Q-2, r. 4.1 - Clean Air Regulation

Section 75 Disposition versions

2013-12-26

75. Fuel burning equipment using wood, wood waste or pulp and paper mill residual materials as fuel, alone or in combination with a fossil fuel other than used oil, must not emit particles into the atmosphere in excess of the limits set out in the following table:

Rated power             Fuel used                        Particle emission limits 
   (MW)                                                     (mg/m3R of dry gas)

                                                        Existing            New
                                                        equipment        equipment

   < 3           Wood or wood waste,                      600               150
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

≥ 3 and < 10     Wood or wood waste,                      340               150
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

  ≥ 10           Wood or wood waste,                      100                70
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

   ≥ 3           Pulp and paper mill residual             100                70
                 materials, used alone or in
                 combination with a fossil fuel 

        

Only fuel burning equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW may use fuel that consists of wood or wood waste containing or saturated with formaldehyde-based glue. In that case and subject to the fourth paragraph, the applicable particle emission limit is 100 mg/Rm3 of dry gas for existing equipment and 70 mg/Rm3 of dry gas for new equipment.

Despite the second paragraph, in the case of a furniture manufacturing establishment, fuel burning equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW may use fuel that consists of the materials referred to in that paragraph where those materials are generated in connection with the activities of that establishment.

In addition, fuel referred to in the second and third paragraphs used in fuel burning equipment of a furniture manufacturing establishment may not contain more than 0.05% by weight of total halogens at the feed point, which must not emit particles into the atmosphere in excess of the following limits:

(1)  in the case of existing fuel burning equipment, 340 mg/Rm3 of dry gas as of 30 June 2011 and, as of 30 June 2014, 180 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW and 100 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW;

(2)  in the case of new fuel burning equipment, 150 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW and 70 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW.

For the use as fuel of wood or wood waste containing or saturated with formaldehyde-based glue, fuel burning equipment must not emit formaldehyde into the atmosphere in a concentration in excess of 37 µg/m3, over a period of 15 consecutive minutes, using an air dispersion model in accordance with Schedule H.

O.C. 501-2011, s. 75; O.C. 1228-2013, s. 13.

2012-09-01

75. Fuel burning equipment using wood, wood waste or pulp and paper mill residual materials as fuel, alone or in combination with a fossil fuel other than used oil, must not emit particles into the atmosphere in excess of the limits set out in the following table:

Rated power             Fuel used                        Particle emission limits 
   (MW)                                                     (mg/m3R of dry gas)

                                                        Existing            New
                                                        equipment        equipment

   < 3           Wood or wood waste,                      600               150
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

≥ 3 and < 10     Wood or wood waste,                      340               150
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

  ≥ 10           Wood or wood waste,                      100                70
                 used alone or in combination 
                 with a fossil fuel 

   ≥ 3           Pulp and paper mill residual             100                70
                 materials, used alone or in
                 combination with a fossil fuel 

    

Only fuel burning equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW may use fuel that consists of wood or wood waste containing or saturated with formaldehyde-based glue. In that case and subject to the fourth paragraph, the applicable particle emission limit is 100 mg/Rm3 of dry gas for existing equipment and 70 mg/Rm3 of dry gas for new equipment.

Despite the second paragraph, in the case of a furniture manufacturing establishment, fuel burning equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW may use fuel that consists of the materials referred to in that paragraph where those materials are generated in connection with the activities of that establishment.

In addition, fuel referred to in the second and third paragraphs used in fuel burning equipment of a furniture manufacturing establishment may not contain more than 0.05% by weight of total halogens at the feed point, which must not emit particles into the atmosphere in excess of the following limits:

(1)  in the case of existing fuel burning equipment, 340 mg/Rm3 of dry gas as of 30 June 2011 and, as of 30 June 2014, 180 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW and 100 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW;

(2)  in the case of new fuel burning equipment, 150 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power less than 3 MW and 70 mg/Rm3 of dry gas in the case of equipment with a rated power equal to or greater than 3 MW.

For the use as fuel of wood or wood waste containing or saturated with formaldehyde-based glue, fuel burning equipment must not emit formaldehyde into the atmosphere in a concentration in excess of 37 µg/Rm3, over a period of 15 consecutive minutes, using an air dispersion model in accordance with Schedule H.

O.C. 501-2011, s. 75.