Yukoners can review the Government of Yukon’s proposed amendments to the Air Emissions Regulations in the Regulating air emissions from commercial and institutional biomass burning systems discussion paper.
Yukoners can provide written responses to the Yukon government’s proposed amendments to envprot@yukon.ca.
Yukon First Nations governments, municipal governments and key stakeholder groups can attend an online info session before submitting their written feedback. Two info session dates are available. Register for a date below.
- October 9, 2024, at 10:30 am. Register for the session.
- October 23, 2024, at 2 pm. Register for the session.
Yukoners have until November 18, 2024 to provide feedback.
The Government of Yukon is proposing changes to the Air Emissions Regulations to:
- require owners and operators of commercial and institutional biomass burning systems to obtain an air emissions permit under Schedule 1;
- define commercial and institutional biomass burning systems; and
- define a biomass burning system.
The Government of Yukon committed to regulating air emissions from commercial and institutional biomass burning systems under Our Clean Future: A Yukon’s strategy for climate change, energy and a green economy (action H24). Regulating air emissions from these systems focuses on minimizing the release of harmful particulate matter being released into the air.
The Government of Yukon’s proposed amendments are specific to air emissions from commercial and institutional biomass burning systems operating at greater than 150 kilowatts and do not impact residential wood burning.
We will consider all feedback collected before updating the Air Emissions Regulations. Through the discussion document, we are gathering input on:
- Defining commercial and institutional biomass burning systems as over 150 kilowatts of heat output.
- Permitting considerations.
- Existing biomass burning systems.
- Future commercial and institutional biomass burning systems.
We’ll publish the results on this site once they’re available.
Send your feedback on this engagement to env-comms@yukon.ca.