Vinyl Chloride Release Regulations, 1992 (SOR/92-631)
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Vinyl Chloride Release Regulations, 1992
SOR/92-631
CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999
Registration 1992-11-12
Regulations Respecting the Release of Vinyl Chloride from Vinyl Chloride Plants and Polyvinyl Chloride Plants
P.C. 1992-2279 1992-11-12
Whereas, pursuant to subsection 48(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette Part I on December 21, 1991, a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting the release of vinyl chloride from vinyl chloride plants and polyvinyl chloride plants, substantially in the form annexed hereto;
Return to footnote *R.S., c. 16 (4th Supp.)
And Whereas, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, pursuant to subsection 34(3) of that Act, the proposed Regulations do not regulate any aspect of any substance that is regulated by or under any other Act of Parliament;
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of National Health and Welfare, pursuant to subsection 34(1)Footnote ** and section 38 of the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, is pleased hereby to revoke the Vinyl Chloride Release Regulations, made by Order in Council P.C. 1990-237 of February 15, 1990Footnote ***, and to make the annexed Regulations respecting the release of vinyl chloride from vinyl chloride plants and polyvinyl chloride plants, in substitution therefor.
Return to footnote **S.C. 1989, c. 9, s. 2
Return to footnote ***SOR/90-125, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 768
SHORT TITLE
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Vinyl Chloride Release Regulations, 1992.
INTERPRETATION
2. In these Regulations,
- “Act”
“Act” means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; (Loi)
- “bulk polymerized resin”
“bulk polymerized resin” means a resin that is manufactured by a polymerization process in which no diluent is used; (résine polymérisée en masse)
- “copolymer resin”
“copolymer resin” means a resin that comprises repeating molecular units of two or more compounds; (copolymère)
- “day”
“day”, in respect of a plant, means a period of 24 consecutive hours; (journée)
- “dispersion polymerized resin”
“dispersion polymerized resin” means a resin manufactured by the polymerization of vinyl chloride in an aqueous medium that contains emulsifiers and that yields particles that measure between 0.01 and 1.0 micron; (résine polymérisée en dispersion)
- “fugitive emission”
“fugitive emission” means an emission of vinyl chloride that results from the exposure of process waste water to air or from the normal operations of loading and unloading lines, pumps, compressor and agitator seals, pipe joints, open vessels, storage tanks, laboratory fume hood vents and building ventilation systems, but does not include an emission from a process vent, polymerization reactor, resin stripper or slurry stripper; (émission diffuse)
- “homopolymer resin”
“homopolymer resin” means a resin that comprises repeating molecular units of a single compound; (homopolymère)
- “manual venting”
“manual venting” means the controlled release of a quantity of vinyl chloride from a polymerization reactor to counteract an abnormal increase in temperature and pressure within the polymerization reactor; (ventilation manuelle)
- “normal operating conditions”
“normal operating conditions” has the same meaning as in the Standard Reference Method; (conditions normales d’exploitation)
- “operator”
“operator” means the person who is responsible for the operation of a plant; (exploitant)
- “plant”
“plant” means a vinyl chloride plant or a polyvinyl chloride plant; (fabrique)
- “polymerization reactor”
“polymerization reactor” means a reactor in which vinyl chloride is partially or totally polymerized into polyvinyl chloride; (réacteur de polymérisation)
- “polyvinyl chloride plant”
“polyvinyl chloride plant” means a facility in which vinyl chloride is polymerized alone or in combination with other materials; (fabrique de chlorure de polyvinyle)
- “ppm”
“ppm” means parts per million; (ppm)
- “process vent”
“process vent” means a vent that emits vinyl chloride directly or indirectly into the air, other than
(a) a building ventilation exhaust vent that vents separately,
(b) a vent that is downstream of the slurry stripper or resin stripper that vents separately, and
(c) a polymerization reactor vent that vents separately, when the polymerization reactor is opened; (évent de poste de fabrication)
- “resin stripper”
“resin stripper” means equipment in which vinyl chloride is removed from resin; (épurateur de résine)
- “slurry stripper”
“slurry stripper” means equipment in which vinyl chloride is removed from slurry; (épurateur de suspension)
- “Standard Reference Method”
“Standard Reference Method” means the Standard Reference Methods for Source Testing: Measurement of Emissions of Vinyl Chloride from Vinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Manufacturing, Department of the Environment Report EPS-1-AP-77-1, June 1979, as amended from time to time; (méthodes uniformes de référence)
- “suspension polymerized resin”
“suspension polymerized resin” means a resin manufactured by the polymerization of vinyl chloride in an aqueous medium that contains a suspension agent and that yields particles that measure between 50 and 2 000 microns; (résine polymérisée en suspension)
- “vinyl chloride plant”
“vinyl chloride plant” means a facility in which vinyl chloride is released during the manufacture of vinyl chloride, ethylene dichloride or 1,1,1,trichlorethane; (fabrique de chlorure de vinyle)
- “vinyl chloride recovery system”
“vinyl chloride recovery system” means a system that is used in a polyvinyl chloride plant to gather and recover vinyl chloride that is present at the end of the polymerization process and to control releases of vinyl chloride that are associated with the collection and recovery thereof. (système de récupération de chlorure de vinyle)
- SOR/2000-102, s. 19.