(1) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is a greenhouse gas :
(a) carbon dioxide;
(b) methane;
(c) nitrous oxide;
(d) sulfur hexafluoride;
(e) a hydrofluorocarbon of a kind specified in the table in subsection (2);
(f) a perfluorocarbon of a kind specified in the table in subsection (3);
(g) a prescribed gas.
Table 1--Hydrofluorocarbons
(2) Table 1 is as follows:
Hydrofluorocarbons | ||
Item | Hydrofluorocarbon | Chemical formula |
1 | HFC - 23 | CHF 3 |
2 | HFC - 32 | CH 2 F 2 |
3 | HFC - 41 | CH 3 F |
4 | HFC - 43 - 10mee | C 5 H 2 F 10 |
5 | HFC - 125 | C 2 HF 5 |
6 | HFC - 134 | C 2 H 2 F 4 (CHF 2 CHF 2 ) |
7 | HFC - 134a | C 2 H 2 F 4 (CH 2 FCF 3 ) |
8 | HFC - 143 | C 2 H 3 F 3 (CHF 2 CH 2 F) |
9 | HFC - 143a | C 2 H 3 F 3 (CF 3 CH 3 ) |
10 | HFC - 152a | C 2 H 4 F 2 (CH 3 CHF 2 ) |
11 | HFC - 227ea | C 3 HF 7 |
12 | HFC - 236fa | C 3 H 2 F 6 |
13 | HFC - 245ca | C 3 H 3 F 5 |
Table 2--Perfluorocarbons
(3) Table 2 is as follows:
Perfluorocarbons | ||
Item | Perfluorocarbon | Chemical formula |
1 | Perfluoromethane (tetrafluoromethane) | CF 4 |
2 | Perfluoroethane (hexafluoroethane) | C 2 F 6 |
3 | Perfluoropropane | C 3 F 8 |
4 | Perfluorobutane | C 4 F 10 |
5 | Perfluorocyclobutane | c - C 4 F 8 |
6 | Perfluoropentane | C 5 F 12 |
7 | Perfluorohexane | C 6 F 14 |