Q-2, r. 35.3.01 - Regulation respecting manure anaerobic digestion projects eligible for the issuance of offset credits

Section 2 Disposition versions

2023-12-28

2. In this Regulation, unless otherwise indicated by context,

“biogas” means the raw gas produced by the fermentation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen;

“cap-and-trade system for emission allowances” means a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances established pursuant to the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (chapter Q-2, r. 46.1);

“cover crop” means a plant or mixture of plants that are sown after or during the growth of crop plants and that are not mowed, harvested or grazed before a period of 2 years following the harvest of the crop plants;

“crop residue” means aboveground biomass from cereal crops and oil crops left on the ground after harvest, except biomass used as litter;

“digester” means any hermetically closed and impervious tank or set of tanks within which a biological degradation process for organic matter takes place by fermentation in the absence of oxygen. For the purposes of this Regulation, a manure storage facility with a methane capture cover is not a digester;

“greenhouse gas” or “GHG” means a gas referred to in the second paragraph of section 46.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) or in the second paragraph of section 70.1 of the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances, namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs);

“manure” means animal waste under liquid manure management within the meaning of section 3 of the Agricultural Operations Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 26);

“methane destruction device” means any device or operation referred to in Appendix A that allows methane to be destroyed;

“methane reclamation device” means any device or operation referred to in Appendix A that allows methane to be reclaimed;

“officer” means the president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or secretary of a legal person or a person holding a similar position, or any person designated as an officer by a resolution of the board of directors;

“professional” means a professional within the meaning of section 1 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26); any other person authorized by a professional order to carry on an activity reserved to a member of that order is also deemed to be a professional;

“promoter” means any person responsible for carrying out a project eligible for the issuance of offset credits.

M.O. 2023-1010, s. 2.

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In force: 2023-12-28

2. In this Regulation, unless otherwise indicated by context,

“biogas” means the raw gas produced by the fermentation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen;

“cap-and-trade system for emission allowances” means a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances established pursuant to the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (chapter Q-2, r. 46.1);

“cover crop” means a plant or mixture of plants that are sown after or during the growth of crop plants and that are not mowed, harvested or grazed before a period of 2 years following the harvest of the crop plants;

“crop residue” means aboveground biomass from cereal crops and oil crops left on the ground after harvest, except biomass used as litter;

“digester” means any hermetically closed and impervious tank or set of tanks within which a biological degradation process for organic matter takes place by fermentation in the absence of oxygen. For the purposes of this Regulation, a manure storage facility with a methane capture cover is not a digester;

“greenhouse gas” or “GHG” means a gas referred to in the second paragraph of section 46.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) or in the second paragraph of section 70.1 of the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances, namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs);

“manure” means animal waste under liquid manure management within the meaning of section 3 of the Agricultural Operations Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 26);

“methane destruction device” means any device or operation referred to in Appendix A that allows methane to be destroyed;

“methane reclamation device” means any device or operation referred to in Appendix A that allows methane to be reclaimed;

“officer” means the president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or secretary of a legal person or a person holding a similar position, or any person designated as an officer by a resolution of the board of directors;

“professional” means a professional within the meaning of section 1 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26); any other person authorized by a professional order to carry on an activity reserved to a member of that order is also deemed to be a professional;

“promoter” means any person responsible for carrying out a project eligible for the issuance of offset credits.

M.O. 2023-1010, s. 2.