Regulations Amending the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Amendment 9)

AMENDMENTS

1. The portion of items 10, 12, 22 and 34 of the table to section 1.3.1 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (see footnote 1) in column 2 is replaced by the following:

Item	Column 1 Short Form	Column 2 Safety Standard or Safety Requirement
10 (9)	CGSB-43.126	Canadian General Standards Board CGSB-43.126-2008, “Reconditioning, Remanufacturing and Repair of Drums for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods”, September 2008, published by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
12 (11)	CGSB-43.147	National Standard of Canada CAN/CGSB-43.147-2005, “Construction, Modification, Qualification, Maintenance, and Selection and Use of Means of Containment for the Handling, Offering for Transport, or Transporting of Dangerous Goods by Rail”, May 2005, as amended in July 2008, published by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
22 (23)	ICAO Technical Instructions	“Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air”, 2009-2010 Edition, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
34 (35)	Supplement to the ICAO Technical Instructions	Supplement to the “Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air”, 2009-2010 Edition, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

2. The definitions “ICAO Technical Instructions” and “Supplement to the ICAO Technical Instructions” in section 1.4 of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

ICAO Technical Instructions means the “Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air”, 2009-2010 Edition, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). (Instructions techniques de l’OACI)

Supplement to the ICAO Technical Instructions means the Supplement to the “Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air”, 2009-2010 Edition, published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). (Supplément aux Instructions techniques de l’OACI)

3. The Table of Contents of Part 5 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after the entry for section 5.14.1:

Tank Car Localized Dents and Buckles…………5.15

Information Required in CGSB-43.147 with an Application for Registration of a Tank Car Facility………………………………………………5.15.1

4. Subsections 5.12(1) and (2) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(1) A person must not handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods included in Class 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 or 9 in a small means of containment unless it is a UN standardized means of containment selected and used in accordance with sections 2, 3, 12 and 13 of CGSB-43.146 or sections 2 and 3 of Part I of CGSB-43.150 and sections 12 to 17 of Part II of CGSB-43.150.

(2) A person must not reuse a steel or plastic drum with a capacity greater than or equal to 150 L to handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods that are liquid and are included in Class 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 or 9 unless

(a) for a steel drum, the requirements for the reconditioning, remanufacturing and repair in Part II of CGSB-43.126 are complied with and the drum reconditioning, remanufacturing and repair facility is registered with Transport Canada in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A of CGSB-43.126; or

(b) for a plastic drum, the requirements for the reconditioning, remanufacturing and repair in Part III of CGSB-43.126 are complied with and the drum reconditioning, remanufacturing and repair facility is registered with Transport Canada in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A of CGSB-43.126.

5. Part 5 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after section 5.14.1:

5.15 Tank Car Localized Dents and Buckles

Except for dents or buckles that are in the ends of the tank car, a tank car that has a localized dent or buckle in its shell must not be used to handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods if

(a) the localized dent or buckle in the tank shell has a depth greater than 19 mm (3/4 inch) at its deepest point, when that depth is measured relative to the surrounding un-deformed external surface of the tank shell; or

(b) any portion of the localized dent or buckle in the tank shell is within 610 mm (24 inches) of the longitudinal tank centre line at the bottom of the tank and the dent or buckle has a depth greater than 13 mm (1/2 inch) at its deepest point, when that depth is measured relative to the surrounding un-deformed external surface of the tank shell.

5.15.1 Information Required in CGSB-43.147 with an Application for Registration of a Tank Car Facility

Despite paragraph 4.11.3 c. of CGSB-43.147, an application for registration of a tank car facility need not include evidence that the facility has a valid and current certification issued by the Association of American Railroads.

6. The portion of special provision 89 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

89 Despite subsection 5.12(1) of Part 5, Means of Containment, these dangerous goods may be transported on a road vehicle or a ship on a domestic voyage in a small means of containment if the small means of containment

COMING INTO FORCE

7. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

Footnote 1
SOR/2001-286