Multi-Sector Air Pollutants Regulations — 51
Low-use engines — election 51 (1) The election is made when a responsible person for the engine provides to the Minister a notice of the election for inclusion in the engine registry that specifies the year as of which the election takes effect, which may be (a) the year in which the notice is provided, if the number of hours that the engine was operating — while they were a responsible person for that engine — in that year before the sending of the notice is recorded; or (b) a year subsequent to the year in which the notice is provided. Obligations under an election (2) An engine for which an election is in effect must (a) have a non-resettable hour meter, another non-resettable device or a SCADA system to determine the number of hours that the engine operates installed (i) by the day on which the notice is provided, if the election takes effect in the year in which the notice is provided, and (ii) by January 1 of the year as of which the election is to take effect, in any other case; (b) have the meter, device or SCADA system operating continuously, other than during periods when it is undergoing normal servicing or timely repairs, as of the day referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii), whichever applies; (c) if a non-resettable hour meter or another non-resettable device is installed, have readings taken from the meter or device that are recorded along with the dates of the readings and the serial number — or, if the serial number is not known or cannot be obtained, the unique alphanumeric identifier — make and model of the engine within the shortest feasible period before or after (i) the day on which the notice is provided, if the election takes effect in the year in which the notice is provided, (ii) every subsequent January 1, and (iii) the day on which the election ceases to be in effect; (d) if a SCADA system is installed, have a record made — as of the day referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii), whichever applies, and until the day on which the election ceases to be in effect — from the SCADA system at least once every 30 days that contains (i) data, taken every five minutes, that is used to determine the number of hours that the engine has operated, (ii) the dates on which that data was taken, and (iii) data that can be used to identify the serial number — or, if the serial number is not known or cannot be obtained, the unique alphanumeric identifier — make and model of the engine; and (e) for each period of three consecutive years that begins with the year as of which the election takes effect, operate, excluding any hour of operation during an emergency, for fewer than 1,314 hours, as determined based on the records referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) and, if applicable, paragraph (1)(a). Election ceases to be in effect (3) An election ceases to be in effect if (a) the engine does not meet one of the requirements set out in paragraphs (2)(a) to (e); or (b) a responsible person for the engine provides the Minister with a notice to that effect for inclusion in the engine registry. Re-election (4) Nobody who is a responsible person for the engine when an election ceases to be in effect may re-elect to have the engine be low-use before January 1 of the year that begins at least three years after that election took effect.