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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.
Scope
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 |
Regulatory citations
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR) Part 8
Key definitions
- Release: In relation to dangerous goods:
- A discharge, emission, explosion, outgassing or other escape of dangerous goods, or any component or compound evolving from dangerous goods, from the means of containment being used to handle or transport the dangerous goods; or
- An emission, from a means of containment being used to handle or transport dangerous goods, of ionizing radiation that exceeds a level or limit established under the “Nuclear Safety and Control Act.”
Summary of requirements
The emergency report must include the following information:
- The name and contact information of the person making the report,
- Date, time, and geographic location of the release,
- In the case of an anticipated release of dangerous goods, the date, time, and geographic location of the incident that led to the anticipated release,
- Mode of transport used,
- Shipping name or UN number,
- Quantity of dangerous goods that was in the means of containment before the release or anticipated release,
- Quantity of dangerous goods estimated to have been released, and
- If applicable, the type of incident leading to the release or anticipated release, including a collision, roll-over, derailment, overfill, fire, explosion or load-shift.
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.