Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) — 6
xperience with emission detection instruments. Interval (2) The annual inspection must be conducted in each calendar year at least 180 days after the date of the most recent annual inspection and at least 30 days after the date of the most recent comprehensive inspection. Exception (3) An annual inspection is not required to be conducted in any calendar year in which an annual inspection is conducted at the upstream oil and gas facility under subsection 53.1(1). Methodology (4) An annual inspection must be conducted using a method that, under standard conditions, provides a 90% or greater probability of detecting a fugitive emission that has a flow rate of 10 kg/h or more. Conduct of inspections 8.13 An inspection required under any of sections 8.1 to 8.12 must be conducted (a) by a person who, not more than five years before the day on which the inspection occurs, has received training in the calibration, maintenance and operation of the instruments that are used to conduct the inspection; and (b) using instruments that are calibrated, maintained and operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, if any. Exclusion — health or safety 8.14 An inspection required under any of sections 8.1 to 8.12 is not required to include the inspection of an equipment component if that inspection would pose a serious risk to human health or safety. Period for repair 8.15 (1) When a fugitive emission is detected at an upstream oil and gas facility, whether as a result of an inspection or otherwise, the equipment component that is emitting the hydrocarbon gas must be repaired (a) if the repair can be carried out while the equipment component is operating, within the applicable period referred to in subsection (2) or (3); and (b) in any other case, before the end of the next planned shutdown of the facility. Repair — flow rate not determined (2) If the equipment component can be repaired while it is operating and the flow rate of the fugitive emission is not determined, the component must be repaired within 24 hours after the emission is detected. Repair — flow rate determined (3) If the equipment component can be repaired while it is operating and the flow rate of the fugitive emission is determined, the component must be repaired (a) in the case of a flow rate that is less than 1 kg/h, within 90 days after the day on which the emission is detected; (b) in the case of a flow rate that is 1 kg/h or more but less than 10 kg/h, within 30 days after the day on which the emission is detected; (c) in the case of a flow rate that is 10 kg/h or more but less than 100 kg/h, within seven days after the day on which the emission is detected; and (d) in the case of a flow rate that is 100 kg/h or more, within 24 hours after the emission is detected. Flow rate reduced (4) However, if a measure is taken that reduces the flow rate of the fugitive emission to less than 10 kg/h during the applicable repair period referred to in paragraph (3)(c) or (d), the repair must be completed within 30 days after the day on which the emission is detected. Volume of hydrocarbon gas (5) In subsections (6) and (7), a reference to a volume of hydrocarbon gas is a reference to that volume expressed in standard m 3 . Deferral of repair — low level emissions (6) Despite paragraphs (3)(a) and (b) and subsection (4), if the equipment component is emitting hydrocarbon gas at a flow rate of less than 10 kg/h, the repair of the equipment component may be deferred until the day on which the estimated total volume of fugitive emissions that, beginning on the day on which the fugitive emission is detected, would be emitted from that equipment component and from all other equipment components as of that day is equal to the volume of hydrocarbon gas that, if none of those equipment components were repaired, would be emitted during a temporary depressurization of the equipment or a pipeline conducted in order to carry out the repair. Repair — facility shutdown necessary (7)