Code of practice for the management of air emissions from pulp and paper facilities: chapter 5

5 Meeting the limits

5.1 Operator declaration

The operator of a pulp and paper facility should inform the federal Minister of the Environment in writing that it intends to implement the code of practice; this notice should be provided no later than January 21, 2019 (six months after the code is published).

5.2 Characterization of air emissions

The operator of a pulp and paper facility should characterize its atmospheric SO₂ and TPM emissions in accordance with the procedure set out in Appendix 2.

5.3 Compliance emission assessment

5.3.1 Initial emission assessment report

The operator of a pulp and paper facility should assess its emissions against the annual limits specified in Appendix 1 for year 2018, 2019 or 2020. The facility should provide the initial emission assessment report to the federal Minister of the Environment no later than June 1, 2021.

5.3.2 Follow-up emission assessment report

The operator of a pulp and paper facility should submit its subsequent emission assessment reports according to the following schedule:

If the facility does not meet the annual limits specified in Appendix 1:

5.3.3 Emission assessment report procedure

Figure 1: Emission assessment report procedure

5.4 Emission assessment report

Following each emission assessment, the operator of a pulp and paper facility that commits to applying this code of practice should provide the federal Minister of the Environment with a report containing the following:

• the name and civic address of the facility
• the name, telephone number, position title and email of the technical resource person
• the calendar year covered by the report
• the calculated annual limit for each pollutant
• the annual quantity of SO₂ and TPM released by each type of emission source
• the methods used for estimating/measuring emissions
• where applicable, if the total facility annual emission is higher than the annual limit: the potential causes/reasons and the planned actions to meet the limits

A template for the emission assessment report is presented in Appendix 4.

5.5 Record keeping

The operator of a pulp and paper facility should retain all relevant files as prescribed by the applicable federal, provincial or municipal authorities, and should be able to provide them to the federal Minister of the Environment upon request. A record of all relevant files must be kept for a minimum of 5 years following the submission of the emission report.