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Transport Canada (TC), through the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR), reduces the risks associated with dangerous goods to emergency response personnel, the public, and the environment. One objective is to collect data on accidents involving dangerous goods, either directly or indirectly. Part 8 of the TDGR details the situations and requirements for reporting of specific events involving dangerous goods.
Any person that offers for transport, handles, or transports dangerous goods by highway, rail, or vessel must, as soon as possible after a release or anticipated release, make an emergency report to any local emergency response agency when the dangerous goods released meets or exceeds the following:
Class | Packing Group or Category | Quantity |
---|---|---|
1 | II | Any quantity |
2 | Not applicable | Any quantity |
3, 4, 5, 6.1, or 8 | I or II | Any quantity |
3, 4, 5, 6.1, or 8 | III, or without packing group | 30 L or 30 kg |
6.2 | A or B | Any quantity |
7 | Not applicable | A level of ionizing radiation greater than the level established in section 39 of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 |
9 | II or III, or without packing group | 30 L or 30 kg |
The emergency report must include the following information:
The person who made the report, or the person’s employer, must make a written follow-up report to the minister within 30 days of the initial report.