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

Coupling of Railway Vehicles

• 10.7 (1) A person must not couple a railway vehicle with another railway vehicle at a relative coupling speed greater than 9.6 km/h (6 mph) if either of the railway vehicles that make contact on coupling contains dangerous goods for which a placard is required to be displayed in accordance with Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks).

• (2) Despite subsection (1), a person may couple a single railway vehicle moving under its own momentum at a relative coupling speed less than or equal to 12 km/h (7.5 mph) when the ambient temperature is above -25ºC.

• (3) If a person couples a tank car that contains dangerous goods for which a placard is required to be displayed in accordance with Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks), with another railway vehicle and the three conditions in any one of the four rows set out in the table to this subsection apply, the person must

  • (a) visually inspect the underframe assembly and coupling and cushioning components of the tank car to ensure their integrity before the tank car is moved more than 2 km from the place where the coupling occurred; and

  • (b) report, in writing, to the owner of the tank car within 10 days after the coupling and include a copy of the text of this section and information about any damage that compromises the integrity of the underframe assembly or draft gear of the tank car discovered as a result of the inspection.

  Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
  	Combined Coupling Mass: Tank Car and Other Railway Vehicle, and their Contents, in Kilograms	Ambient Temperature: in Degrees Celsius	Relative Coupling Speed: in Kilometres per hour
  1	> 150 000	≤ -25	> 9.6
  2	> 150 000	> -25	> 12
  3	≤ 150 000	≤ -25	> 12.9
  4	≤ 150 000	> -25	> 15.3

• (4) The owner of a tank car who receives the report must not use the tank car or permit the tank car to be used to transport dangerous goods, other than the dangerous goods that were contained in the tank car at the time of the coupling, until the tank car undergoes

  • (a) a visual inspection and a structural integrity inspection in accordance with clause 9.5.6(a) and clause 9.5.7 of TP 14877; and

  • (b) for a tank car equipped with a stub sill, a stub sill inspection covering at least the following areas:

    • (i) the termination of the stub sill reinforcement pad closest to the mid-point of the tank car and associated welds for a 30-cm length from that point back towards the other end of the pad,

    • (ii) all welds

      • (A) connecting the head brace to the stub sill,

      • (B) between the head brace and the head reinforcement pad, and

      • (C) between the tank and the head reinforcement pad and, if the head reinforcement pad is connected to the stub sill reinforcement pad, 2.5 cm past that connection towards the centre of the tank,

    • (iii) all metal of the stub sill assembly, other than welds, from the body bolster to the coupler, and

    • (iv) the draft gear pocket.

• (5) This section does not apply if either the tank car or the other railway vehicle that was coupled is equipped with a cushioning device designed for a displacement of 15 cm (6 in.) or more in compression and capable of limiting the maximum coupler force to 4 448 kilonewtons (1,000,000 lbf) when impacted at 16.1 km/h (10 mph) by a railway vehicle having a gross mass of 99 790 kg (220,000 lb).

Reporting

10.8 A consignor shall, on reasonable notice given by the Minister, provide the Minister with the following information:

• (a) the number of tank cars owned or leased by the consignor that meet the requirements of TP 14877 for TC117R tank cars;

• (b) the number of tank cars owned or leased by the consignor that meet the requirements of TP 14877 for TC117P tank cars;

• (c) the number of tank cars owned or leased by the consignor and used for importing, offering for transport or handling dangerous goods included in Class 3, Flammable Liquids, that meet the requirements of TP 14877 for Class 111 tank cars; and

• (d) the number of tank cars owned or leased by the consignor and used for importing, offering for transport or handling dangerous goods included in Class 3, Flammable Liquids, that meet the requirements of TP 14877 for enhanced Class 111 tank cars.

PART 11Marine

Marine Transport — IMDG Code

• 11.1 (1) A person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by vessel must comply with the IMDG Code if the dangerous goods are in transport between

  • (a) two points in Canada on a voyage during which

    • (i) the vessel goes more than 120 nautical miles from shore,

    • (ii) on the Atlantic coast, the vessel goes south of the port of New York, or

    • (iii) on the Pacific coast, the vessel goes south of Portland, Oregon;

  • (b) Canada and another country, if the voyage is not an inland voyage or a sheltered waters voyage that is within the waters described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition inland voyage in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations; or

  • (c) two points outside Canada on board a vessel registered in Canada.

• (2) In addition to the requirements in subsection (1), a person who offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by vessel must do so in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations:

  • (a) the following provisions in Part 3 (Documentation):

    • (i) section 3.2, Carrier responsibilities,

    • (ii) subsection 3.4(1), Legibility and language,

    • (iii) paragraph 3.5(1)(j) and subsection 3.5(2), concerning a 24-hour number on a shipping document,

    • (iv) section 3.9, Location of a shipping document: marine, and

    • (v) section 3.10, Location of a shipping document: storage in the course of transportation;

  • (b) the following provisions in Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Marks):

    • (i) section 4.2, Misleading dangerous goods marks,

    • (ii) section 4.4, Consignor responsibilities,

    • (iii) section 4.5, Carrier responsibilities, and

    • (iv) section 4.6, Visibility, legibility and colour;

  • (c) the following provisions in Part 5 (Means of Containment):

    • (i) section 5.2, Requirements for a standardized means of containment to be in standard,

    • (ii) section 5.3, Compliance marks on a means of containment,

    • (iii) section 5.6, UN standardized means of containment, and

    • (iv) section 5.10, Means of containment for Class 2, Gases, and section 5.11, UN1950, AEROSOLS, and UN2037, GAS CARTRIDGES;

  • (d) Part 8 (Reporting Requirements); and

  • (e) Part 17 (Site Registration Requirements).

• (3) The means of containment used to transport the dangerous goods must be designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety.

Marine Transport — Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

11.2 A person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by vessel must comply with these Regulations if the dangerous goods are in transport between

• (a) two points in Canada on a voyage during which the vessel is always within 120 nautical miles from shore and

  • (i) on the Atlantic coast, the vessel does not go south of the port of New York, and

  • (ii) on the Pacific coast, the vessel does not go south of Portland, Oregon; or

• (b) Canada and another country, if the voyage is an inland voyage or a sheltered waters voyage that is within the waters described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition inland voyage in section 1 of the Vessel Safety Certificates Regulations.

Transporting Dangerous Goods from One Country through Canada to Another Country

11.3 A person who transports dangerous goods by vessel from one country through Canada to another country must comply with the IMDG Code and Part 8 (Reporting Requirements) of these Regulations.

11.4 [Repealed, SOR/2017-253, s. 23]

PART 12Air

Application and Interpretation

• 12.1 (1) Unless otherwise provided in this Part, only this Part and the following provisions and Parts apply to the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods by aircraft:

  • (a) paragraph 1.3(2)(b);

  • (b) sections 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4 and 4.2; and

  • (c) Parts 7 and 13 to 17.

• (2) Section 1.3 of Part 1 of the ICAO Technical Instructions applies to the interpretation of the provisions of those Instructions that are incorporated by reference in this Part, except with respect to terms that are defined in Part 1 of these Regulations.

• (3) Despite subsection (2) and section 1.4 of these Regulations, for the purposes of this Part, UN number has the same meaning as in section 3.1.1 of Part 1 of the ICAO Technical Instructions.

• (4) For the purpose of interpreting the provisions of the ICAO Technical Instructions that are incorporated by reference in this Part, a reference to “shipper” is to be read as a reference to “consignor”, a reference to “operator” is to be read as a reference to “carrier” and a reference to “packaging” is to be read as a reference to “means of containment”.

• (5) The following definitions apply in this Part.

  limited access location

  limited access location means a location to which there is no year-round access by a mode of transport other than air. (lieu à accès limité)

  MIL-T-52983G

  MIL-T-52983G means the standard entitled Military Specification: Tanks, Fabric, Collapsible: 3,000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 Gallon, Fuel, May 11, 1994, published by the United States Department of Defense. (MIL-T-52983G)

  remotely piloted aircraft

  remotely piloted aircraft has the same meaning as in subsection 101.01(1) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations. (aéronef télépiloté)

  Table 3-1

  Table 3-1 means Table 3-1, Dangerous Goods List, of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of the ICAO Technical Instructions. (Tableau 3-1)

• (6) The notes that appear with the provisions of the ICAO Technical Instructions that are incorporated by reference in this Part do not form part of these Regulations.

ICAO Technical Instructions — Compliance

General

• 12.2 (1) Unless otherwise provided in this Part, a person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by aircraft must do so in accordance with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions.

• (2) Despite subsection (1), a person who imports, offers for transport, handles or transports dangerous goods by aircraft may do so in accordance with section 1.19 or 1.20 of these Regulations.

Documentation

12.3 Any information that must, under this Part, be included on a document must be written in English or French.

ICAO Technical Instructions — Part 1 (General)

Training

• 12.4 (1) Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the ICAO Technical Instructions applies to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods by aircraft.

• (2) Subject to subsection (3), Part 6 of these Regulations applies to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods by aircraft.

• (3) Despite section 6.6 of these Regulations, the period of time for which an employer or a self-employed person must keep a record of training or statement of experience, as well as a copy of a training certificate, in electronic or paper form, is 36 months beginning on the first day of the month in which the most recent training and assessment was completed.

Security, Accident and Incident Reporting

12.5 Chapters 5 and 7 of Part 1 of the ICAO Technical Instructions do not apply to the importing, offering for transport, handling or transporting of dangerous goods by aircraft.