Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Storage and Loading of Volatile Petroleum Liquids) Regulations (SOR/2025-88)

PART 1Information in Relation to the Fenceline Monitoring Program

• 1 The name of the operator.

• 2 The name of the facility.

• 3 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the facility.

• 4 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of the authorized official.

• 5 The type of fenceline monitoring program that has been established at the facility.

• 6 The analysis used to select the fenceline, including the method used, the factors taken into account and the calculations, if any, carried out in the course of the analysis.

• 7 The sampling locations at the fenceline, the number of sampling tubes and a description of the analysis used to determine those locations and that number, including the method used, the factors taken into account and the calculations, if any, carried out in the course of the analysis.

• 8 A diagram of the facility that includes the property boundary, fenceline, sampling locations, petroleum processing equipment, tanks, loading racks and wastewater treatment areas.

• 9 For each sampling period,

  • (a) the start and end dates of the sampling period;

  • (b) the benzene concentration measured at each sampling location, together with the benzene concentration measured in each field blank and in each duplicate sample;

  • (c) an indication of whether the data collected during the sampling period was excluded in accordance with subsection 45(3); and

  • (d) the arithmetic average of the benzene concentration measured for the 26 most recent sampling periods at each sampling location, taking into account any replacements made in accordance with subsection 45(4).

PART 2Information in Relation to the Exceedance Report

• 1 The name of the operator of the facility.

• 2 The name of the facility.

• 3 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the facility.

• 4 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of the authorized official.

• 5 For each sampling period that began after the last sampling period that was included in a preceding report submitted to the Minister under subsections 47(2) and (4) or 48(1),

  • (a) the start and end dates of the sampling period;

  • (b) the benzene concentration measured at each sampling location, in each field blank and in each duplicate sample;

  • (c) an indication of whether the data collected during the sampling period was excluded in accordance with subsection 45(3); and

  • (d) the arithmetic average of the benzene concentration measured for the 26 most recent sampling periods at each sampling location, taking into account any replacements made in accordance with subsection 45(4).

• 6 The following information including any supporting documents:

  • (a) the reasons why the operator believes the exceedance occurred;

  • (b) a description and the approximate location of any benzene emission sources outside the facility that may have affected the benzene concentrations measured at the facility during the sampling periods referred to in item 5 of this Part; and

  • (c) a description, as well as the dates and locations, of any events that may have affected benzene concentrations measured at the facility during the sampling periods referred to in item 5 of this Part.

PART 3Information in Relation to the Action Plan

• 1 The name of the operator of the facility.

• 2 The name of the facility.

• 3 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of a contact person at the facility.

• 4 The name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and email address of the authorized official.

• 5 The identifier of the tank and of the vapour control system installed on the tank, if any.

• 6 A description of the liquid stored in the tank, including the volume and benzene concentration,

• 7 If applicable, the most recent value of the LEL% in the space above the internal floating roof of the tank.

• 8 The activities that the operator intends to undertake in respect of the action plan referred to under subsection 49(1).

• 9 A description of the planned steps in relation to the activities, the start and end dates of the steps and an indication of which of those steps are expected to cause VOC emissions.

• 10 The measures that will be taken in relation to the planned steps to minimize or manage VOC emissions and the dates on which the measures will be taken.

• 11 A description of any measures that will be taken to monitor VOC emissions and the expected timelines to perform them.

• 12 Any planned notifications to the Minister, including notifications of the completion of each planned step, of any deviations from the plan and of the results of the VOC emissions monitoring.