Transport Canada Issues Protective Direction 33 re: ERAP for Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
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No person shall offer for transport or import dangerous goods listed in 2) by rail, in a tank car, if one or more of the rail tank cars in a train are each filled to 10 per cent or more of its capacity, unless the person has an Emergency Response Assistance Plan (ERAP) approved in accordance with section 7 of the Act;
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The dangerous goods to which this Protective Direction applies are: UN1170 ETHANOL, UN1202 DIESEL FUEL, UN1203 GASOLINE, UN1267 PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL, UN1268 PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, N.O.S., UN1863 FUEL, AVIATION, TURBINE ENGINE, UN1993 FLAMMABLE LIQUID, N.O.S., UN3295 HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID, N.O.S., or UN3475 ETHANOL AND GASOLINE MIXTURE;
This Protective Direction No. 33 takes effect 150 days from the date of signing. It remains in effect until the earlier of:
- the day it is cancelled in writing by the Director General of the Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate, Transport Canada, or
- the day on which a regulation respecting the above subject matter is made under section 27 of the Act.
SIGNED AT OTTAWA, ONTARIO, this 23rd day of April 2014.
