National framework for petroleum refinery emission reductions

A list of members of the Steering Committee and Sub-Groups is provided in Appendix B. The principles used to guide the development of the National Framework are listed in Box 1. Under the guidance of the Steering Committee, a number of sub-groups were formed to work on specifi c aspects of the Framework. [...] To provide a measure of consistency in the application of the Framework tools and a systematic method of addressing the various national, regional and local considerations, the third aspect of the methodology is the provision of an illustrative guide to setting and prioritizing emission caps. [...] The illustrative guide is intended to assist with a comparison of the range of possible performance targets against the goals and principles of the NFPRER, and the relevant local and regional considerations, as a means of deciding on the appropriate cap and prioritization. [...] In terms of the NFPRER goal of convergence of the environmental performance (current and anticipated) of Canadian refi neries with comparable U. S. refi neries, the fi rst indicator of performance listed above will be measured by: • the degree to which the regression line for the performance of Canadian refi neries trends towards and overlays with the regression line for U. S. refi neries (updated [...] A more quantitative defi nition of convergence, in the context of the benchmarking analysis and the Ten Year Plan, is that: “the regression line for the performance of Canadian refi neries will overlay the regression line for U. S. refi neries within ten years, with the individual Canadian refi neries distributed around the regression line and within the 75% confi dence interval.” Page 22 National