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Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 2
2 (1) Subject to sections 7 and 9 to 11, these Regulations do not apply to gasoline for use in (a) aircraft; (b) competition vehicles, provided that the gasoline has an antiknock index of at least 100; or (c) scientific research in Canada. (2) Subject to sections 9 to 11, these Regulations do not apply to (a) gasoline in transit through Canada, from a place outside Canada to another place outside Canada, and accompanied by written evidence establishing that the gasoline is in transit; or (b) gasoline produced or sold for export and accompanied by written evidence establishing that the gasoline will be exported. (3) Subsection 3(1) and sections 4, 16 and 17 do not apply to U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline. (4) Subject to sections 7 and 9 to 13 and subsections 18(4) and 19(3), these Regulations do not apply to gasoline-like blendstock. (5) Any batch that is supplied during the summer but is intended for use during the winter in the northern supply area is considered to be supplied during the winter if the primary supplier identifies the batch under subsection 9(1) as northern winter complying gasoline. (6) These Regulations do not apply to gasoline that has been stored in the northern supply area for the purpose of providing gasoline to persons in emergency situations if the gasoline was supplied before July 1, 1999 and stored before July 1, 2000. SOR/99-204, s. 2; SOR/2003-318, s. 2
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 3
3 (1) Effective July 1, 1999 and subject to section 15, no primary supplier shall supply gasoline that contains benzene at a concentration that exceeds 1.0% by volume. (2) No person shall sell or offer for sale gasoline that contains benzene at a concentration that exceeds 1.5% by volume (a) in the northern supply area, effective July 1, 2000; (b) in all areas identified in an application under paragraph 16(3)(b) in respect of which the Minister has authorized the use of a temporary alternative limit, effective April 1, 2000; and (c) in any other area in Canada not described in paragraph (a) and (b), effective October 1, 1999. SOR/99-204, s. 3
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4 Effective July 1, 1999 and subject to section 15, no primary supplier shall supply gasoline that has a benzene emissions number that exceeds (a) 71, in the case of a batch supplied during the summer; and (b) 92, in the case of a batch supplied during the winter.
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6 (1) When the sampling method specified in subsection 5(1) cannot be reasonably applied, another sampling method may be used by the primary supplier if, at least 60 days before the use of the method, the primary supplier sends the Minister (a) an explanation of why the method specified in subsection 5(1) cannot be applied; (b) a description of the proposed alternative method; and (c) evidence that demonstrates that the reliability and accuracy of the alternative method are comparable to those of the method specified in subsection 5(1). (2) For the purposes of sections 8 and 20, either the normally applicable method specified in one of subsections 5(2) to (7) or an alternative method may be used by the primary supplier on the condition that (a) the equivalency of the alternative method to the normally applicable method be validated in accordance with the ASTM International method D6708 - 16b, Standard Practice for Statistical Assessment and Improvement of Expected Agreement Between Two Test Methods that Purport to Measure the Same Property of a Material , or the ASTM International method D3764 - 15e1, Standard Practice for Validation of the Performance of Process Stream Analyzer Systems ; and (b) the primary supplier sends the Minister, at least 60 days before using the alternative method, a description of the alternative method and evidence that demonstrates that it provides results equivalent to those provided by the normally applicable method. (3) If the Minister determines that the alternative method is not equivalent to the normally applicable method, the Minister shall reject it and notify the primary supplier to that effect. SOR/99-204, s. 5; SOR/2003-318, s. 4; SOR/2004-252, s. 2(E); SOR/2018-11, s. 8
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 7
7 (1) Every primary supplier must submit the information specified in Schedule 2 to the Minister by the later of (a) November 1, 1998, and (b) 15 days before the primary supplier starts to supply gasoline. (2) The Minister must provide each primary supplier with one or more registration numbers based on the information submitted in accordance with subsection (1). (3) When the information submitted under subsection (1) changes, other than information on typical annual volumes, the primary supplier must submit the updated information to the Minister within five days after the change. SOR/99-204, s. 6
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8 (1) Every primary supplier must submit a report to the Minister that is signed by an authorized official of the primary supplier and that contains the information set out in Schedule 3. (2) The report must be submitted (a) quarterly, beginning on January 1, 1999 and ending on December 31, 2002, within 45 days after the last day of each calendar quarter during which gasoline was supplied; and (b) annually, beginning on January 1, 2003, on or before February 15 of the year following each year during which gasoline was supplied. (3) Despite sections 5 and 6, a record of analysis as required by the Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline , Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations of the United States, Part 80, section 80.74 or 80.104, or as required by The California Reformulated Gasoline Regulations , Title 13, California Code of Regulations , Division 3, Chapter 5, Article 1, Subarticle 2, section 2270, may be used to provide the information on gasoline composition for a report referred to in subsection (1). SOR/2003-318, s. 5
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 8.1
8.1 (1) Any information, report or notice that is required, or any application that is made, under these Regulations must be sent electronically in the form and format specified by the Minister and must bear the electronic signature of an authorized official. (2) If the Minister has not specified an electronic form and format or if it is impractical to send the information, report, notice or application electronically in accordance with subsection (1) because of circumstances beyond the control of the person sending it, they must send it on paper, signed by an authorized official, in the form and format specified by the Minister. However, if no form and format have been so specified, the information may be in any form and format. SOR/2018-11, s. 9
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 9
9 (1) A primary supplier may, before dispatching a batch from a refinery or blending facility or importing a batch, identify the gasoline by recording it as one of the following types: (a) complying gasoline; (b) gasoline for use in aircraft; (c) gasoline for use in competition vehicles; (d) gasoline for use in scientific research; (e) gasoline for export; (f) gasoline in transit through Canada; (g) U.S. reformulated gasoline; (h) California gasoline; (i) gasoline-like blendstock; and (j) northern winter complying gasoline. (2) Any batch of gasoline dispatched by a primary supplier from a refinery or blending facility, or imported by a primary supplier, that has not been identified under subsection (1) is considered, for the purposes of these Regulations, to have been identified as complying gasoline. (3) Every primary supplier must have a record for each batch it dispatches or imports that includes (a) the type of gasoline as identified under subsection (1), unless it is complying gasoline; (b) the date on which the batch was dispatched or imported; (c) the volume and the grade of each batch; and (d) the name and address of the person to whom the gasoline was sold or the address of the storage facility or refuelling facility to which the gasoline was delivered. (4) For each batch of complying gasoline received at a refinery or non-mobile blending facility, every primary supplier must record the name and address of the seller or provider, the date of the purchase or transfer of ownership, and the volume and the grade of the batch. (5) Every primary supplier must have written evidence that establishes that each batch identified under subsection (1) as one of the following types of gasoline was sold or delivered for the use appropriate to the identified type: (a) gasoline for use in aircraft; (b) gasoline for use in competition vehicles; (c) gasoline for use in scientific research; (d) gasoline for export; and (e) gasoline in transit through Canada. (6) For each batch identified under subsection (1) as U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline, every primary supplier must have written evidence that establishes that the batch meets the compositional requirements for U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline, as the case may be. SOR/2003-318, s. 6
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 10
10 Every primary supplier must retain in Canada any record and any related written evidence referred to in section 9, 13 or 20 (a) for a period of three years from the day on which the record was made, if it was made before January 1, 2004; and (b) for a period of five years from the day on which the record was made, if it was made on or after January 1, 2004. SOR/2003-318, s. 6
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 11
11 Any person who supplies, sells or offers for sale gasoline must make available to the Minister and, on the Minister’s request, provide the Minister, at an address and in a manner specified in the request, with, (a) a sample of their gasoline; (b) a copy of any records or written evidence required by section 9, 12, 13 or 20; and (c) the names and addresses of the persons who sold or provided the gasoline to them and the date of sale or transfer of ownership of the gasoline. SOR/2004-252, s. 3(F)
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 12
12 (1) Every importer must notify the Minister, at least 12 hours before the time of importation, of the importer’s intention to import in the following circumstances: (a) the importation, at any one time, of more than 100 m 3 of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline; (b) the importation, at any one time, of any amount of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock; or (c) the importation into a province and within any one day, of more than 1 000 m 3 of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline. (2) The notice required by subsection (1) must include (a) the name and registration number of the importer; (b) the type of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1), unless it is complying gasoline; (c) the volume of the gasoline that is scheduled to be imported; (d) the point of entry of the gasoline into Canada and the estimated date and time that it will enter Canada; (e) the address of the first storage facility or refuelling facility to which the gasoline is to be delivered and the estimated date and time of its delivery there; and (f) the name and telephone number of a representative of the importer through whom sampling arrangements can be made. (3) Effective July 1, 1999, no importer shall import gasoline by cargo tanker, railway car, boat, marine vessel or aircraft unless the gasoline is accompanied at the point of entry into Canada and at the point of delivery, and everywhere between those points, by a record that shows (a) the name, address and registration number of the importer; (b) the name and address of the person to whom the gasoline is to be sold or ownership transferred; (c) the address of the first storage facility or refuelling facility to which the gasoline is to be delivered; (d) the volume of the gasoline; and (e) the type of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1), unless it is complying gasoline. SOR/2003-318, s. 7
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 13
13 (1) For every batch identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock, every primary supplier must, before dispatching the batch from its refinery or blending facility or before importing the batch, record the name and address of the person who purchases or receives the batch, the date of dispatch or importation and the volume of the batch that is scheduled to be dispatched or imported. (2) Every primary supplier must provide the Minister, as an annex to the report required under section 8 and for each batch of gasoline-like blendstock that was dispatched or imported during the period covered by the report, with the information prescribed under subsection (1), except the scheduled volume, and with the actual volume of the batch dispatched or imported. (3) Effective July 1, 1999, every person who purchases or receives a batch of gasoline-like blendstock and does not export it must (a) subject to subsection (4), refine or blend the batch to manufacture complying gasoline or gasoline referred to in subsection 2(1); and (b) record the name, address and registration number of the primary supplier who originally supplied the batch of gasoline-like blendstock, the name and address of the seller or provider of the batch, the date of purchase or transfer of ownership of the batch and the volume of the batch. (4) Effective July 1, 1999, a person who has purchased or received a batch of gasoline-like blendstock may sell or transfer ownership of the batch on condition that the person, before the sale or transfer of ownership, makes a record of the name and address of the person who purchases or receives the batch, the date of sale or transfer of ownership of the batch and the volume of the batch. (5) Effective July 1, 1999, no person shall, in respect of gasoline-like blendstock, (a) sell it or offer it for sale (i) represented as complying gasoline, or (ii) for use in a spark ignition engine; or (b) dispense it for use in a spark ignition engine. SOR/2003-318, s. 8
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 14
14 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part, except for subsections 16(2) to (7), applies only to primary suppliers who elect under section 15 to meet the requirements of these Regulations on the basis of a yearly pool average, and only in respect of the facility or province of importation for which the election has been made, for (a) benzene; (b) the benzene emissions number; or (c) both benzene and the benzene emissions number. (2) The requirements of sections 17 to 22 with respect to the benzene emissions number or a model parameter other than benzene do not apply to a primary supplier who has elected under section 15 to meet only the requirements for benzene referred to in paragraph (1)(a). SOR/99-204, s. 7
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 15
15 (1) A primary supplier may elect to meet the requirements of these Regulations on the basis of the yearly pool average for (a) benzene instead of the limit specified in subsection 3(1); (b) the benzene emissions number instead of the limits specified in section 4; or (c) benzene and the benzene emissions number instead of the limits specified in subsection 3(1) and section 4, respectively. (1.1) A primary supplier who elects under subsection (1) must notify the Minister at least 60 days before the beginning of the first year for which the basis will be a yearly pool average. (2) A primary supplier may cancel the election by notifying the Minister any time prior to 60 days before the beginning of the first year for which the basis will not be a yearly pool average. (3) The Minister may revoke the election of a primary supplier who is convicted of an offence under the Act in respect of these Regulations. SOR/99-204, s. 8; SOR/2003-318, s. 9; SOR/2018-11, s. 10
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mportation identified under paragraph (3)(a) (a) during the period beginning on July 1, 1999 and ending on December 31, 1999, for the limits referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and (b) during the period beginning on July 1, 1999 and ending on the date established under paragraph (3)(f), for the limits referred to in paragraph (2)(b). (6) A primary supplier who is subject to temporary alternative limits and who, during the period beginning on July 1, 1999 and ending on the date established under paragraph (3)(f), supplies a batch from a refinery or blending facility identified under paragraph (3)(a) or imports a batch into the province identified under that paragraph, must report to the Minister, in writing, by February 14, 2000, in respect of each batch, (a) the values of the model parameters; (b) the benzene emissions number; (c) the volume and grade; and (d) the date or dates on which the batch was dispatched or imported. (7) A primary supplier that uses temporary alternative limits under subsection (2) must meet the limits specified in subsection (1) or 3(1) and section 4 or 17 (a) effective January 1, 2000, for the limits on the yearly pool average; and (b) after the date established under paragraph (3)(f), for all other limits. SOR/99-204, s. 10
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e to that specified in paragraph (1)(c) by averaging, on a volume-weighted basis, the average summer benzene emissions number and the average winter benzene emissions number, calculated in accordance with subparagraph (iii), and using that value for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b). (4) The primary supplier may use the alternative limits provided under paragraph (2)(b) instead of the limits specified in subsection (1) on condition that the Minister determines that the laboratory and volumetric data provided under paragraph (2)(a) are representative of gasoline supplied by the primary supplier during the applicable year. (5) A primary supplier who has elected under subsection (2) to be subject to alternative limits may rescind that election by notifying the Minister in writing to that effect, and thereafter the primary supplier is subject to the limits specified in subsection (1).
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 19
f up to 1 000 m 3 ; and (e) the samples are collected, handled and stored in a manner that minimizes changes in gasoline composition of the sample. (6) Effective January 1, 2002, a primary supplier may use a statistical quality assurance program to replace the requirements of paragraph (4)(a) for a model parameter if (a) a report is sent to the Minister at least 60 days before the use of the statistical quality assurance program, containing (i) a description of the statistical quality assurance program, (ii) laboratory and volumetric data on the model parameter of the gasoline supplied by the primary supplier for the previous two years, and (iii) an analysis of the results of the statistical quality assurance program compared to the results obtained under paragraph (4)(a) for the two years referred to in subparagraph (ii); and (b) the analysis required by subparagraph (a)(iii) demonstrates that the statistical quality assurance program, for the range of values of the model parameter for individual batches and the value of the yearly pool average, (i) provides equivalent results compared to the results obtained under paragraph (4)(a), or (ii) projects a higher concentration of benzene and a higher value for the benzene emissions number compared to that obtained under paragraph (4)(a). (7) No primary supplier shall continue to use the statistical quality assurance program referred to in subsection (6) if (a) the mix of crude oil used to manufacture the gasoline is changed in a way that would result in the requirements of paragraph (6)(b) not being met; (b) any equipment is installed or modified at the refinery or blending facility that would result in the requirements of paragraph (6)(b) not being met; or (c) the primary supplier is convicted of an offence under the Act in respect of these Regulations. (8) Effective July 1, 1999, every primary supplier must retain in Canada (a) any sample collected for the purposes of these Regulations until whichever of the following dates the primary supplier chooses, namely, (i) the 30th day after the date on which the sample was analysed, or (ii) the date on which the primary supplier has sampled and supplied 20 batches after the sample was analysed; and (b) at least 1.7 L of the sample so that analysis for each model parameter can be performed by the Minister. SOR/2003-318, s. 11; SOR/2004-252, s. 4(F); SOR/2011-41, s. 1; SOR/2018-11, s. 11
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 20
20 Effective July 1, 1999, every primary supplier must make a record for each batch supplied by the primary supplier that includes (a) a unique identification number that links the batch to any samples taken; (b) the name of any oxygenates added; (c) the values, as determined under subsection 19(4) or (6), of the model parameters and the benzene emissions number; and (d) the year-to-date volume-weighted average of the model parameters and the benzene emissions number.
Benzene in Gasoline Regulations — 21
21 (1) Effective 60 days before the beginning of the first year for which a primary supplier has elected to meet a requirement on the basis of a yearly pool average, the primary supplier must put in place a compliance plan that contains (a) a description of how the primary supplier will demonstrate that the yearly pool average will be met; (b) a description of how the samples required by these Regulations are to be collected, analysed and recorded; and (c) the location where the samples and records required by these Regulations are to be kept. (2) The compliance plan must be signed by an authorized official of the primary supplier and sent to the Minister at least 60 days before the beginning of the first year for which the primary supplier has elected to meet a requirement on the basis of a yearly pool average. (3) At least 45 days before a primary supplier changes any information provided under subsection (1), the primary supplier must update the compliance plan and submit it to the Minister. SOR/2018-11, s. 12