Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

7.2 (1) For the purposes of subsection 7(1) of the Act, an approved ERAP is required for

• (a) dangerous goods that have the same UN number and that are contained in a single means of containment, if the quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1;

• (b) dangerous goods, in a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, that have the same UN number and that are contained in more than one means of containment, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1 and are included in one of the following classes:

  • (i) Class 3, if they are assigned a subsidiary class of Class 6.1,

  • (ii) Class 4,

  • (iii) Class 5.2, if they are Type B or Type C,

  • (iv) Class 6.1, if they are included in Packing Group I;

• (c) dangerous goods, in a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, that have the same UN number, and that are contained in more than one large means of containment, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1;

• (d) dangerous goods, in a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, that are included in Class 1, Explosives, and that are contained in one or more means of containment, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1 for the explosives with the lowest index number in that column;

• (e) dangerous goods that are included in Class 2, Gases, that have the same UN number, that are contained in more than one means of containment — each of which has a capacity greater than 225 L — that are a single unit as a result of being interconnected through a piping arrangement and that are permanently mounted on a structural frame for transport, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1;

• (f) any of the following dangerous goods that are transported by rail in a tank car, if the quantity of those dangerous goods in the tank car exceeds 10 000 L:

  • (i) UN1170, ETHANOL with more than 24% ethanol, by volume, ETHANOL SOLUTION with more than 24% ethanol, by volume, ETHYL ALCOHOL with more than 24% ethanol, by volume, or ETHYL ALCOHOL SOLUTION with more than 24% ethanol, by volume,

  • (ii) UN1202, DIESEL FUEL, GAS OIL, or HEATING OIL, LIGHT,

  • (iii) UN1203, GASOLINE, MOTOR SPIRIT, or PETROL,

  • (iv) UN1267, PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL,

  • (v) UN1268, PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, N.O.S., or PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, N.O.S.,

  • (vi) UN1863, FUEL, AVIATION, TURBINE ENGINE,

  • (vii) UN1987, ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.,

  • (viii) UN1993, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, N.O.S.,

  • (ix) UN3295, HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID, N.O.S.,

  • (x) UN3475, ETHANOL AND GASOLINE MIXTURE, with more than 10% ethanol, ETHANOL AND MOTOR SPIRIT MIXTURE, with more than 10% ethanol, or ETHANOL AND PETROL MIXTURE, with more than 10% ethanol, and

  • (xi) UN3494, PETROLEUM SOUR CRUDE OIL, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC; and

• (g) any quantity of dangerous goods that are Risk Group 4 human pathogens within the meaning of the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act, other than dangerous goods that are UN3549, MEDICAL WASTE, CATEGORY A, AFFECTING HUMANS or MEDICAL WASTE, CATEGORY A, AFFECTING ANIMALS.

(2) An approved ERAP is required for dangerous goods classified in accordance with the ICAO Technical Instructions, the IMDG Code, the UN Recommendations or 49 CFR, in accordance with subsection 2.2(4) or Parts 9, 10, 11 or 12, as applicable, if the dangerous goods would require an approved ERAP if they were classified in accordance with Part 2 other than subsection 2.2(4).