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Accurate tracking of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is an important part of assessing Canada’s overall environmental performance. In March 2004, the Government of Canada announced the introduction of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP).
Federal Regulations:
Environment Canada maintains a mandatory greenhouse gas annual reporting program. The requirement to report is formalized each year with a notice in the Canada Gazette, and the typical deadline for submitting the report is June 1 of the following year. In general, facilities are required to report emissions of greenhouse gases to Environment Canada if they release more than 10,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gas emissions. Reporting is done online using Environment Canada’s Single Window Information Manager (SWIM) website.
ORTECH can assist your facility with:
Determining if reporting is required,
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions including spreadsheet templates to simplify future calculations,
Entering data and filling in reports on the SWIM website, and
Preparing a documentation report.
The Government of Canada implemented a federal carbon pricing backstop which applies to provinces and territories which do not have a carbon pricing system in place which meets the federal benchmark requirements.
During 2020 the federal government accepted Ontario’s new Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters, without a carbon tax. The EPS program will replace the federal Output Based Pricing System (OBPS). Dates for transitioning from the OBPS to the EPS program have not yet been announced. Until the federal government removes Ontario from Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Canada), only the registration and record keeping provisions of the EPS regulation will continue to apply at this time.
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