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In its climate change plan, Moving Forward on Climate Change: A Plan for Honouring Our Kyoto Commitment, and as further outlined in the July 16, 2005 Notice of Intent to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Large Final Emitters, the Government proposes to regulate Large Final Emitter companies under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999. Large Final Emitters are companies that produce goods in emissions-intensive sectors including primary energy production, electricity production, and selected areas of mining and manufacturing production. The Climate Change Plan (2002) defines large final emitter sectors using the following two criteria:
Manufacturing and MiningThe Large Final Emitters in the mining and manufacturing sectors are companies engaged in energy and emission intensive processes related to the extraction and transformation of basic raw materials into primary and intermediate products. The large emitters in these sectors include: chemicals; fertilizers; pulp and paper; mining; smelting and refining (including aluminum); aluminum, steel; cement; and lime. Other manufacturing industries, such as assembly operations, are not considered to be Large Final Emitters as they fall outside the threshold criteria for large emitters listed above. Oil and GasThe oil and gas sector is made up of oil and gas production, processing, transmission and distribution. ElectricityThermal electricity production will be covered by the proposed LFE regulations. Thermal sources, excluding co-generation, range in emissions intensity from 360 t CO2e/GWh (highly efficient natural gas) to 700 - 1489 t CO2e/GWh (coal).
If you have any questions or comments regarding the Large Final Emitters System, you can direct your message to: Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Directorate Tel: (613) 943-1704 For general information on climate change, please visit the Climate Change web site of Canada or call 1 800 O Canada (1-8000-622-6232). |
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