Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds Regulations (Petroleum Sector) — 1
Definitions 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. authorized official means (a) in respect of an operator who is an individual, that individual or another individual who is authorized to act on the operator’s behalf; (b) in respect of an operator that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf; and (c) in respect of an operator that is an entity other than a corporation, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. ( agent autorisé ) certified low-leaking valve means a valve for which the manufacturer has issued a written warranty, based on the results of testing conducted in accordance with generally accepted engineering practices, that, for a period of five years, no leak of VOCs from the valve will be of a concentration greater than 100 ppmv. ( soupape certifiée à faibles fuites ) certified low-leaking valve packing means valve packing for which the manufacturer has issued a written warranty, based on the results of testing conducted in accordance with generally accepted engineering practices, that, for a period of five years, no leak of VOCs from the valve will be of a concentration greater than 100 ppmv. ( garniture certifiée à faibles fuites ) control device means an enclosed combustion device, a vapour recovery system or any other device used to control the release of VOCs into the environment. ( dispositif de contrôle ) drop rate means the average number of drops per minute observed visually over a period of three minutes. ( débit en goutte ) EPA Method 21 means the method of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States entitled Method 21 — Determination of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks , set out in Appendix A–7 to Title 40, part 60 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. ( méthode 21 de l’EPA ) EPA Method 325A means the method of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States entitled Method 325A — Volatile Organic Compounds from Fugitive and Area Sources: Sampler Deployment and VOC Sample Collection , set out in Appendix A to Title 40, part 63 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. ( méthode 325A de l’EPA ) EPA Method 325B means the method of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States entitled Method 325B — Volatile Organic Compounds from Fugitive and Area Sources: Sampler Preparation and Analysis , set out in Appendix A to Title 40, part 63 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States. ( méthode 325B de l’EPA ) equipment component means any piece of process equipment that comes into contact with a fluid containing 10% or more VOCs by weight, as determined in accordance with ASTM International standard E260, Standard Practice for Packed Column Gas Chromatography , or E169, Standard Practices for General Techniques of Ultraviolet-Visible Quantitative Analysis , or with other generally accepted engineering practices. ( pièce d’équipement ) facility means the buildings, other structures and stationary equipment that are located on a single site or on several sites that are operated in an integrated way. ( installation ) heavy liquid means a liquid that has a vapour pressure of less than 1.013 kPa at 20°C. ( liquide lourd ) leak detection instrument means a portable monitoring instrument or an optical gas-imaging instrument. ( instrument de détection des fuites ) light liquid means a liquid that has a vapour pressure equal to or greater than 1.013 kPa at 20°C. ( liquide léger ) liquid petroleum product means (a) naphtha; (b) gasoline; (c) aviation turbine fuel; (d) kerosene; (e) diesel fuel; (f) light fuel oil; (g) heavy fuel oil; (h) naval distillate, bunker fuel or any other marine fuel; (i) gas oil; (j) lubricant basestock or petroleum-based lubricant; (k) asphalt; or (l) synthetic crude oil. ( produit pétrolier liquide ) minor assembly means a type of equipment component that is composed of up to 25 other equipment components that are connected together and tha