Application of s. 13, adverse or no production parameter verification conclusion etc.
 15. (1) If a verification statement for a report in respect of a facility for a compliance period includes an adverse production parameter verification conclusion, no production parameter verification conclusion, an adverse total annual emissions limit verification conclusion or no total annual emissions limit verification conclusion, or if there is no verification statement for a report in respect of a facility for the compliance period, the number determined in accordance with subsection (2) shall be substituted for the verified total annual emissions limit in respect of the report wherever it appears in section 13. O. Reg. 562/22, s. 16 (1). (2) Subject to subsection (5), the number mentioned in subsection (1) shall be the amount that is equal to 80 per cent of the lowest of the following: 1. Any verification amount set out in a report prepared under the Reporting Regulation in respect of the facility. 2. Any verification amount set out in a report prepared under Ontario Regulation 143/16 in respect of the facility. 3. Any result of a calculation under paragraph 4 of subsection 7.3 (2) of Ontario Regulation 452/09 as it read on July 31, 2018 for the purposes of a report prepared under that Regulation in respect of the facility. 4. Any amount required to be set out in a report under paragraph 9 of section 6 of Ontario Regulation 452/09 as it read on December 9, 2015 in respect of the facility. 5. Any total annual emissions limit set out in a report prepared under the Reporting Regulation in respect of the facility. O. Reg. 562/22, s. 16 (1). (3) If the number substituted is a number that is not a whole number, the number shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. O. Reg. 241/19, s. 15 (3). (4) For the purposes of this section, the Director may aggregate the amounts that were reported by facilities within the meaning of the Reporting Regulation, Ontario Regulation 143/16 or Ontario Regulation 452/09 and that are currently sites that form part of the EPS facility, to obtain an amount for the purposes of any of the paragraphs of subsection (2) for a reporting period for all the sites that form part of the EPS facility, and where the Director aggregates amounts, the Director shall give notice of the aggregation to the owner or operator of the EPS facility. O. Reg. 729/21, s. 13; O. Reg. 562/22, s. 2, 16 (2). (5) Where the owner or operator of a facility receives a registered emitter notice under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Canada) after the first day of the first compliance period in respect of the registration for the facility, the value determined under subsection (2) shall be multiplied by the number of days from the effective date set out in the registered emitter’s notice to December 31 of the first compliance period in respect of the registration and then divided by the number of days in the year in order to establish the compliance obligation in respect of the first compliance period in respect of the registration, with any necessary modifications where the Director has aggregated under subsection (4). O. Reg. 729/21, s. 13; O. Reg. 562/22, s. 16 (3). (6) A reference to a report in this section shall be read as including a revised report, if applicable. O. Reg. 562/22, s. 16 (4).