TP 14850 E Small Containers for Transport of Dangerous Goods, Classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, and 9, a Transport Canada Standard (Petits contenants pour le transport des marchandises dangereuses des classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8 et 9, une norme de Transports Canada.) 3rd Edition TP14850 Draft Version – May 2017 © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Transport, XXXX. Transport Canada grants permission to copy and/or reproduce the contents of this publication for personal and public non-commercial use. Users must reproduce the materials accurately, identify Transport Canada as the source and not present theirs as an official version, or as having been produced with the help or the endorsement of Transport Canada. 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TP14850 Draft Version – May 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 1 1 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Organization and content ............................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Application ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Minimum requirements ................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 TDG Act and Regulations prevalence ......................................................................................... 4 1.5 Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 Units ............................................................................................................................................. 5 1.7 Interpretation ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.8 Classification ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.9 Reports ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Publications ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Publication source ....................................................................................................................... 7 3 Terminology and DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................... 9 PART 1 DESIGN, TEST AND MANUFACTURE OF CONTAINERS ................................................ 12 4 GENERAL .......................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 Design, test and manufacture .................................................................................................... 12 4.2 Compliance Marks ..................................................................................................................... 12 4.3 Container Design ....................................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Container information ................................................................................................................ 13 5 COMPLIANCE MARKS ..................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 General ...................................................................................................................................... 13 5.2 Content, sequence and requirements of marks......................................................................... 14 5.3 Additional specific requirements relative to marks .................................................................... 17 5.4 Additional marks for drums ........................................................................................................ 18 5.5 Additional marks for recycled plastic material ........................................................................... 18 5.6 Additional marks of country of manufacture .............................................................................. 18 5.7 Additional marks for salvage containers .................................................................................... 18 5.8 Examples of marks .................................................................................................................... 19 6 CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 20 6.1 Steel Drums (1A1 non-removable head, 1A2 removable head) ................................................ 20 6.2 Aluminium drums (1B1 non-removable head, 1B2 removable head)........................................ 20 6.3 Plywood drums (1D) .................................................................................................................. 21 6.4 Fibre drums (1G) ....................................................................................................................... 21 6.5 Plastic drums (1H1 non-removable head, 1H2 removable head) ............................................. 22 6.6 Drums of metal other than steel or aluminium (1N1 non-removable head, 1N2 removable head) 22 6.7 Steel jerricans (3A1 non-removable head, 3A2 removable head)............................................. 23 6.8 Aluminium jerricans (3B1 non-removable head, 3B2 removable head) .................................... 24 6.9 Plastic jerricans (3H1 non-removable head, 3H2 removable head) .......................................... 24 6.10 Steel boxes (4A) ........................................................................................................................ 25 6.11 Aluminium boxes (4B) ................................................................................................................ 26 6.12 Boxes of natural wood (4C1 ordinary, 4C2 with sift-proof walls) ............................................... 26 6.13 Plywood boxes (4D) ................................................................................................................... 27 6.14 Reconstituted wood boxes (4F) ................................................................................................. 27 6.15 Fibreboard boxes (4G) ............................................................................................................... 27 TP14850 Draft Version - May 2017 1 6.16 Plastic boxes (4H1 expanded plastics boxes, 4H2 solid plastics boxes) .................................. 28 6.17 Boxes of metal other than steel or aluminium (4N) ................................................................... 29 6.18 Woven plastics bags (5H1 without inner liner or coating, 5H2 sift-proof, 5H3 water resistant) 29 6.19 Plastic film bags (5H4) ............................................................................................................... 29 6.20 Textile bags (5L1 without inner liner or coating, 5L2 sift-proof, 5L3 water resistant) ................ 30 6.21 Paper bags (5M1 multiwall, 5M2 multiwall, water resistant) ...................................................... 30 6.22 Composite packagings with plastic inner receptacle (6H) ......................................................... 30 6.23 Composite packagings with glass, porcelain or stoneware inner receptacle (6P) .................... 31 7 TESTING ............................................................................................................................................ 32 7.1 General requirements ................................................................................................................ 32 7.2 Preparation for testing ............................................................................................................... 34 7.3 Conditioning ............................................................................................................................... 34 7.4 Drop Test ..................................................................................................................................