Output-Based Pricing System Regulations — 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act . ( Loi ) additional industrial activity means an industrial activity that is not set out in column 1 of Schedule 1, that is recognized by the Minister, including for the purposes of a facility’s designation as a covered facility under subsection 172(1) of the Act, and that is engaged in in a sector that is recognized by the Minister as being at significant risk of competitiveness impacts resulting from carbon pricing and of carbon leakage resulting from carbon pricing. ( activité industrielle additionnelle ) ANSI National Accreditation Board means the accreditation organization that is a subsidiary of the American National Standards Institute. ( ANSI National Accreditation Board ) authorized official means (a) in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility who is an individual, that individual or another individual who is authorized to act on their behalf; (b) in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf; and (c) in respect of a person responsible for a covered facility that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. ( agent autorisé ) biomass means plants or plant materials, animal waste or any product made of either of these, including wood and wood products, bio-charcoal, agricultural residues, biologically derived organic matter in municipal and industrial wastes, landfill gas, bio-alcohols, pulping liquor, sludge digestion gas and fuel from animal or plant origin. ( biomasse ) boiler unit has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity . ( groupe chaudière ) combustion engine means an engine, other than an engine that is self-propelled or designed to be propelled while performing its function, that (a) operates according to the Brayton thermodynamic cycle and combusts fossil fuels to produce a net amount of motive power; or (b) combusts fossil fuels and uses reciprocating motion to convert thermal energy into mechanical work. ( moteur à combustion ) combustion engine unit has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity . ( groupe moteur à combustion ) Directive 017 [Repealed, SOR/2023-240, s. 2] Directive PNG017 [Repealed, SOR/2023-240, s. 2] distribution system has the same meaning as section 3 of the Act. ( réseau de distribution ) dolomitic lime means lime derived from limestone that contains equal to or more than 5% magnesium carbonate. ( chaux dolomitique ) electricity generation facility means a covered facility, other than one whose primary activity is something other than an industrial activity, that generates electricity as its primary industrial activity, used to generate electricity from fossil fuels and composed of one unit or a group of units. ( installation de production d’électricité ) flaring emissions means controlled emissions of gases from industrial activities as a result of the combustion of a gas or liquid stream produced at a facility, the purpose of which is not to produce useful heat. It does not include emissions from the flaring of landfill gas. ( émissions de torchage ) gaseous fuel means a fossil fuel that is gaseous at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325kPa. ( combustible gazeux ) GHG means greenhouse gas. ( version anglaise seulement ) GHGRP [Repealed, SOR/2023-240, s. 2] global warming potential or GWP means the global warming potential set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act for the greenhouse gas set out in column 1 of that Schedule. ( PRP ou potentiel de réchauffement planétaire ) grey cement means a mix composed primarily of clinker that contains more than 0.5% by weight of ferric oxide, gypsum and limestone. ( ciment gr