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• Canadas Air Requirements for Onshore Upstream Oil and Gas Sources is Effective January 2020  -  Jul 29 2019

  Canada's annexed Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on April 26, 2018 requires implementation of Leak Detection »

• Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector)  -  May 22 2019

  Canada's annexed Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on April 26, 2018 requires implementation of Leak Detection »

• Canada's Environmental Emergency (E2) Regulations 2019  -  Mar 28 2019

  Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has published the new "The Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019" in the Canada Gazette. The new regulations come into force on August 24, 2019, and facilities will have six months from the date of »

• Ontario's Emissions Performance Standards (EPS)  -  Feb 28 2019

  The MECP has currently proposed a new Greenhouse gas (GHG) Framework for the Industrial Sector that will closely mirror the Federal output based pricings system (OBPS) GHG framework under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.Ontario's new »

• Federal Greenhous Gas Pricing Act Requirements  -  Nov 21 2018

  The federal output-based pricing system (OBPS) was designed by Environment Canada and Climate Change to address the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186). The OBPS program has been implemented as an incentive for large »

• Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petroleum Sector) - Updates  -  Oct 25 2018

  The proposed federal regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 27, 2017. The purpose of the federal regulation was to mandate the implementation of a leak detection and repair (LDAR) program in petroleum refiners and »

• Odour Study Descriptions  -  Sep 14 2018

  Odour nuisance is a subject that is arising throughout North America, however the quantification of odour is still a complex subject. It is important for industry to know that odour can be both quantified and qualified. Odour is inherently a complex »

• Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting - October 1  -  Sep 14 2018

  Important News on the GHG FrontPlease be aware the Ministry of Environment is in the "wind down" process of the cap-and-trade program - which is being eliminated under the new government. The amendments to the cap and trade regulations formally came »

• Toxics Reduction Act Amendments  -  Sep 14 2018

  The MOECC has amended Ontario Regulation 455/09 under the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009. The amendments came into effect on April 23, 2018.The following updates have been made to the regulations:The plan cycle has been extended by a year making the »

• National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) and Toxic Reduction Act (TRA) Reminder  -  Jan 12 2018

  The deadline for reporting to the NPRI and TRA for the 2017 calendar year is June 1, 2018.Toxic reduction plans for any newly reportable substances are due December 31 of the same year a facility submits its first annual report.Additionally, all TRA »

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