Definitions
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “accredited verification body” means a verification body that is accredited to ISO 14065 by a member of the International Accreditation Forum; “associated gas” means gas found in association with crude oil, either dissolved in crude oil or as a cap of free gas above the crude oil; “biogas” means a gas made from the anaerobic digestion of organic matter in wastewater or wastewater treatment systems; “biomass” means, subject to subsection (2), organic matter, other than source separated organics, that is available on a renewable basis and that is derived from a plant, animal or micro-organism, and any product made of such organic matter, that is, (a) grown or harvested for the purpose of being used to generate electricity, heat or other useful energy, (b) waste from harvesting or processing agricultural products or waste from processing forestry products, including spent pulping liquor, (c) agricultural waste within the meaning of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Act, (d) organic waste material from a greenhouse, nursery, garden centre or flower shop, (e) pulp and paper biosolids, within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 267/03 (General) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, (f) waste from food processing, distribution and preparation operations, such as food packing, food preserving, wine making, cheese making, restaurants and grocery stores, including organic waste from the treatment of wastewater from facilities where food or feed is processed or prepared, (g) sewage biosolids within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 267/03 (General) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, (h) hauled sewage, (i) waste from the operation of a sewage works subject to the Ontario Water Resources Act, (j) woodwaste within the meaning of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Act, (k) a forest resource made available under a forest management plan approved under the Crown Forest
Sustainability Act, 1994 or a managed forest plan approved under the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program, (l) landfill gas, (m) biodiesel, (n) biofuel, (o) biogas, (p) biologically derived organic matter found in municipal and industrial waste, both within the meaning of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Act, or (q) fuel whose heat generating capacity is derived entirely from one or more items described in clauses (a) to (p); “CO2e” means, when used in reference to a quantity of greenhouse gas, the equivalent quantity of carbon dioxide, calculated in accordance with section 4; “distribution system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; “facility” means all buildings, equipment, structures and stationary items, such as surfaces and storage piles that, (a) are owned or operated by the same person, and (b) are located, (i) on a single site, (ii) on two or more contiguous or adjacent sites that function as a single integrated site, or (iii) in the case of a pipeline transportation system, a transmission system or a distribution system, on two or more sites that are not contiguous or adjacent; “fractionation facility” means a facility at which liquefied natural gas is fractionated into its constituent liquid products, including ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutene or pentanes plus; “general stationary combustion equipment” includes any stationary combustion devices, including boilers, simple and combined cycle combustion turbines, engines, incinerators (including units that combust hazardous waste or gaseous waste) and process heaters but does not include, (a) portable equipment, (b) stationary emergency generators that have a nameplate generating capacity of less than 10 megawatts, (c) any auxiliary fossil fuel powered equipment, other than stationary emergency generators, that is intended for use only in emergency situations, including fire pumps and flares; “GHG emissions” means greenhouse gas emissions; “global warming potential” means, in respect of a greenhouse gas, the number set out in Column 5 of Table 1 opposite the greenhouse gas; “Guideline” means the guideline published by the Ministry and available from the Ministry, entitled “Guideline for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting”, as amended from time to time; “IESO” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; “import” means to import into Ontario from outside Ontario, and “importation” has a corresponding meaning; “ISO 14064-3” means standard ISO 14064-3, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and entitled  “Greenhouse gases — Part 3:  Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions”, as amended from time to time; “ISO 14065” means standard ISO 14065, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and entitled “Greenhouse gases – Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition”, as amended from time to time; “liquefied natural gas” means natural gas that has been liquefied by reducing its temperature to minus 162 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure; “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System maintained for Canada by Statistics Canada, as amended or revised from time to time; “natural gas” includes liquefied natural gas; “natural gas distribution” means the physical delivery of natural gas to a person in Ontario for the person’s consumption; “petroleum product” means a petroleum product that is listed in the Guideline as a petroleum product; “petroleum product supply” means the first placement of a petroleum product on the Ontario market through, (a) the use of the product in Ontario, other than at a petroleum refinery or at a fractionation facility, or (b) the transfer or sale, at wholesale or retail, of the product to a person in Ontario; “pipeline transportation system” means a facility consisting of a system of pipelines in Ontario, or a part of such a system, that transports natural gas and its associated installations, including storage installations but excluding straddle plants or other processing installations; “portable” means, when used in reference to a piece of equipment, equipment that is designed to be and can be moved from one location to another, subject to subsection (4); “refinery fuel gas” means gas generated at a petroleum refinery process unit, including still gas and flexigas, or associated gas; “source separated organics” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 160/99 (Definitions and Exemptions) made under the Electricity Act, 1998. “Table 2 activity” means an activity set out in Column 1 of Table 2, as described in Column 2 of that Table; “transmission system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; “year” means a calendar year.  O. Reg. 452/09, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 493/10, s. 1; O. Reg. 398/15, s. 1 (1-3). (2) For the purposes of the definition of “biomass” in subsection (1), biomass does not include peat or peat derivatives.  O. Reg. 452/09, s. 1 (2). (3) For the purposes of clause (g) of the definition of “greenhouse gas” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act, nitrogen trifluoride is prescribed as a greenhouse gas. O. Reg. 398/15, s. 1 (4). (4) For the purposes of this Regulation, a piece of equipment is not portable if any of the following circumstances apply: 1. It is attached to a foundation. 2. It is at the same location at a facility for more than 12 consecutive months. 3. It has been located at a seasonal facility for two or more years and is used on a regular basis during at least three months of the year. 4. It is moved from one location to another in an attempt to circumvent the requirements of this Regulation. O. Reg. 398/15, s. 1 (4). (5) Where this Regulation incorporates by reference a provision of ISO 14064-3 or ISO 14065, the definitions set out in the standard are incorporated by reference for the purposes of interpreting the provision, except if the term has been defined in this Regulation, in which case the definition in this Regulation applies for the purposes of interpreting the provision.  O. Reg. 452/09, s. 1 (5).