CLASS 2
7.32 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall handle or offer for transport dangerous goods that are included in Class 2 and are contained in a cylinder or other small container or in a tube, other than an aerosol or a flask containing an unpressurized refrigerated liquid, unless the applicable requirements of Canadian Standards Association Standard CSA-B340-97, Selection and Use of Cylinders, Spheres, Tubes, and Other Containers for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Class 2, dated July 1997, are complied with, except for the requirements of section 9.1.1.1 of CGA publication S-1.1, referred to in clause 4.3.1 of the Standard. SOR/98-371
(2) Notwithstanding the requirements of clauses 4.1.1, 5.1.3 and 5.1.4 of the Standard referred to in subsection (1), no person shall handle or offer for transport a cylinder or tube containing dangerous goods, other than a cylinder or tube from which the dangerous goods have been removed to the maximum extent possible, unless the cylinder or tube was manufactured in accordance with the requirements of
(a) National Standard of Canada CAN/CSA-B339-96, Cylinders, Spheres, and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, dated July 1996; or SOR/98-371
(b) where the initial test date of the cylinder or tube is December 31, 1992 or earlier,
(i) the regulations for the transportation of dangerous goods by rail in force before December 5, 1991, or the conditions of any permit issued pursuant thereto, and the cylinder or tube has displayed on it the letters «CRC», «BTC», «CTC» or «TC», or
(ii) CFR 49, or an exemption in respect of packaging and handling issued pursuant to Subpart B of Part 107 of CFR 49, and the cylinder or tube has displayed on it the letters «ICC» or «DOT» and was in use in Canada before January 1, 1993.
(3) Dangerous goods that are included in Class 2 and that are contained in a cylinder or tube shall be handled or offered for transport according to the selection and use requirements
(a) of a permit referred to in subparagraph (2)(b)(i), if the cylinder or tube was manufactured in accordance with
(i) the conditions of the permit, or
(ii) both the conditions of the permit and the requirements of an exemption referred to in subparagraph (2)(b)(ii); or
(b) of an exemption referred to in subparagraph (2)(b)(ii), if the cylinder or tube was manufactured in accordance with the requirements of that exemption.
(4) A requalification, repair, reheat treatment or rebuilding of a cylinder or tube referred to in paragraph (2)(b) shall be carried out at a facility registered pursuant to clause 25 of National Standard of Canada CAN/CSA-B339-96, Cylinders, Spheres, and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, dated July 1996. SOR/98-371
7.32.1 Subject to section 7.32.3, after June 30, 1995, no person shall handle or offer for transport by road, or in a domestic consignment by ship, dangerous goods that are included in Class 2 and are contained in a tank, other than a tube, unless the requirements of CSA Preliminary Standard B622-1987, Selection and Use of Highway Tanks, Multi-unit Tank Car Tanks, and Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Class 2, by Road, dated December 1987, and clause 8 of CSA Preliminary Standard B620-1987, Highway Tanks and Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, dated October 1987 and amended February 1992, are complied with. [SOR / 95-547]
7.32.2 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 7.32.3, no person shall handle or offer for transport by rail dangerous goods that are included in Class 2 and are contained in a tank, other than a tube, unless the requirements of National Standard of Canada CAN/CGSB-43.147-97, Construction and Maintenance of Tank Car Tanks and Selection and Use of Tank Car Tanks, Portable Tanks and Rail Cars for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail, dated August 1997, except for section 5.2.1.1, are complied with.
(2) Paragraph (2) of the definition «Material Poisonous by Inhalation» in section 3 of National Standard of Canada CAN/CGSB-43.147-97, Construction and Maintenance of Tank Car Tanks and Selection and Use of Tank Car Tanks, Portable Tanks and Rail Cars for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail, dated August 1997, is replaced by the following:
(2) A liquid (other than a mist) meeting the criteria in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations for Division 6.1, Packing Group I, because of its inhalation toxicity, whether having the classification of 6.1 or not, or whether assigned to Hazard Zone A or B in accordance with section 73.133(a).
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 73.320(b) of National Standard of Canada CAN/CGSB-43.147-97, Construction and Maintenance of Tank Car Tanks and Selection and Use of Tank Car Tanks, Portable Tanks and Rail Cars for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail, dated August 1997, the internal tank pressure at the time of offering for transport shall be equal to or less than 70 kPa (10 psig). [SOR/98-371]
7.32.3 Dangerous goods that are included in Class 2 and are contained in a Type 5 or Type 7 portable tank as defined in the IMDG Code may be handled or offered for transport by road or by rail, or in a domestic consignment by ship, if the requirements of section 13 of the IMDG Code are complied with. [SOR / 95-547]