Multi-Sector Air Pollutants Regulations — 2
who has the charge, management or control of a boiler, heater, engine or cement manufacturing facility. ( exploitant ) petroleum refinery means a facility at which the combined annual volume of gasoline, diesel fuel and lubricant basestock produced is greater than 40% of the annual volume of liquid petroleum products produced and that is used or designed to process, using distillation, (a) crude oil or bitumen; (b) blends of crude oil, or bitumen, with other hydrocarbon compounds; or (c) partially refined feedstock derived from crude oil or bitumen. ( raffinerie de pétrole ) potash facility means a facility that is used or designed to produce potash, including a facility that is used or designed to extract potash-bearing ore. ( installation de production de potasse ) power plant means a facility that is used or designed to produce electricity for sale via the electric grid as its primary activity. ( centrale électrique ) ppmvd means parts per million, by volume on a dry basis. ( ppmvs ) pulp and paper facility means a facility that is used or designed to produce (a) pulp from wood or from other plant material or paper products; or (b) any product from pulp or a pulping process. ( installation de production de pâte et papier ) Reference Method EPS 1/RM/8 means the document entitled Reference Method for Source Testing: Measurement of Releases of Particulate from Stationary Sources , published in December 1993 by Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister. ( Méthode de référence SPE 1/RM/8 ) responsible person means an owner or operator of a boiler or heater, an engine or a cement manufacturing facility. ( personne responsable ) SO 2 means sulphur dioxide. ( SO 2 ) thermal method means a method of crude oil or bitumen extraction that involves the introduction of thermal energy into a geological formation in order to enhance the fluidity of crude oil or bitumen and to facilitate its extraction. It includes steam-assisted gravity drainage, cyclic steam stimulation, Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI ® ), in situ combustion, flooding with heated water, solvent-assisted thermal methods and electro-thermal methods. ( méthode thermique ) underground storage facility for gaseous fuel means a facility — other than an oil sands facility, petrol refinery or asphalt facility — that is used or designed to store gaseous fuel underground. ( installation de stockage souterrain de combustibles gazeux ) year means a calendar year. ( année ) Interpretation of documents incorporated by reference (2) For the purpose of interpreting any document that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations, “should” must be read to mean “must” and any recommendation or suggestion must be read as an obligation, unless the context requires otherwise. For greater certainty, the context of the accuracy or precision of a measurement can never require otherwise. EC CEMS Code (3) The EC CEMS Code is to be read as set out in Schedule 1. Alberta CEMS Code (4) The Alberta CEMS Code is to be read as set out in Schedule 2. EPA discretion (5) Any EPA method that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations must be read without reference to the exercise of discretion by the EPA or by the Administrator of the EPA. Inconsistency (6) In the event of an inconsistency between a provision of these Regulations and a document that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations, the provision prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. Methods incorporated by reference (7) Any method of the EPA, ASTM or GPA that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations is incorporated as amended from time to time. SOR/2025-229, s. 1