Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

Marginal note:Conditions of issuance

• 28 (1) The Minister must issue the permit to use a method of quantification other than the method set out in Quantification Methods if

  • (a) the person responsible for the covered facility establishes that, at the time of the application, it is not technically or economically feasible to use the method set out in Quantification Methods;

  • (b) the person responsible for the covered facility demonstrates that the method being proposed is at least as rigorous as the requirements set out in Quantification Methods and provides equivalent results to those that would have been obtained from those requirements;

  • (c) the person responsible for the covered facility provides a plan describing measures that will be taken to enable the use of the method set out in Quantification Methods and the implementation period for that plan, up to a maximum of two years; and

  • (d) the requested term of the permit does not exceed the period for which the permit is necessary.

• Marginal note:Period of validity

  (2) The term of the permit must not exceed 24 months.

• Marginal note:Grounds for refusing permit

  (3) The Minister must refuse to issue a permit if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has provided false or misleading information in support of their application.

• Marginal note:Renewal

  (4) The permit can only be renewed once.