Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations (SOR/2013-24)

Marginal note:Calculation using fleets and subfleets

• 33 (1) A company may, instead of complying with section 30 or subsection 31(2) or (5), as the case may be, for all of its heavy-duty engines of a given model year, elect to group those engines into fleets in accordance with section 18 and participate in the CO₂ emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47.

• Marginal note:CO₂ family certification level

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), every heavy-duty engine within a fleet must conform to the CO₂ family certification level for the fleet.

Trailers

Marginal note:CO₂ emission standards — full-aero box van trailers

• 33.1 (1) Subject to subsection (5), every full-aero box van trailer of the 2020 model year or a subsequent model year of a type referred to in column 1 of the table to this subsection must, for the duration of its useful life, have a CO₂ emission rate that does not exceed the CO₂ emission standard set out in column 2, 3, 4 or 5 for the model year in question.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
  Item	Type	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2020 Model Year	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2021 to 2023 Model Years	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2024 to 2026 Model Years	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2027 and Subsequent Model Years
  1	Short dry box van trailer	125.4	123.7	120.9	118.8
  2	Long dry box van trailer	81.3	78.9	77.2	75.7
  3	Short refrigerated box van trailer	129.1	127.5	124.7	122.7
  4	Long refrigerated box van trailer	83.0	80.6	78.9	77.4

• Marginal note:CO₂ emission standards — partial-aero box van trailers

  (2) For the 2020 model year and subsequent model years, every partial-aero box van trailer of a type referred to in column 1 of the table to this subsection must, for the duration of its useful life, have a CO₂ emission rate that does not exceed the CO₂ emission standard set out in column 2 or 3 for the model year in question.

  	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  Item	Type	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2020 Model Year	CO2 Emission Standard (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile) for 2021 and Subsequent Model Years
  1	Short dry box van trailer	125.4	123.7
  2	Long dry box van trailer	81.3	80.6
  3	Short refrigerated box van trailer	129.1	127.5
  4	Long refrigerated box van trailer	83.0	82.3

• Marginal note:Demonstrating compliance

  (3) The CO₂ emission rate for each trailer must be determined in accordance with sections 501 and 515 of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter U, part 1037, subpart F, of the CFR, taking into account section 150(x) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter U, part 1037, subpart B, of the CFR.

• Marginal note:Alternative method for measuring drag area

  (4) Instead of the default method referred to in section 526 of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter U, part 1037, subpart F, of the CFR, a company may elect to measure a trailer’s drag area (C_dA) in accordance with any other method referred to in that section, if the test results are adjusted to correlate with the test results that would be obtained if the default method were used, as specified in that section, and if

  • (a) in the case of a trailer that is covered by an EPA certificate, the election has been approved by the EPA for that trailer and the company provides the Minister with evidence of the EPA approval; and

  • (b) in the case of a trailer that is not covered by an EPA certificate, the company provides the Minister with evidence demonstrating that the alternative method for measuring the trailer’s drag area referred to in this subsection is more representative of that trailer’s drag area.

• Marginal note:Calculation using fleets and subfleets

  (5) For the 2027 model year and subsequent model years, a company may elect to comply with subsection (1) by grouping all of its full-aero box van trailers of a given model year into fleets or subfleets, as the case may be, in accordance with section 18 and participating in the CO₂ emission credit system set out in sections 47.1 to 47.5.

• Marginal note:Family emission limit

  (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), every full-aero box van trailer included within a fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, that is of a type referred to in column 1 of the table to this subsection must, for the duration of its useful life, conform to a CO₂ family emission limit that does not exceed the CO₂ emission limit set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Type	CO2 Emission Limit (grams of CO2 per short ton-mile)
  1	Short dry box van trailer	125.4
  2	Long dry box van trailer	81.3
  3	Short refrigerated box van trailer	129.1
  4	Long refrigerated box van trailer	83.0

CO₂ Emission Credit System — Vehicles and Engines

Calculation of Credits and Deficits

Marginal note:Credits

• 34 (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 162(1)(b)(i) of the Act and subject to subsections 26(7.1) and 27(8.1), a company obtains CO₂ emission credits if the CO₂ emissions for a fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, of heavy-duty vehicles or heavy-duty engines of a given model year are lower than the CO₂ emission standard applicable

  • (a) in the case of a fleet of Class 2B and Class 3 heavy-duty vehicles and cab-complete vehicles, to that fleet for the model year in question; and

  • (b) in any other case, to the vehicles or engines of that fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, for the model year in question.

• Marginal note:Deficits

  (2) A company incurs deficits if the CO₂ emissions for a fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, of heavy-duty vehicles or heavy-duty engines of a given model year are higher than the CO₂ emission standard applicable

  • (a) in the case of a fleet of Class 2B and Class 3 heavy-duty vehicles and cab-complete vehicles, to that fleet for the model year in question; and

  • (b) in any other case, to the vehicles or engines of that fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, for the model year in question.

• Marginal note:End of model year report

  (3) The company must report any credits obtained and any deficits incurred in its end of model year report in accordance with section 48.

Marginal note:Calculation

• 35 (1) A company must calculate the credits or deficits for each of its fleets or subfleets, as the case may be, using the equation set out in one of the following paragraphs, whichever applies:

  • (a) for Class 2B and Class 3 heavy-duty vehicles and cab-complete vehicles, excluding those that are vocational vehicles or incomplete vocational vehicles,

    ECD = ((A – B) × C × D) ÷ (1 000 000)

    where

    ECD

    is the number of credits, if the result is positive, or the number of deficits, if the result is negative, expressed in megagrams of CO₂,

    A

    is the fleet average CO₂ emission standard calculated in accordance with section 22, expressed in grams of CO₂ per mile,

    B

    is the fleet average CO₂ emission value calculated in accordance with section 23, expressed in grams of CO₂ per mile,

    C

    is the number of vehicles in the fleet, and

    D

    is the useful life of the vehicles of the fleet, expressed in miles;

  • (b) for vocational vehicles and incomplete vocational vehicles and subject to subsection 38(2) and clause 41(1)(b)(ii)(A),

    ECD = ((A – B) × C × D × E) ÷ (1 000 000)

    where

    ECD

    is the number of credits, if the result is positive, or the number of deficits, if the result is negative, expressed in megagrams of CO₂,

    A

    is the CO₂ emission standard under subsection 26(1), (1.1) or (1.2) that applies to the vehicles of the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in grams of CO₂ per short ton-mile,

    B

    is the CO₂ family emission limit for the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in grams of CO₂ per short ton-mile,

    C

    is the payload for the class of vehicles, which is

    • (i) 2.85 short tons for light heavy-duty vehicles,

    • (ii) 5.6 short tons for medium heavy-duty vehicles, and

    • (iii) 7.5 short tons for heavy heavy-duty vehicles,

    D

    is the number of vehicles in the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, and

    E

    is the useful life of the vehicles of the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in miles;

  • (c) for tractors and incomplete tractors and subject to subsection 38(2) and clause 41(1)(b)(ii)(B),

    ECD = ((A – B) × C × D × E) ÷ (1 000 000)

    where

    ECD

    is the number of credits, if the result is positive, or the number of deficits, if the result is negative, expressed in megagrams of CO₂,

    A

    is the CO₂ emission standard under subsection 27(1), (1.1) or (1.2) that applies to the tractors and incomplete tractors of the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in grams of CO₂ per short ton-mile,

    B

    is the CO₂ family emission limit for the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in grams of CO₂ per short ton-mile,

    C

    is the payload for the tractors and incomplete tractors, which is

    • (i) 12.5 short tons for Class 7 tractors and incomplete tractors,

    • (ii) 19 short tons for Class 8 tractors and incomplete tractors of the 2020 model year or an earlier model year and for Class 8 tractors and incomplete tractors of the 2021 model year or a subsequent model year that have a GCWR of less than 54 431 kg (120,000 pounds), and

    • (iii) 43 short tons for Class 8 tractors and incomplete tractors of the 2021 model year or a subsequent model year that have a GCWR of 54 431 kg (120,000 pounds) or more,

    D

    is the number of tractors and incomplete tractors in the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, and

    E

    is the useful life of the tractors or incomplete tractors of the fleet or subfleet, as the case may be, expressed in miles; and

  • (d) for heavy-duty engines and subject to subparagraph 41(1)(c)(iii),

    ECD = ((A – B) × C × D × E) ÷ (1 000 000)

    where

    ECD

    is the number of credits, if the result is positive, or the number of deficits, if the result is negative, expressed in megagrams of CO₂,

    A

    is the CO₂ emission standard that applies to the fleet of heavy-duty engines under section 30 or subsection 31(2) or (5), as the case may be, expressed in grams per brake horsepower-hour,

    B

    is the CO₂ family certification level for the fleet, subject to subsection (3), expressed in grams of CO₂ per brake horsepower-hour,

    C

    is the transient cycle conversion factor calculated in accordance with the applicable variable “CF” in section 705(b) of Title 40, chapter I, subchapter U, part 1036, subpart H, of the CFR, except that a reference to “production volumes” in that section must be read as a reference to “number of engines of that engine family that a company imports or manufactures in Canada for the purpose of sale in Canada to the first retail purchaser”,

    D

    is the number of engines in the fleet, and

    E

    is the useful life of the engines of the fleet, expressed in miles.

• (2) [Repealed, SOR/2018-98, s. 39]

• Marginal note:Duty cycle

  (3) In the case of medium heavy-duty engines and heavy heavy-duty engines that are designed to be used in both vocational vehicles or incomplete vocational vehicles and in tractors or incomplete tractors, a company must select the duty cycle set out in paragraph 32(1)(b) that corresponds to the vehicle in which the engine is installed for the purpose of calculating the value determined for B in the formula set out in paragraph (1)(d).