Landfill Gas Management Regulation |
The Ministry of Environment developed the Landfill Gas Management Regulation under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Emissions Standards) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008. This regulation is effective as of January 1, 2009.
This initiative forms part of the work undertaken by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) to support the provincial government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 33% below current levels by 2020.
The Landfill Gas Management Regulation establishes province-wide criteria for landfill gas capture from municipal solid waste landfills. The regulation focuses on greenhouse gas emission reductions from landfills with the objective of maximizing reductions of landfill gas emissions and identifying potential opportunities to increase landfill gas recovery.
The regulation phases in new requirements for landfill gas capture that take into account economic and technical feasibility requirements and associated implications for landfill owners.
The regulation requires that municipal solid waste landfills with 100,000 tonnes or more of waste in place or with an annual waste acceptance rate exceeding 10,000 tonnes to undertake an assessment of landfill gas generation and to submit the results to the Ministry in a report by January 1, 2011. The procedure and report format for the landfill gas generation assessment from municipal solid waste landfills in BC are provided in the Landfill Gas Generation Assessment Procedure Guidance documents. The guidance documents consist of the text document Landfill Gas Generation Assessment Procedure Guidance Report (PDF/320 KB) and Landfill Gas Generation Estimation Tool. This tool accompanies the guidance document and provides a template for data output, automatically performs required calculations, and provides a data output summary.
Background Information
In May 2008, The Ministry of Environment posted the Policy Intentions Paper for Consultation (PDF/119 KB / 6 pages). Comments were solicited for a period of 130 days.
Feedback received on the intentions paper was captured in the Summary of Public Comment Report (PDF/276 KB /21 pages).
The Ministry would like to thank all those who contributed to this positive consultation process. All information received was invaluable in developing the regulation and was carefully considered in the regulation drafting process. For general information on the development of current regulations, see the Environmental Management Act (EMA) Codes of Practice and Regulatory Review site.
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Updated August 2009
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