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Clean Fuel Regulations (SOR/2022-140)

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Regulations are current to 2024-04-01

SCHEDULE 8(Sections 82 to 84)Contents of Application for Approval of Carbon Intensity

  • 1 The following information, if the application relates to a low-carbon-intensity fuel or material input:

    • (a) the name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant;

    • (b) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant’s authorized agent;

    • (c) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant’s contact person, unless the contact person is the authorized agent;

    • (d) the name, GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of the facility where the fuel or material input was produced;

    • (e) the type of fuel or material input for which the determination was made;

    • (f) the carbon intensity determined for the fuel or material input, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (g) if an additional value referred to in subsection 80(2) of these Regulations has been added to the carbon intensity referred to in paragraph (f), the additional value and the sum of the additional value and the carbon intensity value, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (h) the type of feedstock used to produce the fuel or material input;

    • (i) if the feedstock was extracted, harvested or produced, the region where the feedstock was extracted, harvested or produced, as the case may be; and

    • (j) a diagram that shows the process flow used to produce the fuel or material input.

  • 2 In the case of a carbon intensity determined in accordance with paragraph 75(1)(b) of these Regulations, the following information:

    • (a) the type of thermal energy and the source of electricity that is used at the production facility;

    • (b) if the application indicates that the variable CIp that is referred to in paragraph 75(1)(b) of these Regulations has a value of 13 g/MJ, the percentage of the electrical and thermal energy used at the production facility that is from non-fossil sources, electricity with a carbon intensity of less than 100 g/MJ, hydrogen from renewable sources, hydrogen from natural gas with carbon capture and storage or a mix of those sources, and the estimated quantity of thermal energy and electricity from each source; and

    • (c) if the application indicates that the variable CItd that is referred to in paragraph 75(1)(b) of these Regulations has a value of 0 g/MJ, the distance between the site where the feedstock was extracted, harvested or produced and the production facility where the fuel or material input was produced and the distance between that facility and the final location where the fuel is distributed to end users.

  • 3 In the case of a carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 76 or 77 of these Regulations, the following information:

    • (a) an indication of whether the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model used for that determination is an existing pathway, or a new pathway;

    • (b) if the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model used for that determination is a new pathway, the alphanumeric identifier assigned to the approved pathway under subsection 81(4) of these Regulations;

    • (c) a copy of the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model that was used for that determination, including all data that are input into the Fuel LCA Model and all results that are obtained from it;

    • (d) the type of carbon intensity that will be determined, either “cradle-to-gate” or “cradle-to-grave” as defined in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations;

    • (e) a description of the data sources and the methods used to collect and determine the data that are entered into a data workbook;

    • (f) a copy of the data workbook, including any calculations performed on the data, that is consistent with the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations and used to determine the data that are inputted into the Fuel LCA Model;

    • (g) any supporting documentation required by the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations; and

    • (h) the information listed in any applicable emissions- reduction quantification method established under subsection 31(1) or 32(1) of these Regulations.

  • 4 In the case of a carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 78 of these Regulations, the following information:

    • (a) the name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant;

    • (b) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant’s authorized agent;

    • (c) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant’s contact person, unless the contact person is the authorized agent;

    • (d) the GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of each fuelling station that supplies the fuel;

    • (e) the GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of any location, other than a fuelling station, where propane, renewable propane, co-processed low-carbon-intensity propane, natural gas, renewable natural gas or hydrogen is liquefied or compressed for use in a fuelling station;

    • (f) the type of any fossil fuel supplied to vehicles at the fuelling stations referred to in paragraph (d);

    • (g) the type of any low-carbon-intensity fuel that is supplied to vehicles at the fuelling stations referred to in paragraph (d);

    • (h) the carbon intensity determined for the fuel, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (i) if an additional value referred to in subsection 80(2) of these Regulations has been added to the carbon intensity referred to in paragraph (h), the additional value and the sum of the additional value and the carbon intensity value, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (j) a diagram of each compression or liquefaction process;

    • (k) an indication of the option used for the determination of the carbon intensity of the fuel referred to in paragraph (e) in relation to the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model, whether it is an existing pathway or a new pathway and, in the case of a new pathway, the alphanumeric identifier assigned to it under subsection 81(4) of these Regulations;

    • (l) a copy of the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model that was used for the determination of the carbon intensity, including all data that are input into the Fuel LCA Model and all results that are obtained from it;

    • (m) a description of the data sources and the methods used to collect and determine the data that are entered into a data workbook;

    • (n) a copy of the data workbook, including any calculations performed on the data, that is consistent with the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations and used to determine the data that are inputted into the Fuel LCA Model;

    • (o) any supporting documentation required by the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations; and

    • (p) the information listed in any applicable emission-reduction quantification method established under subsection 31(1) or 32(1) of these Regulations.

  • 5 In the case of a carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 79 of these Regulations, the following information:

    • (a) the name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant;

    • (b) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, the email address of the applicant’s authorized agent;

    • (c) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of the applicant’s contact person, unless the contact person is the authorized agent;

    • (d) the name, GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of each facility or location where there is one or more charging stations or fuelling stations to which the electricity was supplied;

    • (e) the GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of each site where the electricity was produced if that site is different from the facility or location referred to in paragraph (d);

    • (f) the carbon intensity determined for the electricity, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (g) if an additional value referred to in subsection 80(2) of these Regulations has been added to the carbon intensity referred to in paragraph (f), the additional value and the sum of the additional value and the carbon intensity value, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a gram of CO2e per megajoule;

    • (h) the source of electricity supplied to charging stations, facilities or fuelling stations;

    • (i) an indication of whether the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model used for the determination of the carbon intensity is an existing pathway or a new pathway and, in the case of a new pathway, the alphanumeric identifier assigned to it under subsection 81(4) of these Regulations;

    • (j) a copy of the pathway from the Fuel LCA Model that was used for that determination, including all data that are input into the Fuel LCA Model and all results that are obtained from it;

    • (k) a description of the data sources and the methods used to collect and determine the data that are entered into a data workbook;

    • (l) a copy of the data workbook, including any calculations performed on the data, that is consistent with the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations and used to determine the data that are inputted into the Fuel LCA Model;

    • (m) any supporting documentation required by the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations; and

    • (n) the information listed in any applicable emission-reduction quantification method established under subsection 31(1) or 32(1) of these Regulations.

  • 6 If the determination of the carbon intensity includes a carbon intensity that was transferred from a carbon-intensity contributor, foreign supplier or registered creator and that was approved under subsection 85(1) of these Regulations, the following information:

    • (a) the name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address, of the carbon-intensity contributor, foreign supplier or registered creator;

    • (b) the type of low-carbon-intensity fuel, material input or energy source provided by the carbon-intensity contributor, foreign supplier or registered creator; and

    • (c) the approved carbon intensity of the low-carbon-intensity fuel, material input or energy source referred to in paragraph (b) and the alphanumeric identifier assigned to it under section 85(2) of these Regulations.

 

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