Multi-Sector Air Pollutants Regulations

Marginal note:Rated capacity at least 10.5 GJ/h

• 5 (1) This Part applies in respect of a pre-existing, transitional or modern boiler or heater located in a regulated facility that is used or designed to combust gaseous fossil fuel and that has a rated capacity of at least 10.5 GJ/h.

• Marginal note:Regulated facilities

  (2) The following are the regulated facilities:

  • (a) oil and gas facilities;

  • (b) oil sands facilities;

  • (c) chemicals facilities;

  • (d) nitrogen-based fertilizer facilities;

  • (e) pulp and paper facilities;

  • (f) base metals facilities;

  • (g) potash facilities;

  • (h) alumina facilities and aluminum facilities;

  • (i) power plants;

  • (j) iron, steel and ilmenite facilities;

  • (k) iron ore pelletizing facilities; and

  • (l) cement manufacturing facilities.

• Marginal note:Excluded boilers and heaters

  (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), this Part does not apply in respect of the following types of boiler or heater:

  • (a) a heater that is used to dry, bake or calcinate materials, including a kiln as defined in section 101 and an anode-baking furnace;

  • (b) a heater that is used in any process to chemically transform ore or intermediate products into bulk metallic products;

  • (c) a coke oven battery;

  • (d) a heater or boiler that is designed to combust coke oven gas;

  • (e) a blast furnace stove;

  • (f) a heater or boiler that is designed to combust blast furnace gas;

  • (g) an ethylene cracker;

  • (h) a steam methane reformer;

  • (i) a reheat furnace;

  • (j) a boiler or heater that is used only for activities that are subsequent to the hot rolling of steel into basic shapes at an iron, steel and ilmenite facility;

  • (k) a chemical recovery boiler;

  • (l) a biomass boiler;

  • (m) a heat-recovery steam generator;

  • (n) a boiler that combusts exhaust gases that arise from the partial combustion of coke in a vessel integrated with a fluid coking unit; and

  • (o) a boiler or heater that is used only in the start-up of a facility or process and operated for fewer than 500 hours in each previous year of its operation.