substances based on their hazard and exposure profiles. The ERC identified the 10 substances in the assessment as having a low potential to cause ecological harm.

Considering all available lines of evidence presented in the draft screening assessment, there is a low risk of harm to the environment from MEK, MPK, MIBK, MIAK, DAA, diacetyl, acetoin, 2,3-PD, 2,4-PD, and MO. It is proposed to conclude that MEK, MPK, MIBK, MIAK, DAA, diacetyl, acetoin, 2,3-PD, 2,4-PD, and MO do not meet the criteria under paragraph 64(a) or (b) of CEPA, as they are not entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity or that constitute or may constitute a danger to the environment on which life depends.

Several of these ketones have been previously reviewed internationally; these reviews and assessments were used to inform the health effects characterization in the screening assessment.

For the human health risk assessment, eight of the substances in this group have been addressed under three subgroups, with the remaining two substances addressed individually. For subgroup 1, the critical health effects include developmental effects for MEK and decreased body weight gain for both MEK and MPK. The general population in Canada is exposed to MEK and MPK from air and from food (primarily natural occurrence), and from products available to consumers, including cosmetics, paints and do-it-yourself products for MEK and paint products for MPK. A comparison of levels of MEK and MPK to which Canadians can be exposed in environmental media and food with levels associated with adverse effects in laboratory studies results in margins that are considered adequate to address uncertainties in exposure and health effects data used to characterize risk. However, the margins between exposure to MEK in some products available to consumers, namely lacquer and adhesive remover, paint products and PVC cement/primer, and critical health effect levels, are considered potentially inadequate to account for uncertainties in the exposure and health data used to characterize risk. Given the low acute toxicity of MPK and the absence of developmental effects via inhalation, there are no concerns related to the presence of MPK in products available to consumers.

For subgroup 2 (MIBK, MIAK and DAA), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) considers MIBK to be in group 2B (“possibly carcinogenic to humans”), with “sufficient evidence” of carcinogenicity in laboratory animals. For non-cancer effects, effects on the liver and kidney as well as developmental effects were observed in laboratory studies. The general population of Canada may be exposed to MIBK, MIAK and DAA from environmental media and food (primarily from their natural occurrence), and from the use of products available to consumers, including cosmetics, markers, paints and do-it-yourself products. A comparison of estimated levels of exposure to MIAK and DAA and critical effect levels results in margins that are considered to be adequate to address uncertainties in exposure and health effects data used to characterize risk. However, for MIBK, the resulting margins associated with the use of various paint and wood lacquer products are considered to be potentially inadequate.

For subgroup 3 (diacetyl, 2,3-PD and acetoin), diacetyl was carcinogenic in laboratory studies. Non-cancer effects have also been observed, such as effects on the respiratory tract for diacetyl. The general population of Canada is primarily exposed to diacetyl, 2,3-PD and acetoin from food (due to natural occurrence and use as a flavouring agent), and to diacetyl and 2,3-PD from use of a limited number of products available to consumers, including cosmetics and air fresheners, respectively. A comparison of estimated levels of exposure to diacetyl, 2,3-PD and acetoin and critical effect levels results in margins that are considered to be adequate to address uncertainties in exposure and health effects data used to characterize risk.

The available health effects information on 2,4-PD indicates general systemic toxicity and developmental effects. 2,4-PD has shown some potential for genotoxicity, but it is not expected to be carcinogenic. The general population of Canada may be exposed to 2,4-PD from food (natural occurrence) and from the use of a limited number of products available to consumers, such as specialty coating products. Margins for levels of 2,4-PD in food are considered adequate. A comparison of estimated levels of exposure to 2,4-PD from use of a coating applied to a large surface area, such as a trailer or a boat, and critical effect levels results in margins that are considered potentially inadequate to address uncertainties in exposure and health effects data used to characterize risk.

Canadians may be exposed to MO from its presence in air and food. MO is not expected to be carcinogenic or genotoxic. General systemic toxicity has been associated with exposure to MO in laboratory studies. Comparison of estimated levels of exposure to MO in environmental media and food and critical effect levels results in margins that are considered to be adequate to address uncertainties in exposure and health effects data used to characterize risk.

Therefore, on the basis of the information presented in the draft screening assessment, it is proposed to conclude that MEK, MIBK, and 2,4-PD meet the criteria under paragraph 64(c) of CEPA, as they are entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.

However, it is proposed to conclude that MPK, MIAK, DAA, diacetyl, 2,3-PD, acetoin and MO do not meet the criteria under paragraph 64(c) of CEPA, as they are not entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health.

Proposed conclusion

It is proposed to conclude that MEK, MIBK, and 2,4-PD meet one or more of the criteria set out in section 64 of CEPA.

It is proposed to conclude that MPK, MIAK, DAA, diacetyl, 2,3-PD, acetoin and MO do not meet any of the criteria set out in section 64 of CEPA.

It is proposed to conclude that MEK and 2,4-PD meet the persistence criteria but not the bioaccumulation criteria, as set out in the Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations of CEPA.

It is proposed to conclude that MIBK does not meet the persistence or bioaccumulation criteria, as set out in the Persistence and Bioaccumulation Regulations of CEPA.

The draft screening assessment for the Ketones Group and the risk management scope document for methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, and 2,4-pentanedione are available on the Canada.ca (Chemical Substances) website.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT

Notice No. TIPB-001-2019 — Petition to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2018-377

Notice is hereby given that a petition from SouthWestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) has been received by the Governor in Council (GIC) under section 12 of the Telecommunications Act with respect to a decision issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) concerning the development of the CRTC’s broadband fund.

Subsection 12(1) of the Telecommunications Act provides that, within one year after a decision by the CRTC, the GIC may, on petition in writing presented to the GIC within 90 days after the decision, or on the GIC’s own motion, by order, vary or rescind the decision or refer it back to the CRTC for reconsideration of all or a portion of it.

In its petition dated December 19, 2018, SWIFT requested that the GIC vary Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2018-377, Development of the Commission’s Broadband Fund. The reasons for this request are included in the petition.

Submissions regarding this petition should be filed within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Canada Gazette. All comments received will be posted on the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Spectrum Management and Telecommunications website.

Submitting comments

Submissions should be addressed to the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, 80 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A3.

A copy of all submissions should also be sent to the Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, preferably in electronic format (Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF) to the following email address: ic.telecomsubmission-soumissiontelecom.ic@canada.ca. Written copies can be sent to the Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 235 Queen Street, 10th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5.

All submissions should cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, the publication date, the title and the notice reference number (TIPB-001-2019).

Obtaining copies

A copy of the petition filed by SWIFT, as well as copies of all relevant petitions and submissions received in response, may be obtained electronically on the Spectrum Management and Telecommunications website, under “Gazette Notices and Petitions.” It is the responsibility of interested parties to check the public record from time to time to keep abreast of submissions received.

Official versions of notices can be viewed on the Canada Gazette website.

January 10, 2019

Pamela Miller
Director General
Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA

Notice to interested parties — Clean Fuel Standard regulatory design paper

1. Introduction

The Government of Canada is developing a Clean Fuel Standard to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions through the increased use of lower carbon fuels, energy sources and technologies. The objective of the Clean Fuel Standard is to achieve 30 million tonnes of annual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, making an important contribution to the achievement of Canada’s target of reducing national emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. The Clean Fuel Standard will complement carbon pollution pricing by reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the lifecycle of fuels and by driving investments in cleaner fuels and in clean technology in Canada.

The Clean Fuel Standard regulations will set separate requirements for liquid, gaseous and solid fossil fuels. The regulations for the liquid stream will be developed first, with the draft regulations for the liquid stream planned for publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I, in spring/summer 2019 and the final regulations in 2020.

This document presents key elements of the design of the Clean Fuel Standard regulations, building on the features described in the Clean Fuel Standard regulatory framework that was published in December 2017. As the liquid stream regulations will be published first, they focus on requirements for this stream, but they also provide some information on the gaseous and solid streams.

Key design elements covered in this paper include

2. Application of the Clean Fuel Standard

The Clean Fuel Standard will apply to all those who produce, import and in some cases distribute fossil fuels in Canada. Regulated parties that have a carbon intensity compliance obligation will be referred to as fossil fuel primary suppliers in this paper.

Liquid fossil fuel primary suppliers will be required to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuels and will have a carbon intensity compliance obligation based on the amount of liquid fossil fuel they produce and import in Canada.

The carbon intensity requirements for gaseous and solid fossil fuels primary suppliers will be set at a later date. Parties that are not fossil fuel primary suppliers will be able to participate in the Clean Fuel Standard as voluntary credit generators.

Parties regulated under the Clean Fuel Standard

Fossil fuel primary supplier

The fossil fuel primary supplier is the party responsible for meeting carbon intensity requirements for the fossil fuels they supply. These parties can also generate credits.

For liquid fossil fuels, the fossil fuel primary suppliers will be

For gaseous fuels, the fossil fuel primary suppliers will be footnote 5

For solid fuels, the fossil fuel primary suppliers will be

Voluntary credit generator

A voluntary credit generator is a party other than a fossil fuel primary supplier (i.e., does not have an obligation to reduce carbon intensity) that chooses to generate credits under the Clean Fuel Standard by

Fuels subject to the Clean Fuel Standard

All fossil fuel supplied for use in Canada will be covered by the Clean Fuel Standard, with a few exemptions.

Covered fuels

For liquid fuels, these include gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosene and light and heavy fuel oils. For gaseous fuels, these include natural gas (including liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas) and propane.

For solid fuels, these include coal, petroleum coke and coke.

Non-fossil fuels will not have a carbon intensity compliance obligation under the Clean Fuel Standard.

Exemptions

The Clean Fuel Standard will not apply to

The Clean Fuel Standard may set record-keeping or reporting requirements for some of these exemptions.

Aviation fuels

Jet fuel that is used domestically will be subject to the Clean Fuel Standard but jet fuel that is used for international flights will not. Renewable or other low-carbon intensity aviation fuel produced and imported will be eligible to generate credits under the Clean Fuel Standard. Consideration is being given to the use of a multiplying factor for low-carbon aviation fuel credits.

Self-produced and used fuels

Fossil fuels are sometimes produced and used on-site by fossil fuel producers in the process to produce a finished fuel or in their facility operations. This fuel is referred to as “self-produced and used fuel.” The Clean Fuel Standard will set a separate carbon intensity reduction requirement for some self-produced and used fuels:

3. Calculating carbon intensity

For renewable fuels and other low-carbon fuels and energy sources, carbon intensity values will be differentiated by type and origin of the fuel to reflect the greenhouse gas emissions associated with different feedstocks and production processes.

A Canadian average carbon intensity value will be determined for each fossil fuel produced or imported in Canada. As set out in the Clean Fuel Standard regulatory framework, the regulation will not differentiate among crude oil types, or on whether the crude oil is produced in or imported into Canada. An average carbon intensity value of crude oil used in Canada will be used.

For natural gas-derived fuels, the Clean Fuel Standard will not differentiate between sweet and sour gas, or by origin of the gas. A Canadian average carbon intensity value for natural gas and propane produced and imported and consumed in Canada will be determined. The treatment of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas remains to be established.

Indirect land-use change

Direct land-use change happens when a particular parcel of land is converted to grow crops for biofuel production. Indirect land-use changes occur in response to land or crops being diverted for biofuel production elsewhere in the global agricultural system. Indirect land-use change represents changes that would not have happened without an increase in biofuel demand. Carbon intensity values will not include an estimate of the impact of indirect land-use change on greenhouse gas emissions at this time, but will include direct land-use change.

Consideration is being given to including criteria designed to protect against significant adverse indirect land-use impacts. These could include, for example

The Clean Fuel Standard will include a requirement for a five-year review in 2025. Among other things, that review will consider whether to account for indirect land-use change and, if so, what appropriate methodologies that could be used to account for indirect land-use change.

Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Modelling Tool

Environment and Climate Change Canada is developing a new Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Modelling Tool to support the Clean Fuel Standard.footnote 9 This tool will be used to determine the carbon intensity of fuels used in Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada will make the modelling tool available at no cost. Periodic updates to the background data sets in the model are expected (considering every three to five years).

Fossil fuel carbon intensity values

The Canadian average carbon intensity values for fossil fuels will be expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (g CO2e) per unit of energy in megajoules (MJ), and will account for greenhouse gas emissions over the lifecycle of a given fuel. The Canadian average carbon intensity of the fuels will be calculated from the Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Modelling Tool under development by Environment and Climate Change Canada, based on 2016 data. These values will be used as the baseline for setting the carbon intensity reductions that fossil fuel primary suppliers will have to meet for the fuels they supply.

Imported liquid fossil fuels, such as gasoline or other refined petroleum products, and the petroleum portion of blended fossil fuels (e.g. E10) will be assigned the same carbon intensity value as the calculated Canadian average values.

The national crude slate carbon intensity value will be reviewed every three to five years.

Carbon intensity values of renewable and other low-carbon intensity fuels

Producers of renewable and other low-carbon fuels will be able to generate Clean Fuel Standard compliance credits. The regulations will require the use of the Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Modelling Tool to calculate facility-specific carbon intensity values and their submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada for approval, along with supporting data and verification by a third party.

The same requirements will apply to imported renewable or other low-carbon fuels, imported neat or the portion imported in a blend with petroleum fuel (e.g. E10). For imported fuels, there will also be requirements to submit data, including about feedstock and energy inputs that do not originate in Canada.

Carbon intensity values

Upon approval by Environment and Climate Change Canada, a carbon intensity value will be valid until criteria specified in the regulations requiring a review or update of the value are triggered. Carbon intensity values will also be a part of a credit generator’s annual third-party verification requirements. The input data supporting each fuel’s carbon intensity (e.g. feedstock type, energy requirements) will be verified and carbon intensity values could be revoked or updated if there are changes noted that increase the carbon intensity of the fuel or if input data is found to be incorrect, out of date or missing. Carbon intensity values will also be subject to review by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Minimum threshold requirements

Process changes that reduce the carbon intensity of a renewable or low-carbon fuel could trigger an updated carbon intensity request. A minimum threshold of an improvement of 1g CO2e/MJ or 5% difference between the current value and the proposed new value, whichever is greater, will be required in order to submit a request for a new carbon intensity value.

Energy effectiveness ratio

The energy efficiency ratio measures the relative efficiency with which a vehicle or engine uses a specific fuel. The higher the energy effectiveness ratio is, the more efficient the use of the fuel or energy. Some energy effectiveness ratios may be developed for credits generated from specified end-use fuel switching, for example from displacing gasoline with electricity to power light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles.

4. Carbon intensity reduction requirements

Liquid fossil fuel primary suppliers will have carbon intensity reduction requirements for each fuel they produce and import, for each annual compliance period (from January 1 to December 31). Carbon intensity reduction requirements will be expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents (g CO2e) per unit of energy in megajoules (MJ), and will account for greenhouse gas emissions over the lifecycle of a fuel. The carbon intensity reduction requirements will become more stringent over time. Non-fossil fuels will not have a carbon intensity reduction requirement.

Liquid fossil fuel primary supplier annual compliance obligation

The Clean Fuel Standard will set an annual maximum standard (or limit) carbon intensity for each fossil fuel produced and imported in Canada. The carbon intensity standard for 2030 will require a 10 g of CO2e per MJ reduction from the Canadian average carbon intensity of each fossil liquid fuel in 2016, as determined by the Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Modelling Tool. This represents a decrease of 10% to 12% in carbon intensity below 2016 fossil fuel carbon intensity values, depending on the fuel type.

Fossil fuel primary suppliers will generate CO2e exceedances annually based on the amount (expressed in MJ of energy) of each fossil fuel they produce and import for use in Canada. The sum of the CO2e exceedances from each fuel will be their annual carbon intensity compliance obligation. Each CO2e exceedance will represent one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2e).

At the end of each compliance period, each fossil fuel primary supplier will need to cancel the number of credits equal to their carbon intensity compliance obligation for that year plus any CO2e exceedances carried forward from previous years.

Annex 1 presents the methodology for calculating the annual carbon intensity obligation.

5. Credit generation

The Clean Fuel Standard will allow three methods for generating credits:

  1. actions that reduce the carbon intensity of the fossil fuel throughout its lifecycle;
  2. the supply of renewable and other low-carbon intensity fuels; and
  3. some end-use fuel switching.

Credits may be generated by fossil fuel primary suppliers or by voluntary credit generators that undertake these actions.

Fuels that can be used in more than one fuel stream will generate credits in the stream where they are actually used (e.g., natural gas used to displace liquid fuels in the transportation sector would generate credits in the liquid stream).

Compliance Category 1: Actions that reduce the carbon intensity of the fossil fuel throughout its lifecycle

The Clean Fuel Standard will recognize actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at any point in the lifecycle of the fossil fuel. These may include actions such as process improvements, electrification, switching from a higher carbon intensity fuel to a lower carbon intensity fuel and carbon capture and storage (i.e., actions that reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity of the obligated fuel). These actions can be taken by fossil fuel primary suppliers and by others upstream or downstream of a refinery.

A project or action that reduces emissions throughout the fuel lifecycle in only one stream will generate credits in that stream. If the carbon intensity of fuels is reduced in more than one stream (e.g., at refineries that produce liquid, solid and gaseous fuels), the credit generator will be allowed to select which stream the credits are generated in.

The ability of an action or type of project to generate a credit will be governed by protocols, some of which may be developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The Clean Fuel Standard regulations will also allow parties to submit a protocol to Environment and Climate Change Canada if the existing protocols do not apply to their project. The regulations will specify the requirements for developing and obtaining approval of a protocol.

Once a protocol has been approved, parties wishing to obtain credits by undertaking a project covered by the protocol will be required to submit the information specified in that protocol. This information will need to be accompanied by third-party verification. An application for a project may include an aggregate of emission reductions from multiple facilities owned or operated by the fossil fuel primary supplier or the voluntary credit generator. The project must yield measurable greenhouse gas emission reductions above an annual threshold.

Each protocol will define, among other things:

The Clean Fuel Standard will recognize the following projects as eligible for credit generation, as long as the project is compliant with the criteria set in the relevant protocol:

However, the Clean Fuel Standard will not allow the generation of credits for the following:

There will be no limitations for using credits generated under Compliance Category 1 in the credit and trading market (i.e., the credits would be tradeable or could be used to balance deficits).

Compliance Category 2: Supplying low-carbon fuels

The Clean Fuel Standard will allow producers and importers of renewable or other low-carbon fuels to generate credits based on the amount (energy in MJ) of renewable or other low-carbon fuel they supply to the Canadian market annually.

Eligible fuels must have a carbon intensity lower than the fuel stream credit reference carbon intensity value and may include (but are not limited to) renewable natural gas, ethanol and renewable diesel, biodiesel, hydro-treated vegetable oil, alternative jet fuel, hydrogen, biogas, synthetic fuels, renewable propane, biomass, wood pellets, biochar, municipal solid waste, and forestry and agricultural residues.

Credit generation

Credits will be generated based on the difference between the carbon intensity of the renewable or low-carbon fuel and the credit reference carbon intensity value of the fuel stream in which it is used. All renewable or other low-carbon fuel supplied to the Canadian market will be able to generate credits under the Clean Fuel Standard, including fuel used to comply with existing renewable fuel mandates.

Renewable fuel volumetric mandate

The federal Renewable Fuels Regulations require 5% renewable content in gasoline and 2% renewable content in diesel fuel and heating distillate oil. The Clean Fuel Standard will incorporate the volumetric mandate of the Renewable Fuels Regulations when the liquid fuel regulations under the Clean Fuel Standard come into force, in 2022. Fossil fuel primary suppliers will be required to demonstrate that they meet the requirements for 5% renewable content in gasoline and 2% renewable content in diesel fuel and heating distillate oil. This could be done through the credit trading system. The Clean Fuel Standard will not set renewable volumetric requirements for natural gas.

Point of credit generation

Credits for renewable and low-carbon fuels will be generated by the producer and importer of those fuels. For renewable fuels that are imported in a blended product (e.g. E10), the credit will go to the importer of the blended fuel. Environment and Climate Change Canada is considering allowing the transfer of the credit generation to parties downstream of production and importation to points of blending, and is seeking feedback on this option.

Annex 1 provides the calculations for credit generation from renewable or low-carbon fuels.

Compliance Category 3: Specified end-use fuel switching

The Clean Fuel Standard will allow some end-use fuel switching to generate credits. End-use fuel switching occurs when an end-user of fuel changes or retrofits their combustion devices (e.g. an engine) to be powered by another fuel or energy source. End-use fuel switching does not reduce the carbon intensity of the fossil fuel. Instead, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions by displacing the fossil fuel with a fuel or energy with lower carbon intensity.

In the liquid stream, end-use fuel switching from a higher carbon intensity fossil fuel used for transportation to the following lower carbon intensive fuels will be eligible for credit generation: natural gas, propane and non-carbon energy carriers, such as electricity or hydrogen. For the gaseous and the solid fuel streams, the type of end-use fuel switching that may be recognized for credit generation is still to be determined.

End–use fuel switching to electricity

Electricity used by light-duty and heavy-duty electric vehicles will generate credits proportional to the avoided emissions when factoring lifecycle emissions of the fossil fuels being displaced and of the electricity being used to charge the electric vehicles. Credits for light-duty passenger electric vehicles and on-road heavy-duty electric vehicles will be calculated as a substitute to gasoline and diesel, respectively. A baseline of existing electric vehicles and the estimated associated electricity use in Canada in a reference year (e.g. 2016) will be deducted from future electricity use for electric vehicle charging in the calculations for credits.

The Clean Fuel Standard will allow credits to be generated by the following parties:

Environment and Climate Change Canada is considering whether the Clean Fuel Standard should allow other actors (other than distribution utilities, site hosts and network operators) to generate credits, and who should be the credit generator for the charging of heavy-duty electric vehicles.

The regulations will allow credits to be generated relating to electric off-road vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in a similar manner as on-road electric vehicles, with credit calculations based on the fuel being displaced and the energy efficiency ratio for the type of vehicle being displaced.

A requirement for recipients of these credits (utilities, network operators and site hosts) to recycle all or a minimum percentage of the revenues generated from electric vehicle charging credits to further incent the adoption of zero-emission vehicles is being considered.

Early credit generation

The Clean Fuel Standard will allow credits to be generated from each fuel stream (liquid, gaseous and solid) beginning on the date of publication of the final regulations for the liquid fuel stream, which is expected in 2020. All solid or gaseous fuel credits generated before the solid or gaseous fuel stream regulations come into effect can be banked for future compliance.

Trading between fuel streams

When requirements for the liquid fuel stream come into effect, a fossil fuel primary supplier will be able to meet up to 10% of its liquid fuel stream obligation with credits from the gaseous or solid fuel streams.

After all three fuel stream requirements are in effect, the Clean Fuel Standard will allow fossil fuel primary suppliers in each stream to discharge a modest percentage of their carbon intensity compliance obligation using credits from the other fuel streams. Environment and Climate Change Canada is considering setting this limit at 10%.

6. Credit trading system

Participation in the credit trading system

Participants in the credit trading system include fossil fuel primary suppliers and voluntary credit generators. These participants will be able to generate, own and acquire credits. Environment and Climate Change Canada is considering whether other parties should be permitted to participate in the system under limited conditions for the purpose of acting on behalf of smaller credit generating parties or aggregating credits.

A voluntary credit generator will be able to end its participation in the Clean Fuel Standard trading system (i.e., be relieved of reporting requirements) with appropriate record keeping and reporting requirements for cancelling banked credits or ending ownership of these credits.

Provisions to ensure the integrity of the credit and trading system

The Clean Fuel Standard will set requirements to ensure the integrity of the credit and trading system. These will include:

Provisions to support the liquidity of the credit and trading system

The Clean Fuel Standard will include various provisions to support the liquidity of the credit and trading system:

Other provisions related to the credit market system

Reporting and issuance of credits

Credit generators will be required to submit a Fuel Transaction Report once a year, on February 28, or quarterly if they want to generate credits on a quarterly basis. Environment and Climate Change Canada will endeavour to deposit credits into each party’s account within 10 working days of the receipt of the report. Credits may then be traded, banked or used for compliance.

A diagram showing the credit life-cycle (i.e. all the steps between undertaking an action that generates a credit and submitting the annual report) is included in Annex 2.

Transparency

While protecting confidential information, Environment and Climate Change Canada may publish the following information publicly:

Credits cancelled for exported renewable and other low-carbon fuels

Credits generated for renewable and low-carbon fuels that are exported from Canada will be required to be cancelled. A mechanism will be developed under the Clean Fuel Standard that will require the cancellation of credits for all exported renewable and low-carbon fuels by the party that exports them.

7. Meeting obligations

Each fossil fuel primary supplier must meet its carbon intensity compliance obligation for the compliance period by demonstrating through submission of its annual compliance report that it has retired a number of credits from its account that is equal to its carbon intensity compliance obligation for the compliance period plus any CO2e exceedances carried forward. Fossil fuel primary suppliers may not borrow or use anticipated credits from future projected or planned carbon intensity reductions for compliance.

Credits generated under the federal output-based pricing system and other programs

Fossil fuel primary suppliers may not use credits that have been generated under another federal, provincial or territorial program or regulations, such as credits from the federal Output-Based Pricing System, for compliance under the Clean Fuel Standard.

However, as mentioned in section 5, the Clean Fuel Standard will allow the generation of credits for actions that also generate credits or comply with federal, provincial or territorial carbon pricing systems as long as these actions are otherwise compliant with the Clean Fuel Standard. For example, a refinery that undertakes a process improvement that reduces the carbon intensity of its facility may be entitled to surplus credits under the federal Output Based Pricing System. That same process improvement might also reduce the carbon intensity of the fuel it supplies. Credits would be allowed under the Clean Fuel Standard for that process improvement.

Calculation of the credit balance

The credit balance for fossil fuel primary suppliers will be calculated separately for each of the three fuel streams.

Additional compliance flexibilities

In addition to generating or acquiring credits from other participants in the credit trading system, a primary fossil fuel supplier will have additional compliance flexibilities:

8. Audit and verification

The Clean Fuel Standard will include audit and verification requirements. These will require an independent, accredited third-party verification body to provide assurance that the information submitted to Environment and Climate Change Canada is accurate and complete, and compliant with the requirements of the regulations.

The regulations will require independent third-party verification of compliance reports submitted to Environment and Climate Change Canada by fossil fuel primary suppliers and participants in the credit and trading system. The regulations will define the level of assurance required. The regulations will also include accreditation requirements for the third-party verifiers, including requirements respecting independence and conflict of interest.

9. Review and update

The Canadian Fuel Lifecycle Assessment Modelling Tool and the carbon intensity values will be updated and revised periodically.

The Clean Fuel Standard will include a requirement for a five-year review (i.e., in 2025). The review will consider whether and how the impacts of indirect land-use change should be accounted for and treatment of renewable fuel minimum renewable content requirements.

10. Next steps

Timing of regulations

Draft regulations for the liquid fuel stream are planned for publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I in spring/summer 2019, with final regulations in 2020 and coming into force in 2022.

The draft regulations for the gaseous and solid fuel streams are targeted for publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I, in late 2020, with final regulations in 2021 and coming into force in 2023.

Emission-intensive and trade-exposed sectors

Emission-intensive and trade-exposed sectors have expressed concerns that the cumulative cost impacts from the Clean Fuel Standard combined with carbon pricing could impact their competitiveness. In July 2018, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that the timing of the compliance obligations under the gaseous and solid stream regulations would be postponed by approximately 18 months to allow for more time to assess these impacts for gaseous and solid fuels and to take the time necessary to design the policy effectively.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has established a multistakeholder task group on emission-intensive and trade-exposed sectors under the Clean Fuel Standard consultations. This task group will provide a forum to better understand the concerns of these sectors and to consider options that could be integrated in the Clean Fuel Standard to mitigate competitiveness impacts sectors while meeting the Clean Fuel Standard’s 2030 emissions reduction goal.

Comments

Interested parties may submit comments by email or mail, on or before February 1, 2019, to the address below.

Clean Fuel Standard Regulatory Design Paper
Oil, Gas and Alternative Energy Division
Energy and Transportation Directorate
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Email: ec.cfsncp.ec@canada.ca

Annex I — Methodology for calculation of carbon intensity compliance obligation and credits

Calculation of carbon intensity compliance obligation

Credit generation: Calculation of a credit for supplying low-carbon fuels

Calculation of the stream credit reference carbon intensity value

Environment and Climate Change Canada will calculate the stream credit reference carbon intensity value for each compliance year (the stream credit reference).

Annex II — Clean Fuel Standard Credit Lifecycle

Diagram-Detailed information can be found in the surrounding text.

INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA

RADIOCOMMUNICATION ACT

Notice No. SMSE-017-18 — Release of ICES-005, issue 5

Notice is hereby given that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has published the following standard:

This standard will come into force upon publication on the official publications section of the Spectrum Management and Telecommunications website.

General information

The Interference-Causing Equipment Standards list will be amended accordingly.

Submitting comments

Comments and suggestions for improving this standard may be submitted online using the Standard Change Request form.

Obtaining copies

Copies of this notice and of documents referred to herein are available electronically on the Spectrum Management and Telecommunications website.

Official versions of notices can be viewed on the Canada Gazette website.

December 17, 2018

Martin Proulx
Director General
Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE

Appointment opportunities

We know that our country is stronger — and our government more effective — when decision-makers reflect Canada’s diversity. The Government of Canada has implemented an appointment process that is transparent and merit-based, strives for gender parity, and ensures that Indigenous peoples and minority groups are properly represented in positions of leadership. We continue to search for Canadians who reflect the values that we all embrace: inclusion, honesty, fiscal prudence, and generosity of spirit. Together, we will build a government as diverse as Canada.

We are equally committed to providing a healthy workplace that supports one’s dignity, self-esteem and the ability to work to one’s full potential. With this in mind, all appointees will be expected to take steps to promote and maintain a healthy, respectful and harassment-free work environment.

The Government of Canada is currently seeking applications from diverse and talented Canadians from across the country who are interested in the following positions.

Current opportunities

The following opportunities for appointments to Governor in Council positions are currently open for applications. Every opportunity is open for a minimum of two weeks from the date of posting on the Governor in Council Appointments website.

Position Organization Closing date
Chief Administrator Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada  
Chairperson Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada  
Director Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada February 11, 2019
Director Business Development Bank of Canada  
Director Canada Council for the Arts  
Chairperson Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology  
Chairperson Canada Lands Company Limited  
President and Chief Executive Officer Canada Lands Company Limited  
Chairperson (joint federal Governor in Council and provincial Lieutenant Governor appointment) Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board  
President and Chief Executive Officer Canada Post Corporation  
Chairperson Canada Science and Technology Museum  
Vice-Chairperson Canada Science and Technology Museum  
President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Commercial Corporation  
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Director Canadian Energy Regulator  
Lead Commissioner, Deputy Lead Commissioner and Commissioner Canadian Energy Regulator  
Chairperson Canadian Institutes of Health Research  
Vice-Chairperson Canadian Museum for Human Rights  
Vice-Chairperson Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21  
Vice-Chairperson Canadian Museum of Nature  
Regional Member (Quebec) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission  
Chairperson and Member Canadian Statistics Advisory Council  
President (Chief Executive Officer) Canadian Tourism Commission  
Chairperson Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
President and Chief Executive Officer Defense Construction (1951) Limited  
President and Chief Executive Officer Export Development Canada  
Chairperson Farm Credit Canada  
President and Chief Executive Officer Farm Credit Canada  
Vice-Chairperson Farm Products Council of Canada  
Chief Executive Officer The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited  
Commissioner Financial Consumer Agency of Canada  
Chairperson First Nations Financial Management Board  
Chief Commissioner First Nations Tax Commission  
Deputy Chief Commissioner First Nations Tax Commission  
Director Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation  
Director (Federal) Hamilton Port Authority  
Commissioner and Chairperson International Joint Commission  
Member (appointment to roster) International Trade and International Investment Dispute Settlement Bodies  
Chief Executive Officer The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated  
Director The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated February 7, 2019
Librarian and Archivist of Canada Library and Archives of Canada  
President and Chief Executive Officer Marine Atlantic Inc.  
Chairperson National Arts Centre Corporation  
Vice-Chairperson National Arts Centre Corporation  
Chief Executive Officer National Capital Commission  
Member National Capital Commission  
Government Film Commissioner National Film Board  
Director National Gallery of Canada  
Chairperson National Research Council of Canada  
President Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada  
Canadian Ombudsperson Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise  
Commissioner of Competition Office of the Commissioner of Competition  
Ombudsperson Office of the Ombudsperson for National Defence and Canadian Forces  
Director (Federal) Oshawa Port Authority  
Chairperson Pacific Pilotage Authority  
Chief Executive Officer Parks Canada  
Vice-Chairperson and Member Patented Medicine Prices Review Board  
Panel Member Payment in Lieu of Taxes Dispute Advisory Panel  
Master of the Mint Royal Canadian Mint  
Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee  
Principal Royal Military College of Canada  
Director (Federal) Saguenay Port Authority  
Chairperson Telefilm Canada  
Member (Marine and Medical) Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada  
President and Chief Executive Officer VIA Rail Canada Inc.