Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286)

Dangerous Goods Marks on an Overpack

• 4.10.1 (1) When a dangerous goods mark is required by this Part to be displayed on a small means of containment and the small means of containment is inside an overpack, the person who prepares the overpack must display

  • (a) the word “Overpack” or “Suremballage”, in letters that are at least 12 mm high on a contrasting background, on at least one side of the overpack;

  • (b) the information required by subsection (3) on one side of the overpack, if its capacity is less than 1.8 m³ (64 cubic feet); and

  • (c) the information required by subsection (3) on two opposite sides of the overpack, if its capacity is greater than or equal to 1.8 m³ (64 cubic feet).

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the information described in subsection (3) is visible through the overpack.

• (3) The information referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) is the following:

  • (a) the shipping name and UN number of each of the dangerous goods contained in the overpack; and

  • (b) any other dangerous goods marks required to be displayed on the small means of containment by this Part with respect to each of the dangerous goods contained in the overpack.

• (3.1) For greater certainty, if any of the dangerous goods marks referred to in paragraph (3)(b) applies to two or more of the dangerous goods contained in the overpack, the mark is required to be displayed, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), only once on one side of the overpack and, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), only once on each of the two opposite sides of the overpack.

• (4) When dangerous goods included in Class 7 are transported in an overpack and a label is required to be displayed by this Part, the overpack must be prepared in accordance with section 28 of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015.

Dangerous Goods Marks on a Consolidation Bin

4.10.2 When a label is required by this Part to be displayed on a small means of containment that is inside a consolidation bin, an indication of each class of dangerous goods contained in the consolidation bin must be clearly and legibly marked on a tag or fixed display device that is attached to the bin.

Shipping Name on Small Means of Containment or Tag

4.11 If dangerous goods are in a small means of containment on which the primary class label for the dangerous goods is displayed, the shipping name of the dangerous goods must be displayed next to the label or, if the label is displayed on a tag, on the tag.

UN Numbers on a Small Means of Containment or on a Tag

• 4.12 (1) If dangerous goods are in a small means of containment on which the primary class label is displayed, the UN number for the dangerous goods must be displayed

  • (a) next to the label; or

  • (b) within a white rectangle located on the label without the prefix “UN”, if the white rectangle does not obscure any symbol or text on the label.

• (2) If the label is displayed on a tag, the UN number must be displayed on the tag in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) or (b).

• (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the UN number must be written

  • (a) for a means of containment with a capacity of 5 L or less or with a net mass of 5 kg or less, in characters that are visible, legible and sized appropriately for the size of the means of containment;

  • (b) for a cylinder with a capacity of 60 L or less and for any other means of containment with a capacity of 30 L or less but more than 5 L or with a net mass of 30 kg or less but more than 5 kg, in characters at least 6 mm high; or

  • (c) for all other small means of containment, in characters at least 12 mm high.

4.13 [Repealed, SOR/2017-253, s. 11]

Class 7, Radioactive Material

• 4.14 (1) For dangerous goods included in Class 7, the label or placard required to be displayed by this Part must be determined in accordance with the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015.

• (2) For dangerous goods included in Class 7, the following information must be determined in accordance with the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 and must be displayed on the Class 7 label for those dangerous goods:

  • (a) the name or symbol of the radionuclide, except that if there is a mixture of radionuclides, the name or symbol of the most restrictive of the radionuclides in the mixture; and

  • (b) the activity and the transport index of the dangerous goods.

Placards on a Large Means of Containment

• 4.15 (1) The primary class placard for each of the dangerous goods contained in a large means of containment, other than any part of a vessel, must be displayed on each side and on each end of the large means of containment.

• (2) If two or more dangerous goods have different UN numbers but are identified by the same placard or placards, the placard or placards are required to be displayed only once on each side and on each end of a large means of containment.

Subsidiary Class Placards on a Large Means of Containment

4.15.1 The following placards must be displayed next to the primary class placard for dangerous goods, on each side and on each end of a large means of containment that contains the dangerous goods, if the dangerous goods require an ERAP:

• (a) the placard for Class 4.3, if the dangerous goods have a subsidiary class of 4.3;

• (b) either of the placards for Class 6.1, if the dangerous goods have a subsidiary class of 6.1 and, due to inhalation toxicity, are included in Packing Group I; and

• (c) the applicable placard for Class 6.1 and the placard for Class 8, if the dangerous goods are UN2977, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, FISSILE or UN2978, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE.

UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

• 4.15.2 (1) The UN number for each of the dangerous goods in a large means of containment, other than dangerous goods included in Class 1, must be displayed on the large means of containment if the dangerous goods

  • (a) are in a quantity or concentration for which an ERAP is required; or

  • (b) are a liquid or a gas in direct contact with the large means of containment.

• (2) Subject to subsection  4.15.3(2), the UN number must be written without the prefix “UN” in black characters at least 65 mm high and displayed

  • (a) on an orange panel next to the primary class placard for the dangerous goods or next to the oxidizing gas placard, in the case of dangerous goods that are referred to in section 4.18.1; or

  • (b) within a white rectangle located on the primary class placard for the dangerous goods — or on the oxidizing gas placard, in the case of dangerous goods that are referred to in section 4.18.1 — if the white rectangle does not obscure any symbol or text on the placard.

Placards and UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

• 4.15.3 (1) A placard, or a placard and UN number, must be displayed on each side and on each end of a large means of containment, except that

  • (a) in the case of a large means of containment that is permanently connected to a frame, such as a truck frame or a supporting frame for the means of containment, the placard, or the placard and UN number, may be displayed on the frame if the resulting position of the placard, or the placard and UN number, is equivalent on each side and on each end of the means of containment;

  • (b) in the case of a large means of containment that is a trailer unit, the placard, or the placard and UN number, may be displayed on the front of the vehicle that is attached to the trailer unit rather than on the leading end of the trailer unit; and

  • (c) in the case of a large means of containment with a capacity less than or equal to 3 000 L that is an IBC or large packaging, the following may be displayed on two opposite sides of the means of containment:

    • (i) the placard and UN number for each of the dangerous goods in the means of containment, or

    • (ii) the label for the primary class and the label for each subsidiary class, if any, as well as the UN number and shipping name for each of the dangerous goods in the means of containment.

• (2) In the case of an IBC or large packaging that has a label, UN number and shipping name displayed on it in accordance with subparagraph (1)(c)(ii), the following conditions apply:

  • (a) the shipping name and UN number must be displayed next to the label or, in the case of the UN number, within a white rectangle located on the label without the prefix “UN”, if the white rectangle does not obscure any symbol or any text on the label;

  • (b) if the UN number is displayed next to the label, the UN number must be written in black characters at least 25 mm high; and

  • (c) if the dangerous goods are subject to special provision 16, the technical name must be determined in accordance with that provision and, subject to subsections (2) to (4) of that provision, displayed in parentheses after the shipping name.

Visibility of Labels, Placards and UN Numbers on a Large Means of Containment

• 4.15.4 (1) When a large means of containment that has labels or placards displayed on it is inside another large means of containment and those labels or placards are not visible, the placards required by this Part must be displayed on the outer large means of containment. The UN numbers that are required by this Part must also be displayed on the outer large means of containment.

• (2) When a large means of containment that has labels, placards, labels and UN numbers, or placards and UN numbers, displayed on it is loaded onto another large means of containment and those labels, placards, labels and UN numbers, or placards and UN numbers, are visible, the placards, or placards and UN numbers, are not required to be displayed on the other large means of containment.

DANGER Placard

• 4.16 (1) Except in the case of the dangerous goods listed in subsection (2) or a flammable gas referred to in subsection (3), a DANGER placard is permitted to be displayed on a large means of containment instead of any other placard required by section 4.15, if

  • (a) the large means of containment contains two or more dangerous goods that require different placards; and

  • (b) the dangerous goods loaded into the large means of containment are contained in two or more small means of containment.

• (2) The DANGER placard referred to in subsection (1) must not be displayed on a large means of containment for

  • (a) dangerous goods that have a gross mass greater than 1 000 kg, are included in the same class and are offered for transport by one consignor;

  • (b) dangerous goods that require an ERAP;

  • (c) dangerous goods included in Class 1, Explosives;

  • (d) dangerous goods included in Class 2.3, Toxic Gases;

  • (e) dangerous goods included in Class 4.3, Water-reactive Substances;

  • (f) dangerous goods included in Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, Type B, liquid or solid, that require a control or emergency temperature;

  • (g) dangerous goods included in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, that are subject to special provision 23; and

  • (h) dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, that require a Category III — Yellow label.

• (3) If a road vehicle or railway vehicle to be transported by vessel contains a flammable gas, the placard for Class 2.1 must be displayed on the road vehicle or railway vehicle.

Placarding Exemption for Dangerous Goods Having a Gross Mass of 500 kg or Less

• 4.16.1 (1) Except in the case of the dangerous goods listed in subsection (2), a placard is not required to be displayed on a road vehicle or railway vehicle if the dangerous goods in or on the road vehicle or railway vehicle have a gross mass that is less than or equal to 500 kg.

• (2) The exemption set out in subsection (1) does not apply to dangerous goods

  • (a) requiring an ERAP;

  • (b) requiring the display of a subsidiary class placard in accordance with section 4.15.1;

  • (c) included in Class 1, Explosives, except for

    • (i) explosives referred to in subsection 4.17(1), and

    • (ii) explosives included in Class 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.5, if

      • (A) the explosives are not subject to special provision 85 or 86 and have a net explosives quantity that is less than or equal to 10 kg, or

      • (B) the explosives are subject to special provision 85 or 86 and the number of articles of explosives is less than or equal to 1 000;

  • (d) included in Class 2.1, Flammable Gases, if the road vehicle or railway vehicle is to be transported by vessel;

  • (e) included in Class 2.3, Toxic Gases;

  • (f) included in Class 4.3, Water-reactive Substances;

  • (g) included in Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, Type B, liquid or solid, that require a control or emergency temperature;

  • (h) included in Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, that are subject to special provision 23; or

  • (i) included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, that require a Category III – Yellow label.

Class 1, Explosives

• 4.17 (1) Despite section 4.15, a placard is not required to be displayed for explosives that are included in

  • (a) Class 1.4, except for UN0301, AMMUNITION, TEAR-PRODUCING, and are in a quantity that is less than or equal to 1 000 kg net explosives quantity; or

  • (b) Class 1.4 and compatibility group S.

• (2) Despite section 4.15, only the placard for the explosives with the lowest division number is required to be displayed for explosives that are included in more than one division and are in a large means of containment, except in the following cases:

  • (a) when explosives included in Class 1.2 and Class 1.5 are transported together, the placard for Class 1.1 must be displayed; and

  • (b) when explosives included in Class 1.4 and Class 1.5 are transported together, the placard for Class 1.5 must be displayed.

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/2014-159, s. 20]