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SU 8402 (Ren. 2)

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Transport
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Safety and Security

Transport Dangerous
Goods Directorate
330 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5
Transports
Canada
Sécurité et sûreté

Direction générale du
transport des marchandises dangereuses
330, rue Sparks
Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0N5

Equivalency Certificate

Certificate No.: SU 8402 (Ren. 2)

Certificate Holder: LND, Inc.

Mode of Transport: Road, Rail, Air, Marine

Issue Date: June 18, 2010

Expiry Date: June 30, 2015

CONDITIONS

This Equivalency Certificate authorises LND, Inc., to sell, offer for sale, distribute, or deliver in Canada and authorizes any person to handle, offer for transport, transport, or import into Canada, by road or railway vehicle, by cargo aircraft or by ship on a domestic voyage, dangerous goods in a means of containment in a manner that does not comply with subsections 5.1(1) and (2), section 5.2, subparagraph 5.10(1)(a)(i) and 5.10(1)(b)(i), paragraph 5.10(1)(c), subparagraph 5.10(1)(d)(i), and subsection 5.10(2) of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, if:

(a) the means of containment are non-refillable, stainless steel containers with a maximum operating gauge pressure of 1.93 MPa at 20 °C;

(b) each container is filled with Helium, compressed, Class 2.2, UN1046, or Compressed gas, n.o.s., Class 2.2, UN1956;

(c) each container is designed and manufactured in accordance with the procedures, specifications and drawings numbered 1-920-0039-00 or

1-920-0053-00 filed by LND, Inc., on November 22, 2005 with the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate;


Issue Date: June 18, 2010

Equivalency Certificate

SU 8402 (Ren. 2)

CONDITIONS

(d) the container ends are 3.175 mm in thickness and are welded to the cylinder body;

(e) each container has a minimum sidewall thickness of 0.508 mm, an outside diameter of 50.8 mm, and a maximum water capacity of 3.6 L;

(f) before filling, each container is visually inspected, proof-tested pneumatically to not less than 1.25 times the maximum operating gauge pressure at 20 ºC for at least 30 seconds and shows no defects, and leak-tested using a helium mass spectrometer. The leakage rate shall be less than or equal to 10-10 cc/s;

(g) for containers with operating gauge pressure equal to or greater than

0.35 Mpa, one container taken from each lot of containers of the same size and design, successively manufactured on the same equipment, is tested hydrostatically to destruction. All containers produced per shaft (not exceeding 10 h) shall be counted as one lot. The entire lot shall be rejected if a failure occurs at pressure less than 5 times the operating gauge pressure;

(h) each container is transported in a strong outside packaging capable of withstanding a drop test from a height of 1.2 m without breakage of the container or of the outside packaging; and

(i) the shipping document that accompanies the dangerous goods includes the following information legibly and indelibly printed:

"Dangerous Goods Certificate No. SU 8402 - expiry date: June 30, 2015", or its French equivalent.

Note: The issuance of this Equivalency Certificate in no way reduces the certificate holder's responsibility to comply with any other requirements of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations not specifically addressed in this certificate.

Signature of Issuing Authority

Original signed by Eric Servant

__________________________

David Lamarche P. Eng., ing.

Chief

Permits and Approvals Division


Issue Date: June 18, 2010

Equivalency Certificate

SU 8402 (Ren. 2)

(The following is for information purposes only and is not part of the certificate)

Contact Person: Spencer B. Neyland

Physicist/Operations Manager

LND, Inc.

3230 Lawson Boulevard

Oceanside, New York 11572

U.S.A.

Telephone: 516-678-6141

Facsimile: 516-678-6704

E-Mail: info@lndinc.com

Explanatory Note

This Equivalency Certificate authorizes the transport of non-refillable electron tube nuclear radiation sensors designed for use as part of an instrument package. The certificate holder has demonstrated that when designed and manufactured under the conditions stipulated herein, the containers could be used with equivalent safety.

Legend for Certificate Number

SH - Road, SR - Rail, SA - Air, SM - Marine

SU - More than one Mode of Transport

Ren. - Renewal




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