Landfill Methane Regulations (SOR/2025-279)

Marginal note:Non-application

• 5 (1) Sections 7 to 24 do not apply in respect of a landfill if the quantity of methane calculated under paragraph 4(1)(a) in respect of a calendar year for the landfill is less than 1 000 tonnes, the landfill is closed at the end of that year and the owner or operator complies with paragraph 4(1)(b) for that year.

• Marginal note:Application — 1 000 tonnes or more

  (2) Sections 7 to 24 apply in respect of a landfill for which the quantity of methane calculated under paragraph 4(1)(a) in respect of a calendar year is 1 000 tonnes or more

  • (a) for any portion of the landfill to which a registered offset project does not apply on the day on which these Regulations come into force,

    • (i) as of January 1, 2028, for any portion of the landfill with an active landfill gas recovery system that is in operation on the day on which these Regulations come into force, and

    • (ii) as of January 1, 2029 or January 1 of the fourth year after the year for which that quantity of methane is calculated, whichever is later, for any other portion of the landfill; and

  • (b) for any portion of a landfill to which a registered offset project applies on the day on which these Regulations come into force, on the later of

    • (i) the applicable date referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii), as the case may be, and

    • (ii) January 1 of the year following the year in which offset credits are last generated with respect to the crediting period that applies for the project on the day on which these Regulations come into force.

• Marginal note:Application — 664 to 1 000 tonnes

  (3) Sections 7 to 24 apply in respect of a landfill for which the quantity of methane calculated under paragraph 4(1)(a) in respect of a calendar year is 664 tonnes or more but less than 1 000 tonnes as of January 1, 2035 or January 1 of the fourth year after the year for which that quantity is calculated, whichever is later. However, those sections do not apply if

  • (a) the landfill is closed in any calendar year before that date and the quantity of methane generated at the landfill in that calendar year is less than 1 000 tonnes as calculated using the methane modelling tool; and

  • (b) the owner or operator submits to the Minister the information and documents referred to in paragraph 4(1)(b) for that calendar year.

• Marginal note:Registered offset project

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (2), a registered offset project is an offset project that is registered under the

  • (a) Canadian Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations and to which the Federal offset protocol : landfill methane recovery and destruction, published by Environment and Climate Change Canada, applies;

  • (b) Greenhouse Gas Emission Control Regulation, B.C. Reg. 250/2015, and to which the British Columbia Greenhouse Gas Offset Protocol: Methane from Organic Waste, published by the Government of British Columbia, applies;

  • (c) Regulation respecting landfill methane reclamation and destruction projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits, CQLR, c. Q-2, r. 35.5, and the Regulation respecting the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances, CQLR c. Q-2, r. 46.1; or

  • (d) Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation, Alta. Reg. 133/2019, and to which the Quantification Protocol for Landfill Gas Capture and Combustion, published by the Government of Alberta, applies.