The following proposed amendments to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations were presented by J.S. Bergeron, Regional Manager, TC at the Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors (CACD) semi-annual meeting recently:
- Part 7 Emergency Response Assistance Plan: now with Justice, expect to see in Gazette I before year end,
- Titled "Back to the Future": returning to pre-Amendment 6 for Section 4.15 Dangerous Goods Safety Marks on a Large Means of Containment: Placards and UN Numbers: correcting safety mark errors, etc. Consultation will be the end of November, early December,
- Clean up of the standards; discussion centred on CGSB-43.147 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, & CGSB-43.126 Remanufacturing and Reconditioning of Drums Used for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods; adoption of rail standards; end of year?
- Adopt the 15th Edition of the UN Model Regulations; harmonization of TIH’s (toxic inhalation hazards); early next year
- Changes to Part 12 Air re: domestic provisions and isolated areas; there is an internal discussion at Transport Canada going on now.
Keep informed by checking our website, the Canada Gazette website: http://canadagazette.gc.ca/index-e.html, or Transport Canada’s website: www.tc.gc.ca/tdg/menu.htm.
At the Petro Canada Service Centre on Hwy 400, the Ontario Trucking Association, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Association of Police Chiefs launched a new campaign to report aggressive drivers.
The idea of putting a 12 x 20 decal on trucks, which reads: "HELP Keep Our Workplace Safe – Report Aggressive Motorists, Call Police" may be a great idea.
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"It is ridiculously bureaucratic, unbelievably costly and—arguably—a complete waste of time. What’s more, due to the unaccountable nature of the European Commission (EC), there is no chance that of reforming, let alone repealing, the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation. Unfortunately, though, with pre-registration having started on June 1 and set to end on December 1, REACH is something that industry very much has to live with." (HCB, September 2008)
So, are we ready?
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Transport Canada has posted an Amendment 8 proposal on its website.
Here are some of the proposed changes:
- Take the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations to the 15th Edition of the UN Recommendations (model regulations), not including Chapter 1.4 (Security Provisions) and provision 7.2.4 (Security provisions for transport by road, rail and inland waterway). (about time)
- Several changes to Part 3 Documentation and Part 4 Dangerous Goods Safety Marks in relation to Special Provision 23 where "Toxic Inhalation Hazard" must be added.
- New Class 5.2 Organic Peroxides safety mark of the red top half and yellow bottom half will now be permitted with the safety mark becoming mandatory January 1, 2011. Read more »
The Prime Minister has gone to the Governor General and now Canada is in the throes of a general election.
So what does this do to regulatory change? As the ministers are now in their ridings campaigning for re-election, how does Transport Canada get out the amendments to Amendment 6? There are a number of issues brought about by Amendment 6 that need to be clarified. Transport Canada (TC) did have some discussion papers posted on their website, but the website is now conspicuous by the absence of these papers.
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Although there is reciprocity between Canada and the U.S., effective September 1, 2008, the hazard labels the U.S. use for Class 2.3 and Class 6.1, PG I will not be accepted in Canada:
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Section 1.15 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods has become the 150 kg Gross Mass Exemption as a result of Amendment 6. This exemption provides relief from the following sections:
- documentation
- dangerous goods safety marks
- means of containment
- training, and
- immediate reporting
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