Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

8.16 (1) A person who is required by subsection 18(3) of the Act to report the loss or theft of dangerous goods must, as soon as possible after the loss or theft, report it by telephone to the persons listed in subsection (3) if the lost or stolen dangerous goods are in excess of the quantity set out in subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the quantities of dangerous goods are

• (a) any quantity, in the case of the following dangerous goods:

  • (i) UN1261, NITROMETHANE,

  • (ii) UN1357, UREA NITRATE, WETTED, with not less than 20% water, by mass,

  • (iii) UN1485, POTASSIUM CHLORATE,

  • (iv) UN1486, POTASSIUM NITRATE,

  • (v) UN1487, POTASSIUM NITRATE AND SODIUM NITRITE MIXTURE,

  • (vi) UN1489, POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE,

  • (vii) UN1495, SODIUM CHLORATE,

  • (viii) UN1498, SODIUM NITRATE,

  • (ix) UN1499, SODIUM NITRATE AND POTASSIUM NITRATE MIXTURE,

  • (x) UN1511, UREA HYDROGEN PEROXIDE,

  • (xi) UN1796, NITRATING ACID MIXTURE with more than 50% nitric acid,

  • (xii) UN1826, NITRATING ACID MIXTURE, SPENT, with more than 50% nitric acid,

  • (xiii) UN1942, AMMONIUM NITRATE with not more than 0.2% combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance,

  • (xiv) UN2014, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION with not less than 20% but not more than 60% hydrogen peroxide (stabilized as necessary),

  • (xv) UN2015, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION, STABILIZED with more than 60% hydrogen peroxide, or HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, STABILIZED,

  • (xvi) UN2031, NITRIC ACID, other than red fuming,

  • (xvii) UN2032, NITRIC ACID, RED FUMING,

  • (xviii) UN3149, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PEROXYACETIC ACID MIXTURE with acid(s), water and not more than 5% peroxyacetic acid, STABILIZED, and

  • (xix) UN3370, UREA NITRATE, WETTED, with not less than 10% water by mass;

• (b) any quantity, in the case of dangerous goods included in any of the following primary or subsidiary classes:

  • (i) Class 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3,

  • (ii) Class 2.3,

  • (iii) Class 5.2, if the dangerous goods are Type B, liquid or solid, temperature controlled,

  • (iv) Class 6.1, if the dangerous goods are included in Packing Group I,

  • (v) Class 6.2,

  • (vi) Class 7; and

• (c) a quantity of 450 kg or more, in the case of dangerous goods included in any of the following primary or subsidiary classes:

  • (i) Class 1.4, if the dangerous goods are not included in compatibility group S, or Class 1.5 or 1.6,

  • (ii) Class 2.1,

  • (iii) Class 3,

  • (iv) Class 4.1, if the dangerous goods are desensitized explosives,

  • (v) Class 4.2, if the dangerous goods are a pyrophoric substance and are included in Packing Group I or II,

  • (vi) Class 4.3, 5.1 or 8, if the dangerous goods are included in Packing Group I or II.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons to whom the report must be made are

• (a) CANUTEC, at 1-888-CANUTEC (1-888-226-8832) or 613-996-6666;

• (b) in the case of dangerous goods included in Class 1, Explosives, or referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or subparagraph (2)(b)(i) or (c)(i), a Natural Resources Canada inspector, at 613-995-5555; and

• (c) in the case of dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

(4) A person who made the report referred to in subsection (1) must notify the persons referred to in subsection (3) if that person finds the dangerous goods that were lost or stolen.