Interpretation
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(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; (“organisme de vérification accrédité”) “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; (“gaz associé”) “biogas” means a gas made from the anaerobic digestion of organic matter in wastewater or wastewater treatment systems; (“biogaz”) “biomass” means organic matter, other than source separated organics and peat or peat derivatives, that meets the criteria set out in Schedule 4; (“biomasse”) “Cap and Trade Program Regulation” means Ontario Regulation 144/16 (The Cap and Trade Program) made under the Act; (“Règlement sur le programme de plafonnement et d'échange”) “capped participant” means a mandatory participant or a voluntary participant; (“participant à émissions plafonnées”) “CO2e” means, when used in reference to a quantity of greenhouse gas, the equivalent quantity of carbon dioxide, calculated in accordance with section 3; (“éq. CO2”) “distribution system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“réseau de distribution”) “EPA Regulation” means Ontario Regulation 452/09 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“règlement de la LPE”) “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 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 adjacent; (“installation”) “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; (“installation de fractionnement”) “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, and (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; (“équipement fixe de combustion général”) “GHG report” means a report required to be given to the Director under subsection 10 (3) of the Act; (“rapport d’émissions de GES”) “global warming potential” means, in respect of a greenhouse gas, the number set out in Column 5 of Schedule 1 opposite the greenhouse gas; (“potentiel de réchauffement planétaire”) “Guideline” means the guideline published by the Ministry and available from the Ministry, entitled “Guideline for Quantification, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, as amended from time to time; (“Ligne directrice”) “IESO” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“SIERE”) “indirect useful thermal energy” means thermal energy that is generated at one facility and transferred to another facility; (“énergie thermique utile indirecte”) “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 14064-3”) “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; (“ISO 14065”) “liquefied natural gas” means natural gas that has been liquefied by reducing its temperature to minus 162 degrees Celsius at atmospheric pressure; (“gaz naturel liquéfié”) “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System maintained for Canada by Statistics Canada, as amended or revised from time to time; (“SCIAN”) “natural gas” includes liquefied natural gas; (“gaz naturel”) “petroleum product” means a petroleum product that is listed in the Guideline as a petroleum product; (“produit pétrolier”) “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; (“réseau de transport par pipeline”) “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 (2); (“portable”) “process gas” means blast furnace gas or coke oven gas from a blast furnace or coke oven located at a facility at which iron and steel production is engaged in; (“gaz de procédé”) “refinery fuel gas” means gas generated at a petroleum refinery process unit, including still gas and flexigas, or associated gas; (“gaz de combustion de raffinerie”) “reporting amount” means the reporting amount determined under section 5; (“quantité déclarée”) “source separated organics” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 160/99 (Definitions and Exemptions) made under the Electricity Act, 1998; (“matière organique séparée à la source”) “specified GHG activity” means an activity set out in Column 1 of Schedule 2, as described in Column 2 of that Schedule; (“activité émettrice de GES précisée”) “transmission system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“réseau de transport”) “verification amount” means the verification amount determined under section 10; (“quantité de vérification”) “year” means a calendar year. (“année”) O. Reg. 143/16, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 474/16, s. 1; O. Reg. 258/17, s. 1. (2) 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. (3) For the purposes of the definition of “facility”, two sites are adjacent if the boundary of one site touches or, were it not for an intervening highway, road allowance, railway line, railway allowance or utility corridor, would touch the boundary of the other site. (4) 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.