Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Search

Order Declaring that the Provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) Do Not Apply in Alberta

SOR/2020-233

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Registration 2020-10-26

Order Declaring that the Provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) Do Not Apply in Alberta

P.C. 2020-826 2020-10-23

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1)Footnote a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999Footnote b, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on June 6, 2020, a copy of the proposed Order Declaring that the Provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) Do Not Apply in Alberta, substantially in the annexed form, and persons were given an opportunity to file comments with respect to the proposed Order or to file a notice of objection requesting that a board of review be established and stating the reasons for the objection;

Whereas, the Minister and the Government of Alberta have entered into a written agreement referred to in subsection 10(3) of that Act to the effect that there are in force by or under the laws of Alberta

Whereas, pursuant to subsections 10(4) and (5) of that Act, the Minister gave notice of the availability of that agreement in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on June 6, 2020, and persons were given an opportunity to file with the Minister comments or a notice of objection;

And whereas, pursuant to subsection 10(6) of that Act, the Minister published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on September 26, 2020 a notice of availability of a report that summarizes how any comments or notices of objection were dealt with;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to subsection 10(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999Footnote b, makes the annexed Order Declaring that the Provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) Do Not Apply in Alberta.

Declaration

Marginal note:Non-application

 Except with respect to a federal work or undertaking, the following provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) do not apply in Alberta:

  • (a) sections 1 to 25, 28 to 36 and 42 to 56; and

  • (b) sections 26, 27 and 37 to 41.

Cessation of Effect

Marginal note:Day agreement terminates

 This Order ceases to have effect on the day on which the agreement between the Minister of the Environment and the Government of Alberta, entitled “Agreement on the Equivalency of Federal and Alberta Regulations Respecting the Release of Methane from the Oil and Gas Sector in Alberta, 2020”, terminates or is terminated under subsection 10(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

  •  (1) This Order, except paragraph 1(b), comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

  • Marginal note:January 1, 2023

    (2) Paragraph 1(b) comes into force on January 1, 2023.


Date modified: