Interpretation
  1. (1) In this Regulation, “acid gas combustion equipment” means equipment, such as a flare, catalytic oxidizer, thermal oxidizer or process combustion equipment, that is designed to combust acid gas which, other than when a sulphur recovery unit fails to operate in a normal manner, would be processed by a sulphur recovery unit; (“équipement de combustion de gaz acide”) “district manager” means the district manager of the Ministry for the district in which the facility is geographically located; (“chef de district”) “facility” means all plants, structures, equipment, apparatuses, mechanisms or things, including surfaces and storage piles, that function as a single integrated operation and that are, (a) owned or operated by the same person, and (b) located on the same site; (“installation”) “IOL-Nanticoke facility” means the petroleum refining facility located in Haldimand County that, on January 1, 2022, was owned by Imperial Oil Limited; (“installation de la CPIL de Nanticoke”) “IOL-Sarnia facility” means the petroleum refining and petrochemical facility located in the City of Sarnia that, on January 1, 2022, was owned by Imperial Oil Limited; (“installation de la CPIL de Sarnia”) “licensed engineering practitioner” means a person who holds a licence, limited licence or temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act; (“praticien de l’ingénierie titulaire d’un permis”) “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System maintained for Canada by Statistics Canada, as amended or revised from time to time; (“SCIAN”) “PCLI facility” means the lubricants production facility located in the City of Mississauga that, on January 1, 2022, was owned by Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc.; (“installation de LPCI”) “petroleum facility” means a facility referred to in section 3; (“installation pétrolière”) “Shell facility” means the petroleum refining facility located in the Township of St. Clair that, on January 1, 2022, was operated by Shell Canada Limited on behalf of Shell Canada Products; (“installation de Shell”) “site”, with respect to a facility, means the property on which the facility is located; (“site”) “Suncor facility” means the petroleum refining facility located in the City of Sarnia that, on January 1, 2022, was owned by Suncor Energy Inc. (“installation de Suncor”) O. Reg. 530/18, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 89/22, s. 2. (2) In this Regulation, a reference to a measure with respect to minimizing, preventing or reducing flaring or other acid gas combustion or otherwise reducing discharges of sulphur dioxide includes a reference to, (a) the implementation of operational procedures; (b) the use of pollution control technology; and (c) changes to equipment, processes or materials. O. Reg. 530/18, s. 1 (2). (3) In this Regulation, a reference to a sulphur recovery unit failing to operate in a normal manner includes, (a) when a unit’s operation is increased from an inoperative state to normal operating conditions; (b) when a unit’s operation is decreased from an operating state to an inoperative state; (c) when a unit is undergoing maintenance; (d) when a unit is in a turndown state, in a ramp up state, in hot standby mode or in an unstable operational state; or (e) when there is a lack of availability of acid gas to feed a unit from the amine units or sour water stripper units. O. Reg. 530/18, s. 1 (3). (4) In this Regulation, a reference to the Director means, (a) the Director appointed under section 5 of the Act in respect of the section of this Regulation in which the reference appears; or (b) if no Director described in clause (a) has been appointed, any Director appointed under section 5 of the Act in respect of section 18 of the Act. O. Reg. 530/18, s. 1 (4).