Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
Reporting Regulation - Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act
Reporting Information
In this Section:
- Introduction
- Reporting Requirements
- Key Dates
- Key Definitions
- Emissions Estimator
- Methodology Manual
- Registration
Introduction
The Reporting Regulation, under authority of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, was approved by Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council on November 25, 2009. The regulation sets out the requirements for facilities within B.C. emitting 10,000 tonnes or more carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year to report greenhouse gas emissions to the British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
Operations Required to Report Emissions
Reporting operations located in British Columbia and emitting 10,000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year beginning on January 1, 2010 will be required to report greenhouse gas emissions.
Reporting operations emitting 25,000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per year would have a third party verification requirement. Emissions of carbon dioxide from biomass listed in Schedule C of the regulation are excluded from the calculation of the reporting and verification thresholds, but are reported if thresholds are otherwise exceeded.
Within a reporting operation the regulation distinguishes between a single facility operation and a linear facilities operation, the facility definition is provided here.
Single facility operations are specified industrial activities (such as pulp and paper production, electricity generation and mining) with sources of GHG emissions which are listed in Schedule A Table 1. Both single site and linear operations have requirements to report on emissions from general stationary combustion. Only single facility operations have a requirement to report on emissions from mobile equipment.
Linear facilities operations encompass:
- oil and gas extraction and gas processing activities;
- electricity transmission;
- natural gas transmission, natural gas distribution or natural gas storage
- oil transmission;
- carbon dioxide transmission – see Schedule A Table 2.
The regulation includes a detailed list of activities (associated with industrial production, manufacturing, processing and refining) and emission sources types (associated with these activities) that result in greenhouse gas emissions that must be reported – see Schedule A.
Quantification methods are prescribed for each activity in Column 5 of Schedule A, Table 1 or 2 [link to Regulation] as either those from the Western Climate Initiative’s Final Essential Requirements of Mandatory Reporting or the Methodology Manual (PDF/888 KB). Though the WCI website contains the definitive version of those quantification methods, for ease of access the methodology manual contains both sets of methods.
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Operations NOT Required to Report Emissions
The Reporting Regulation does not apply to:
- “Public sector organizations” (provincial government and other provincial public sector organizations) – which are subject to the Carbon Neutral Government Regulation under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act – except for BC Hydro and BC Transmission Corporation electricity generation and electricity transmission emissions.
- Landfill gas emissions – with reporting obligations under the Landfill Gas Management Regulation (B.C. Reg. 391/2008).
Disclaimer
Note that information provided on this website does not take precedent over the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act and Reporting Regulation, or the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act. This legislation provides the legal basis and direction for the reporting of specified greenhouse gas emissions by specified parties.
Further information
If you have any questions regarding verification requirements in the Reporting Regulation please contact the Ministry of Environment at: dennis.paradine@gov.bc.ca
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