Source: https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2018-66/page-5.html
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SOR/2018-66
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Regulations are current to 2020-06-28 and last amended on 2020-01-01. Previous Versions
PART 1Onshore Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities (continued)
Conditional Requirements (continued)
Marginal note:15 000 standard m3 per year
26 (1) An upstream oil and gas facility must not vent more than 15 000 standard m3 of hydrocarbon gas during a year.
Marginal note:Excluded volumes
(2) The volumes of hydrocarbon gas vented that arose from the following activities are excluded from the determination of the volume vented for the purpose of subsection (1):
(a) liquids unloading, that is, the removal of accumulated liquids from a gas well;
(b) a blowdown, that is, the temporary depressurization of equipment or pipelines;
(c) glycol dehydration, that is, the use of a liquid desiccant system to remove water from natural gas or natural gas liquids;
(d) the use of a pneumatic controller, pneumatic pump or compressor;
(e) the start-up and shutdown of equipment;
(f) well completion; and
(g) venting in order to avoid serious risk to human health or safety arising from an emergency situation.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a facility, as of a given month, if the combined volume of hydrocarbon gas that was vented or destroyed at, or delivered from, the facility was less than 40 000 standard m3 for the 12 consecutive months before that given month.
Marginal note:Re-application of subsection (1)
(4) Despite subsection (3), subsection (1) does apply in respect of a facility referred to in subsection (3), as of a subsequent month, if the combined volume of hydrocarbon gas that was vented or destroyed at, or delivered from, the facility was equal to or greater than 40 000 standard m3 for the 12 consecutive months before that subsequent month.
Marginal note:Records — volumes of hydrocarbon gas
27 For each month that an upstream oil and gas facility operates, a record, with supporting documents, must be made that indicates
(a) the volume of hydrocarbon gas that was vented, expressed in standard m3;
(b) the volume of hydrocarbon gas vented that arose from the activities referred to in each of paragraphs 26(2)(a) to (g);
(c) the volume of hydrocarbon gas destroyed at the facility, expressed in standard m3; and
(d) the volume of hydrocarbon gas delivered from the facility, expressed in standard m3.
Marginal note:Non-application to certain equipment components
28 (1) Sections 29 to 36 do not apply in respect of
(a) an equipment component used on a wellhead at a site at which there is no other wellhead or equipment except for gathering pipelines or a meter connected to the wellhead;
(b) a pair of isolation valves on a transmission pipeline if no other equipment is located on the segment of the pipeline that may be isolated by closing the valves; and
(c) an equipment component used at an upstream oil and gas facility whose inspection would pose a serious risk to human health or safety.
(2) A record must be made that indicates whether an equipment component is an equipment component referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).
Marginal note:Regulatory or alternative LDAR programs
29 (1) An operator for a facility must — in order to limit fugitive emissions containing hydrocarbon gas from equipment components at the facility — establish and carry out at the facility
(a) a regulatory leak detection and repair program that satisfies the requirements of sections 30 to 33; or
(b) an alternative leak detection and repair program referred to in subsection 35(1) that results in at most the same quantity of those fugitive emissions as would result from a regulatory program referred to in paragraph (a), as demonstrated in a record, with supporting documents, made by the operator before the program is established and, at least once per year and at least 90 days after a previous demonstration, while the program is being carried out.
(2) An operator for a facility that establishes a leak detection and repair program referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must, without delay, notify the Minister to that effect.
Regulatory LDAR Programs
Marginal note:Obligation to inspect
30 (1) An equipment component at an upstream oil and gas facility must be inspected, during the periods referred to in subsection (3), for the release of hydrocarbons by means of an eligible leak detection instrument.
Marginal note:Eligible leak detection instruments
(ii) is operated in accordance with the requirements of Section 8.3 of EPA Method 21 to the extent that those requirements are consistent with its manufacturer’s recommendations,
(iv) undergoes a calibration drift assessment after its last use on each of those days in accordance with the requirements set out in Section 60.485a(b)(2) of Subpart VVa, entitled Standards of Performance for Equipment Leaks of VOC in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry for which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After November 7, 2006 , in Part 60 of Title 40, Chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States; and
(iii) at the viewing distance determined in accordance with the requirements of the alternative work practice of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States set out in Sections 60.18(h)(7)(i)(2)(i) to (v) of Section 60.18, entitled General control device and work practice requirements , in Part 60 of Title 40, Chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States.
Marginal note:Period for inspections
(3) The period for inspections is as follows:
(a) for the first inspection, on or before the later of May 1, 2020 and the day that occurs 60 days after the day on which production at the facility first began; and
(b) for subsequent inspections, at least three times per year and at least 60 days after a previous inspection.
Marginal note:Operation and maintenance
(4) An eligible leak detection instrument must be operated and maintained in accordance with the recommendations, if any, of its manufacturer.
Marginal note:Training
(5) The inspection must be conducted by an individual who, not more than five years before the inspection, has received training in
(a) the operation and maintenance, in accordance with subsection (4), of eligible leak detection instruments; and
(b) the calibration requirements set out in subparagraphs (2)(a)(iii) and (iv), if an eligible portable monitoring instrument is used.
Marginal note:Leaks
31 (1) A release of hydrocarbons from an equipment component is a leak if
(i) during an inspection conducted by means of an eligible optical gas-imaging instrument, or
(ii) by means of an auditory method, an olfactory method or a visual method, including the observation of the dripping of hydrocarbon liquids from the equipment component.
Marginal note:Release not considered a leak
1 - Purpose and Overview
4 - PART 1 - Onshore Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities
5 - General Requirements
5 - Hydrocarbon Gas Conservation and Destruction Equipment
11 - Well Completion involving Hydraulic Fracturing
14 - Compressors
20 - Conditional Requirements
20 - Conditions
23 - Determination of Volume of Gas
26 - Venting Limit
28 - Leak Detection and Repair Program
28 - Establishment of Program
30 - Regulatory LDAR Programs
35 - Alternative LDAR Programs
37 - Pneumatic Controllers and Pneumatic Pumps
42 - Other Equipment
45 - Revocation of Permit
46 - PART 2 - Offshore Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities
47 - Venting Limit
49 - Compressors
52 - Gas Detection System and Repair of Leaks
54 - PART 3 - Administration
56 - Record-making and Updating and Keeping of Documents
57 - Consequential Amendment to the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
SCHEDULE 1 - Information for Extension of Period for Repair of Equipment Component
SCHEDULE 2 - Information for Permit for Pneumatic Pumps
SCHEDULE 3 - Information for Registration of a Facility
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