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Archived Content Contenu Archivé ARCHIVED - Archiving Content ARCHIVÉE - Contenu archivé Archived Content Contenu archivé Information identified as archived is provided for L’information dont il est indiqué qu’elle est archivée reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It est fournie à des fins de référence, de recherche is not subject to the Government of Canada Web ou de tenue de documents. Elle n’est pas Standards and has not been altered or updated assujettie aux normes Web du gouvernement du since it was archived. Please contact us to request Canada et elle n’a pas été modifiée ou mise à jour a format other than those available. depuis son archivage. Pour obtenir cette information dans un autre format, veuillez communiquer avec nous. This document is archival in nature and is intended Le présent document a une valeur archivistique et for those who wish to consult archival documents fait partie des documents d’archives rendus made available from the collection of Public Safety disponibles par Sécurité publique Canada à ceux Canada. qui souhaitent consulter ces documents issus de sa collection. Some of these documents are available in only one official language. Translation, to be provided Certains de ces documents ne sont disponibles by Public Safety Canada, is available upon que dans une langue officielle. Sécurité publique request. Canada fournira une traduction sur demande. TDG Dangerous Goods ISSN 0828-5039 Newsletter TP 2711 E SPRING-SUMMER 2000 Vol. 20, No. 1 SEGREGATION Transport Transports Canada Canada Safety and Security Sécurité et sûreté Dangerous Marchandises Goods dangereuses Agreement Number 1529021 Content • Editorial ...................................................3 • UN Packaging by 2003! ..........................8 • Registration With CANUTEC • “PREPARE and DECLARE” for the Use of their 24-Hour A Successful Conference.......................10 Emergency Telephone Number ...............3 • CANUTEC Statistics.............................11 Feature • Segregation of Chemical Substances.......4 Regions • Ontario Region’s Rail Safey Congress ....6 • Back on Track..........................................7 TDG The Dangerous Goods Newsletter is published quarterly in both official languages by the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate, Transport Canada, and is distributed to government and industry organizations in the dangerous goods related fields. Subscriptions are free of charge and available to anyone on request by calling (613) 990-1151. This newsletter is also available on our web site at: http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdg/info/news_e.htm. Please address inquiries regarding additional information, publication and/or comments to: The Editor, A/Editor Writers/Contributers to this issue: Dangerous Goods Newsletter Renée Major • Michel Cloutier - CANUTEC, TDG Directorate Transport Dangerous Goods ([email protected]) • Jean-Stéfane Bergeron - Ontario Regional Office Transport Canada Production Coordinator • Dale Hicks - Atlantic Regional Office • Dave Westman - Regulatory Affairs Branch, TDG Directorate Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Rita Simard • Edgar Ladouceur - Compliance and Response Banch, TDG Directorate KlA 0N5 ([email protected]) Graphics and Design Arie J.E. Racicot ([email protected]) or ([email protected]) We welcome news, comments or highlights on transportation of dangerous goods activities, announcements of meetings, conferences or workshops. The Newsletter carries signed articles from various sources. Such articles do not necessarily represent the views of the Directorate, nor does publishing them imply any endorsement. Material from the Newsletter may be used freely with customary credit. Contacts: Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate Atlantic Region Director General Dartmouth (902) 426-9461 Fax: (902) 426-6921 J.A. Read (613) 990-1147 ([email protected]) St. John’s (709) 772-3994 Fax: (709) 772-5127 Regulatory Affairs Québec Region J. Savard, Director (613) 990-1154 ([email protected]) (514) 283-5722 Fax: (514) 283-8234 Compliance and Response Ontario Region E. Ladouceur, Director (613) 998-6540 ([email protected]) (416) 973-9820 Fax: (416) 973-5905 ou 973-9907 Research, Evaluation and Systems Prairie and Northern Region R. Auclair, Director (613) 990-1139 ([email protected]) Winnipeg (204) 983-5969 Fax: (204) 983-8992 Legislation and Regulations Saskatoon (306) 975-5105 Fax: (306) 975-4555 Linda Hume-Sastre, Director (613) 998-0517 ([email protected]) Pacific Region Publications : (613) 990-1151 New Westminster (604) 666-2955 Fax: (604) 666-7747 Fax: (613) 993-5925 and 952-1340 ([email protected]) Kelowna (250) 491-3712 Fax: (250) 491-3710 CANUTEC: Information (613) 992-4624 Emergency (613) 996-6666 Fax (613) 954-5101 Transport Canada Internet address www.tc.gc.ca ([email protected]) SPRING-SUMMER 2000 — Vol. 20, No. 1 2 TDG The purpose of registering is to ensure CANUTEC Editorial has information on the products likely to be involved so that, if asked, CANUTEC would be able to provide Welcome to the Spring-Summer 2000 Edition of this the correct information. It would help no-one if newsletter. CANUTEC’s phone number appeared for a product I hope you will enjoy reading the articles we have which was unknown to CANUTEC. included in this issue. The feature article on page 4 CANUTEC is the Canadian Transport Emergency covers the segregation of chemical substances and Centre operated by Transport Canada to assist emer- explains why it is important to separate different gency response personnel in handling dangerous goods classes of dangerous goods. Table 1 on page 5 gives emergencies. This national bilingual advisory centre examples of dangerous goods reactions. was established in 1979 and is part of the Transport As you probably know, the Director General, Dangerous Goods Directorate within Transport Dr. John A. Read and senior officials in TDG are Canada. The Directorate’s overall mandate is to regu- working diligently to finalize the document on late the safe handling, offering for transport and clear language regulations. We have received over transporting of dangerous goods by all modes. 100 written submissions following the publication in CANUTEC is one of the major safety programs that Part 1 of the Canada Gazette and we hope to submit Transport Canada delivers to promote the safe move- the final version of the document to the Department of ment of dangerous goods throughout Canada. Justice by the end of June 2000. We will keep you CANUTEC has established a scientific data bank informed of our progress. on chemicals manufactured, stored and transported in Canada and is staffed by professional scientists As always, your comments and suggestions are specialized in emergency response and experienced welcome. Enjoy your reading and the summer months! in interpreting technical information and providing Renée Major advice. The use of CANUTEC’s emergency telephone number is a service provided by Transport Canada at no cost. Registration With CANUTEC How to Register? for the Use of their 24-Hour In order to register, the required form “Request to Use CANUTEC’s Emergency Telephone Number” (MS Emergency Telephone Word 6.0 document available at the following web Number by Michel Cloutier address: http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/en/regist/regist- e.htm) can be downloaded from the web site. It must Why Register? then be printed, completed and returned by mail along In Part IV of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods with the additional information specified in the regis- Regulations (TDGR), Paragraph 4.8 (1)(L) requires tration form. Upon receipt of the required informa- consignors or manufacturers of dangerous goods to tion, CANUTEC will forward a written confirmation display a 24-hour emergency telephone number on granting permission to use its emergency telephone their shipping documents. The TDGR provides con- number. We suggest this document be retained in your signors or manufacturers the option of displaying their files as it is could be requested during routine inspec- own 24-hour telephone number or, should they wish, tions by Transport Canada Inspectors. CANUTEC’s emergency telephone number. How- For additional details please contact Kristen Steel at ever, to use CANUTEC’s number they must register [email protected]. and receive written agreement from CANUTEC. 3 SPRING-SUMMER 2000 — Vol. 20, No. 1 FEATURE TDG Segregation of Chemical Substances by Michel Cloutier As of May 12, 2000, the number of distinct substances about the need and importance of segregating different registered with the Chemical Abstract Service of the classes of dangerous goods. United States reached 23,689,719. It is important to Segregating incompatible chemicals is essential for note that many of these chemicals are produced for the simple reason that some combinations result in the research and development purposes and only exist in creation of uncontrollable reactions that may lead to small quantities, mostly developed and stored in labo- catastrophic situations. The definition of the term ratories. There are only a few thousand chemicals “segregate” found in the 9th edition of the Concise commonly used industrially and transported daily Oxford Dictionary states: “segregate: put apart from throughout the world. These chemicals are the core or the rest; isolate”. Please remember that segregation foundation of the chemical world we know today. The can be applied to both the means of containment more commonly known chemicals include substances (MOC) and the means of transport (MOT). Generally such as sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, toluene, speaking, segregation applies
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