Part 4

The TDG Regulations have been consolidated to include
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DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY MARKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Background

Definitions

Background

Dangerous goods safety marks are required to be displayed on a means of containment containing dangerous goods in transport. Dangerous goods safety marks include labels, placards, orange panels, signs, marine pollutant marks, numbers, letters, abbreviations and words used to identify dangerous goods and to show the nature of the danger they pose.

Dangerous goods safety marks give a quick identification of dangerous goods in the event of an emergency situation such as an accident or an accidental release of dangerous goods from a means of containment.

Dangerous goods safety marks are also an awareness tool for people involved in transportation, including truck drivers, train crews, loading dock workers, reception personnel at a lab or a hospital and aircraft loading personnel.

Generally, labels are displayed on small means of containment and placards are displayed on large means of containment.

The term “home-trade voyage, Class I” is used in this Part and is not defined in Part 1, Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases, but it is defined in regulations made under the “Canada Shipping Act”.

DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY MARKS

Definitions

Definitions for the following terms, used in this Part, are provided in Part 1, Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases:

4.1 Requirements for Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

(1) A person must not offer for transport, transport or import a means of containment that contains dangerous goods unless each dangerous goods safety mark required by this Part and illustrated in the appendix to this Part, or illustrated in Chapter 5.2 or 5.3 of the UN Recommendations, is displayed on it in accordance with this Part.
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(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may, before August 15, 2005, offer for transport, transport or import a small means of containment that contains dangerous goods if each dangerous goods safety mark required by the “Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations” in force on August 14, 2002 has, in accordance with those Regulations, been displayed on it since that date.
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4.2 Misleading Dangerous Goods Safety Marks

As provided for in section 6 of the Act, a person must not display a prescribed safety mark on a means of containment or means of transport or at a facility if the mark is misleading as to the presence of danger or the nature of any danger.

4.3 Display of Dangerous Goods Safety Marks Before Loading or Packing a Large Means of Containment

A person must not load or pack dangerous goods into a large means of containment for transport unless, immediately before the loading or packing, the large means of containment has displayed on it the dangerous goods safety marks that will be required when the loading or packing is complete.

4.4 Consignor Responsibilities

(1)  Before importing dangerous goods or allowing a carrier in Canada to take possession of dangerous goods for transport, the consignor must

(a)  display or ensure the display of the required dangerous goods safety marks on each small means of containment that contains the dangerous goods;

(b)  display or ensure the display of the required dangerous goods safety marks on each large means of containment that contains the dangerous goods; and
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(c)  provide to the carrier the dangerous goods safety marks for the dangerous goods that the consignor is offering for transport or importing and that are to be transported in a large means of containment.

(2)  The consignor is not required to provide the dangerous goods safety marks referred to in paragraph (1)(c) if they

(a)  are already displayed on the large means of containment; or

(b)  are not the correct ones to display because of the presence of other dangerous goods in the large means of containment.

When the consignor provides the large means of containment, the consignor displays the dangerous goods safety marks. When the carrier provides the large means of containment, the consignor provides
the carrier with the appropriate dangerous goods safety marks.

4.5 Carrier Responsibilities

The carrier of dangerous goods must

(a)  ensure that the required dangerous goods safety marks remain displayed on the small means of containment while the dangerous goods are in transport;

(b)  display the required dangerous goods safety marks on the large means of containment, unless they are already displayed on it, and ensure that they remain displayed while the dangerous goods are in transport; and

(c)  provide and display, or remove, the dangerous goods safety marks if the requirements for dangerous goods safety marks change while the dangerous goods are in transport.
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4.6 Visibility, Legibility and Colour

Dangerous goods safety marks must be

(a)  visible, legible and displayed against a background of contrasting colour;

(b)  made of durable and weather-resistant material that will withstand the conditions to which they will be exposed without substantial detachment or deterioration of their colour, symbols, letters, text or numbers; and

For example, deterioration is considered substantial if the colour of the safety mark fades or darkens so that it is no longer the colour that represents the class of dangerous goods associated with it.

(c)  displayed in the colours specified in

(i)  the appendix to this Part, which colours must conform to the following standards in the PANTONE ® “Formula Guide”, published by Pantone Inc., 590 Commerce Boulevard, Carlstadt, New Jersey 07072-3098, United States:

(A)  for blue, PANTONE 285,

(B)  for green, PANTONE 335,

(C)  for orange, PANTONE 151,

(D)  for red, PANTONE 186, and

(E)  for yellow, PANTONE 109,

(ii)  Part 172 of 49 CFR, or

(iii)  Chapters 5.2 and 5.3 of the UN Recommendations.

4.7 Labels and Placards: Size and Orientation

(1)  Labels and placards must be displayed on a means of containment as they are illustrated in the appendix to this Part, that is, a square on a point.

(2)  Each side of a label must be at least 100 mm in length with a line running 5 mm inside the edge. However, except for dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, if that size label, together with the shipping name, technical name and UN number, cannot be displayed because of the irregular shape or size of the small means of containment, each side of the label may be reduced in length by the same amount to the point where the label, together with the shipping name, technical name and UN number, will fit that small means of containment, but must not be reduced to less than 30 mm.

If 30 mm will not fit, subsection 4.10(4) allows the label to be displayed on a tag attached to the means of containment.

(3)  Each side of a placard must be at least 250 mm in length and, except for the DANGER placard, have a line running 12.5 mm inside the edge. However, except for dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, if that size placard cannot be displayed because of the irregular shape or size of the large means of containment, each side of the placard may be reduced in length by the same amount to the point where the placard will fit that large means of containment, but must not be reduced to less than 100 mm.

(4)  If the size of a label or a placard is reduced, every symbol, letter and number required on that label or placard must be reduced proportionately.

(5) If a large means of containment contains dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, and a Class 7 placard is required to be displayed in accordance with this Part, the means of containment must have displayed on it the Class 7 placard required or the appropriate optional Class 7 placard illustrated in the appendix to this Part.
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4.8 Ways to Display a UN Number

(1)  A UN number that is required by this Part to be displayed on a small means of containment or on a tag attached to it must be displayed in one of the following ways:

(a)  next to the primary class label for the dangerous goods; or

(b)  within a white rectangle located on the primary class label for the dangerous goods, without the prefix “UN”, but it must not obscure the symbol, class number, compatibility group letter or text on the label.

  

The illustration showing the UN number to the right of the placard is an example only and does not indicate a mandatory position. For example, a wrap-around label may be used on a cylinder.

(2)  A UN number that is required by this Part to be displayed on a large means of containment must be displayed in black numerals not less than 65 mm high in one of the following ways:
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(a)  on an orange panel placed next to the primary class placard for the dangerous goods, without the prefix “UN”; or

(b)  within a white rectangle located on the primary class placard for the dangerous goods, without the prefix “UN”, but it must not obscure the symbol, class number, compatibility group letter or text on the placard.

 

4.9 Removal or Change of Dangerous Goods Safety Marks
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(1)  When dangerous goods safety marks are displayed on a means of containment in accordance with the requirements of this Part but the conditions that required the display of the dangerous goods safety marks change for any reason, the person having charge, management or control of the means of containment must determine, as a result of the new conditions, if the dangerous goods safety marks must be changed or removed.
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(2)  Despite subsection (1), when the DANGER placard is required or permitted to be displayed on a large means of containment and the quantity of dangerous goods to which the placard applies decreases, a person may continue to display the DANGER placard for those remaining dangerous goods, in place of any other placard, until a placard is no longer required by this Part to be displayed on the large means of containment for those dangerous goods.
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4.10 Dangerous Goods Safety Marks on a Small Means of Containment: Labels

(1)  One label must be displayed on a small means of containment for the primary class and one for each subsidiary class set out in column 3 of Schedule 1 for each of the dangerous goods in transport in the small means of containment, except that

(a)  a label is not required to be displayed on a small means of containment that is inside another small means of containment if the other small means of containment has a label displayed on it and is not opened during loading or unloading or while the dangerous goods are in transport;

(b)  the oxidizing gas label, illustrated in the appendix to this Part, must be displayed on a small means of containment for the following dangerous goods:

(i)  UN1072, OXYGEN, COMPRESSED;

(ii)  UN1073, OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID;

(iii)  UN3156, COMPRESSED GAS, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.; and

(iv)  UN3157, LIQUEFIED GAS, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.;
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(c)  if the dangerous goods are included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, two labels must be displayed on the small means of containment for the primary class, and
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(d)  when the dangerous goods are included in Class 2, Gases, and are contained in a combination of cylinders each with a capacity greater than 225 L that are a single unit as a result of being interconnected through a piping arrangement, and are permanently mounted on a structural frame for transport, and have a combined capacity exceeding 450 L, the combination of cylinders may be placarded as one large means of containment.
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(2)  For the subsidiary class of Class 1, the label to be displayed is the label for Class 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 illustrated in the appendix to this Part.

The dangerous goods that have a subsidiary class of Class 1 are listed in paragraph 2.8(1)(a) in Part 2, Classification, and have “(1)” shown in column 3 of Schedule 1.

(3)  When a label is required to be displayed, it must be displayed

(a)  on any side of the outer surface of a small means of containment other than the side on which it is intended to rest or to be stacked during transport;

(b)  on or near the shoulder of a cylinder containing dangerous goods; or
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(c)  in the case of a label for dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, on two opposite sides of the outer surface of a small means of containment, other than the side on which it is intended to rest or to be stacked during transport.

(4)  Despite subsection (3), a label with sides that are reduced to 30 mm in length in accordance with subsection 4.7(2) may be displayed on a tag that is securely attached to a small means of containment.

4.11 Shipping Name and Technical Name on a Small Means of Containment or on a Tag

(1) When dangerous goods in transport are in a small means of containment on which a primary class label for the dangerous goods must be displayed, the shipping name of the dangerous goods must be displayed next to the primary class label.
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(2)  When dangerous goods in transport are subject to special provision 16 in Schedule 2 and are in a small means of containment on which the shipping name is displayed, the technical name of the most dangerous substance related to the primary class of the dangerous goods must be displayed, in parentheses, following the shipping name.

(3)  When the primary class label for dangerous goods in transport is displayed on a tag in accordance with subsection 4.10(4), the shipping name and, when required by subsection (2), the technical name of the dangerous goods must also be displayed on the tag.

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

(1)  When dangerous goods in transport are in a small means of containment on which the primary class label for the dangerous goods is displayed, the UN number for the dangerous goods must be displayed on or next to the primary class label.

(2)  When the primary class label for dangerous goods in transport is displayed on a tag in accordance with subsection 4.10(4), the UN number must also be displayed on the tag on or next to the primary class label.

4.13 Flash Point for Class 3, Flammable Liquids, on a Small Means of Containment for Transport by Ship

When dangerous goods included in Class 3, Flammable Liquids, are to be transported by a ship other than a short-run ferry and are in a small means of containment, the flash point or the flash point range for the dangerous goods must be displayed on the small means of containment next to the shipping name of the dangerous goods or, if there is a technical name, next to the technical name.

4.14 Class 7, Radioactive Material
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(1) For dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Material, 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”.
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(2)  For dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Material, the following information must be determined in accordance with the “Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations”, and must be displayed on the primary class label for the 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.
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4.15 Dangerous Goods Safety Marks on a Large Means of Containment: Placards and UN Numbers
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(1) A placard and UN number must be displayed in accordance with the following table on a large means of containment containing dangerous goods, other than a ship or an aircraft, if the dangerous goods

(a) are in a quantity or concentration for which an emergency response assistance plan (ERAP) is required;

(b) are included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, for which a Category III — Yellow label is required;

(c) are a liquid or gas in direct contact with the large means of containment;

(d) have a gross mass greater than 500 kg; or

(e) are included in Class 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.5 and are

(i) not subject to special provision 85 or 86 and exceed 10 kg net explosives quantity, or

(ii) subject to special provision 85 or 86 and the number of articles exceeds 1 000.
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Table
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Item	Column 1 Description	Column 2 Placards Required	Column 3 UN Numbers Required
1.	Dangerous goods have the same UN number and an ERAP is not required for them	Primary class placard	(a) UN number if the dangerous goods are a liquid or gas in direct contact with the large means of containment; and (b) if not required in paragraph (a), the UN number may be displayed if the dangerous goods are in a quantity greater than 4 000 kg and are offered for transport by one consignor.
2.	Dangerous goods have the same UN number and an ERAP is required for them	Primary class placard	UN number
3.	Dangerous goods have different UN numbers and an ERAP is not required for any of them	(a) primary class placard for those Class 1 dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1); (b) primary class placard for those Class 7 dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1); and (c) for the remaining dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1), the primary class placard for each of those dangerous goods except that, if two or more different primary class placards are required, the DANGER placard may be displayed in place of those primary class placards.	None
4.	Dangerous goods have different UN numbers and an ERAP is required for at least one of them	(a) primary class placard for each of the dangerous goods for which an ERAP is required; (b) primary class placard for those Class 1 dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1); (c) primary class placard for those Class 7 dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1); and (d) for the remaining dangerous goods that meet any of the conditions in subsection (1), the primary class placard for each of those dangerous goods except that, if two or more different primary class placards are required, the DANGER placard may be displayed in place of those primary class placards.	UN number for each of the dangerous goods for which an ERAP is required
5.	Dangerous goods have different UN numbers and an ERAP is required for each of them	Primary class placard for each of the dangerous goods	UN number for each of the dangerous goods

(2) If dangerous goods are in a means of containment that is inside a large means of containment and a placard is required to be displayed but that placard is not visible from outside the large means of containment, the placard must also be displayed on the large means of containment. In addition, if a UN number is required to be displayed but is not visible from outside the large means of containment, the UN number must also be displayed on the large means of containment.
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(3)  The placard must be displayed on each side and each end of a large means of containment, except that the placard may be displayed on

(a) a frame permanently connected to the large means of containment, such as a truck frame or a support frame of the means of containment, if the resulting positions of the placards and any associated UN numbers are equivalent to positions on each side and each end of the large means of containment; or

(b) the front of a truck, instead of on the leading end of a trailer unit of the truck.
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The trailer unit of a truck includes a tank.
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(4) A subsidiary class placard must be displayed on each side and each end of a large means of containment for dangerous goods for which an emergency response assistance plan is required and that have a subsidiary class of

(a) Class 1, in which case the subsidiary class placard is the one illustrated for Class 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 in the appendix to this Part;

(b) Class 4.3 in which case the subsidiary class placard is the one illustrated for Class 4.3 in the appendix to this Part;

(c) Class 6.1 and are included in Packing Group I due to inhalation toxicity, in which case the subsidiary class placard is the one illustrated for Class 6.1 in the appendix to this Part; or

(d) Class 8 and the dangerous goods are UN2977, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, FISSILE or UN2978, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE, non-fissile or fissile excepted, in which case the subsidiary class placard is the one illustrated for Class 8 in the appendix to this Part.
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4.16 General Options for Placards and UN Numbers

Despite the requirement for the display of primary class placards in section 4.15, when two dangerous goods have different UN numbers but are identified by the same primary class placard, that placard needs to be displayed only once on each side and each end of a large means of containment.

4.17 Options for Class 1, Explosives

(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
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(b)  Class 1.4S and are in any quantity.

UN0301 requires an emergency response assistance plan (ERAP). The ERAP index in column 7 of Schedule 1 for UN0301 is 75.
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(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)  Despite the requirement in section 4.15 for the display of a UN number, a UN number is not required to be displayed for Class 1, Explosives.

4.18 Class 2, Gases

(1) When gases that are included in more than one division of Class 2, Gases, are transported together on the same road vehicle and the primary class placards or the UN numbers for those gases are required to be displayed by section 4.15, they may be replaced by the DANGER placard and the primary class placard of the most dangerous gas according to the following decreasing order and, if required by section 4.15, the UN number:

(a) toxic gas;

(b) flammable gas;

(c) oxidizing gas; and

(d) any other gas.
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(2)  A flammable gas placard illustrated in the appendix to this Part and, if required by section 4.15, the UN number must be displayed in accordance with this Part on a road vehicle transporting a flammable gas if

(a)  a DANGER placard is displayed on the road vehicle in accordance with subsection (1); and

(b)  the road vehicle is to be transported by ship.
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(3)  When placards are required to be displayed for any one of the following dangerous goods in accordance with subsection (1) or section 4.15, the oxidizing gas placard illustrated in the appendix to this Part must be displayed instead of the placard required for Class 2.2, Non-flammable, Non-toxic gases:
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(a)  UN1072, OXYGEN, COMPRESSED;

(b)  UN1073, OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID;

(c)  UN3156, COMPRESSED GAS, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.; and

(d)  UN3157, LIQUEFIED GAS, OXIDIZING, N.O.S.

(4)  If an emergency response assistance plan is required for any of the dangerous goods referred to in subsections (1) to (3), the UN number for those dangerous goods must be displayed.

(5)  When UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, is contained in a large means of containment, the large means of containment must have displayed on it

(a) one of the following placards:

(i) until August 31, 2008, the Class 2.2, Class 2.3 or anhydrous ammonia placard, or

(ii) after August 31, 2008, the Class 2.3 or anhydrous ammonia placard; and

(b)  on at least two sides, the words “Anhydrous Ammonia, Inhalation Hazard” on a contrasting background in letters with a width of at least 6 mm and a height of at least 50 mm when the anhydrous ammonia placard is displayed on it.
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(6)  Despite paragraph 4.15(1)(c), when dangerous goods are included in Class 2, Gases, and are contained in a combination of tubes that are a single unit as a result of being interconnected through a piping arrangement, and are permanently mounted on a structural frame for transport, the combination of tubes may be placarded as one large means of containment.
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4.19 Dangerous Goods Safety Marks on a Compartmentalized Large Means of Containment

(1)  When dangerous goods included in different primary classes are transported in different compartments of a compartmentalized large means of containment,

(a)  the primary class placard and the UN number for the dangerous goods in each compartment must be displayed on each side of that compartment; and

(b)  each placard and UN number displayed in accordance with paragraph (a) must be displayed on each end of the compartmentalized large means of containment but each specific placard need only be displayed once on each end.
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(2)  When all compartments in a compartmentalized large means of containment contain dangerous goods included in the same primary class,

(a)  the primary class placard must be displayed on each side and on each end of the compartmentalized large means of containment; and

(b)  the UN number of the dangerous goods in a compartment must be displayed on each side of that compartment and on each end of the compartmentalized large means of containment, except that, if all the dangerous goods are included in Class 3, Flammable Liquids, only the UN number of the dangerous goods with the lowest flash point need be displayed on each side and on each end of the compartmentalized large means of containment.

4.20 Elevated Temperature Sign

In addition to the requirements for placards and UN numbers in section 4.15, the elevated temperature sign must be displayed for dangerous goods that are in transport in a large means of containment and that are UN3256, ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S., Class 3, UN3257, ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., Class 9, or UN3258, ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SOLID, N.O.S., Class 9. The elevated temperature sign must be displayed on each side and each end of the large means of containment next to each primary class placard for the dangerous goods or, if there is a subsidiary class placard, next to the subsidiary class placard.

4.21 Fumigation Sign

If fumigation of a large means of containment is done using dangerous goods and the fumigant is the only dangerous goods in transport in the large means of containment, the fumigation sign must be displayed next to or at each entryway into the large means of containment through which a person can enter. The consignor must ensure that the fumigation sign is displayed by the person in charge of the fumigation process and the sign must have displayed on it the name of the fumigant and the date and time the fumigant was applied.

4.22 Marine Pollutant Mark

(1)  In addition to the requirements for placards and UN numbers in section 4.15, the marine pollutant mark must be displayed in the following locations, for dangerous goods that are marine pollutants in transport by ship:

(a)  on a small means of containment, next to the primary class label for the dangerous goods or, if there is a subsidiary class label, next to the subsidiary class label; and

(b)  on each side and each end of a large means of containment next to the placard that is required to be displayed for the dangerous goods.

(2)  The marine pollutant mark is not required to be displayed when marine pollutants are

(a)  on board a road vehicle or railway vehicle on a roll-on roll-off ship; or

(b)  contained in

(i)  a small means of containment and are in a quantity that is less than or equal to

(A)  5 L for a liquid marine pollutant or 5 kg for a solid marine pollutant, or

(B)  500 mL for a liquid severe marine pollutant or 500 g for a solid severe marine pollutant, or

(ii)  a large means of containment and

(A)  are in a quantity that is less than or equal to 500 kg,

(B)  are transported by ship between two points in Canada, other than a ship on a home-trade voyage, Class I, and

(C)  the large means of containment does not contain Class 1, Explosives, other than explosives included in Class 1.4, Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides, Class 6.1, Toxic Substances, or Class 7, Radioactive Materials.

(3)  The placard and UN number are not required to be displayed for substances identified as marine pollutants in subparagraph 2.43(b)(ii) when the marine pollutant mark is not required to be displayed in accordance with subsection (2).
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4.22.1 Category B Mark
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The Category B mark illustrated in the appendix to this Part must be displayed on small means of containment containing infectious substances included in UN3373, BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE, CATEGORY B.
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APPENDIX

ILLUSTRATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS SAFETY MARKS

Each class of dangerous goods has assigned to it a label, a placard or both. The labels and placards are illustrated below. Also illustrated is the DANGER placard, the oxidizing gas label and placard, the elevated temperature sign, the fumigation sign, the marine pollutant mark and the orange panel. The size requirements for the signs, the marine pollutant mark and the orange panel are also provided.

LABELS AND PLACARDS

CLASS 1, EXPLOSIVES

Class 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, numbers, letter and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Orange: Background

The symbol is an exploding bomb.

** place for division – to be left blank if explosive is a subsidiary class

* place for the Compatibility Group Letter – to be left blank if explosive is a subsidiary class

Label and Placard

Black: Numbers, letter and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Orange: Background

* place for the Compatibility Group Letter

CLASS 2, GASES

Class 2.1, Flammable Gases

Label and Placard

Black or White: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red:  Background

The symbol is a flame.

Class 2.2, Non-flammable and Non-toxic Gases

Label and Placard

Black or White: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Green:  Background

The symbol is a gas cylinder.

Class 2.3, Toxic Gases

Label and Placard

Black:  Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

White:  Background

The symbol is a skull and crossbones.

Label and Placard for UN1005, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA
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Black: Number, symbol and line 12.5 mm inside the edge

White: Background

The symbol is a gas cylinder.

Oxidizing Gases

Label and Placard

Black:  Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Yellow:  Background

The symbol is a flame over a circle (Flaming “O”).

CLASS 3, FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS

Class 3, Flammable Liquids

Label and Placard

Black or White:  Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red:  Background

The symbol is a flame.

CLASS 4, FLAMMABLE SOLIDS, SUBSTANCES LIABLE TO SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AND SUBSTANCES THAT ON CONTACT WITH WATER EMIT
FLAMMABLE GASES (WATER REACTIVE SUBSTANCES)

Class 4.1, Flammable Solids

Label and Placard

Black:  Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red: 7 red stripes resulting in 13 equally spaced vertical stripes

White: Background

The symbol is a flame.

Class 4.2, Substances Liable to Spontaneous Combustion

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red:  Lower half

White:  Upper half

The symbol is a flame.

Class 4.3, Water Reactive Substances

Label and Placard

Black or White: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Blue: Background

The symbol is a flame.

CLASS 5, OXIDIZING SUBSTANCES AND ORGANIC PEROXIDES

Class 5.1, Oxidizing Substances

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Yellow: Background

The symbol is a flame over a circle (Flaming “O”).

Class 5.2, Organic Peroxides

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Yellow: Background

The symbol is a flame over a circle (Flaming “O”).

CLASS 6, TOXIC AND INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES

Class 6.1, Toxic Substances

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

White: Background

The symbol is a skull and crossbones.

Class 6.2, Infectious Substances

Label

Black: Symbol, number, text and line 5 mm inside the edge

White: Background

The symbol is three crescents superimposed on a circle.

The text is:

CANUTEC
613-996-6666

Class 6.2, Infectious Substances

Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 12.5 mm inside the edge

White: Background

The symbol is three crescents superimposed on a circle.

CLASS 7, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Class 7, Radioactive Materials

Category I – White

Label and Optional Placard

Black: Symbol, number, text and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red: One vertical bar following the word “RADIOACTIVE”

White: Background

The symbol is a trefoil.

The additional text under the word “RADIOACTIVE” is:

CONTENTS CONTENU

ACTIVITY ACTIVITÉ

Class 7, Radioactive Materials

Category II – Yellow

Label and Optional Placard

Black: Symbol, number, text and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red: Two vertical bars following the word “RADIOACTIVE”

Yellow: Upper half of background excluding the border

White: Lower half of background and the border

The symbol is a trefoil.

The additional text under the word “RADIOACTIVE” is:

CONTENTS CONTENU

ACTIVITY… ACTIVITÉ

INDICE DE TRANSPORT INDEX

Class 7, Radioactive Materials

Category III – Yellow

Label and Optional Placard

Black: Symbol, number, text and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

Red: Three vertical bars following the word “RADIOACTIVE”

Yellow: Upper half of background excluding the border

White: Lower half of background and the border

The symbol is a trefoil.

The additional text under the word “RADIOACTIVE” is:

CONTENTS CONTENU

ACTIVITY ACTIVITÉ

INDICE DE TRANSPORT INDEX

Class 7, Radioactive Materials

Placard

Black: Symbol, number, text and line 12.5 mm inside the edge

Yellow: Upper half of background excluding the border

White: Lower half of background and the border

The symbol is a trefoil.

The word “RADIOACTIVE” is optional.

Class 7, Radioactive Materials

Label

SOR/2008-34

Black: Number, text, outline of the box in lower half and line through the centre of the label

White: Background

CLASS 8, CORROSIVES

Class 8, Corrosives

Label and Placard

White: The number 8, upper half of background and the border

Black: Lower half of the background, except for the border and the number, and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

The symbol is liquid spilling from two glass vessels and attacking a hand and a metal bar.

CLASS 9, MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS, SUBSTANCES OR ORGANISMS

Class 9, Miscellaneous Products, Substances
or Organisms

Label and Placard

Black: Symbol, number and line 5 mm inside the edge for a label and 12.5 mm inside the edge for a placard

White: Background

The symbol is 7 black stripes resulting in 13 equally spaced vertical stripes in the upper half.

OTHER PLACARDS

DANGER PLACARD

Placard

Black: Text

White: Centre horizontal band forming the background for the word “DANGER”

Red: Background except for the centre band

The symbol is the word DANGER, with each letter at least 50 mm high and at least 10 mm wide.

SIGNS

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SIGN

Red: Symbol and border

White: Background

Size: Equilateral triangle with sides of at least 250 mm in length

The symbol is a thermometer.

This sign may be displayed on a standard-sized white placard.

FUMIGATION SIGN

Black: Symbol and text

White: Background

Size: Rectangle, at least 300 mm wide and 250 mm high

The symbol is the word DANGER centered between two skulls and crossbones.

The additional text under the word “DANGER” is:  

MARKS

MARINE POLLUTANT MARK

Black: Symbol and text

White: Background

Size: For small means of containment, an isosceles triangle with each side at least 100 mm in length. For large means of containment, an isosceles triangle with each side at least 250 mm in length.
SOR/2008-34

The symbol is a fish with X on top.

The text is “MARINE POLLUTANT” or “POLLUANT MARIN”.

CATEGORY B MARK
SOR/2008-34

Black: Letters and numbers at least 6 mm high and line with a width of at least 2 mm

White: Background except that the background may be the colour of the means of containment if it contrasts with the letters, numbers and line

Size: Square on point (diamond-shaped) with each side at least 50 mm

PANELS

ORANGE PANEL

Black: Numbers and border

Orange: Background

Size: Rectangle, at least 120 mm high and 300 mm wide with a border 10 mm wide.

Replace * with the four digits of the UN number which must be at least 65 mm high.