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ARTICLE · 26 MARCH 2021

Metro Vancouver Proposes Major Increases To Air Emissions Fees And Permit Fees

In response to new health information, public opinion research, decreasing fee revenue, and increasing regulatory costs, Metro Vancouver has proposed changes to its...

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In response to new health information, public opinion research, decreasing fee revenue, and increasing regulatory costs, Metro Vancouver has proposed changes to its Air Quality Management Bylaw No. 1082, 2008 (Bylaw 1082). The proposed changes to Bylaw 1082 would significantly increase air emissions fees, in some cases by up to ten times, beginning in 2022 and increasing again in 2025.  

If the proposed changes are enacted, permit holders and regulated facilities (particularly those that pay variable emission fees) will face substantially higher costs for their emissions. Businesses that discharge odour may need to pay emission fees, even if they currently do not. Participants in the Measured Discharge Program will lose their MDP credit. These proposed changes are consistent with the objectives of reducing emissions and imposing the costs of the regulatory program, and of air pollution, more directly on emitters.  

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