Wednesday, February 17, 2021
This April, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is expected to release a draft of its new rule titled Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP Rule). The GAP Rule could have major impacts on local governments and industries, such as port authorities, oil and gas refining, pulp and paper plants, manufacturing, and chemical producers. Intended to standardize the process for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by major “industrial and fossil fuel” projects, the GAP Rule aims to create a consistent method for evaluating GHG emissions and a process for imposing mitigation measures. The GAP Rule would implement the Washington Clean Air Act and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) during the environmental review process.
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This April, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) is expected to release a draft of its new rule titled Greenhouse Gas Assessment for Projects (GAP Rule). The GAP Rule could have major impacts on local governments and industries, such as port authorities, oil and gas refining, pulp and paper plants, manufacturing, and chemical producers. Intended to standardize the process for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by major “industrial and fossil fuel” projects, the GAP Rule aims to create a consistent method for evaluating GHG emissions and a process for imposing mitigation measures. The GAP Rule would implement the Washington Clean Air Act and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) during the environmental review process.
Counsel:
C.G. Bendick, for the respondent
Keywords: Provincial Offences, Building Code
Violations, Administrative Law, Orders, Collateral Attack,
Building Code Act, ss. 1, ss. 8(1), ss. 12(2), ss. 25, ss.
36(1),
R v Consolidated Maybrun Mines Ltd., [1998] 1 SCR
706,
Wilson v The Queen, [1983] 2 SCR 594,
R v
Bird, 2019 SCC 7,
Garland v Consumers Gas Co.,
2004 SCC 25,
Amtim Capital Inc. v Appliance Recycling Centers
of America, 2014 ONCA 62,
R v Domm, (1996) 31 OR (3d)
540 (CA),
Canada (Attorney General) v Telezone Inc., 2010
SCC 62,
Toronto (City) v CUPE, Local 79, 203 SCC 63,
864503 Alberta Inc. v Genco Place Properties Ltd., 2019
ABCA 80
facts:
Building Code Act (the
Building
Code ). Between 1973 and 1996 the appellant erected
several buildings on his property and entered into site plans and