Canada exempts portable tanks
Transport Canada has issued a permit to a number of named members of the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) allowing the entry into and use within Canada of certified UN portable tanks owned or operated by these members.
Transport Canada has issued the Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety after consultations with ITCO in which the Organisation explained that portable tank containers designed, manufactured, inspected, tested, marked and repaired in accordance with the provisions of the 14th Edition of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations are transport units which are as safe in operation as those which are in compliance with the Canadian regulations. The Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety is valid, for a period of two years, for all those ITCO members who applied for the exemption and showed their tank containers to be in compliance with the UN Recommendations.
ITCO notes that, in general, Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations are aligned closely with those provisions in the UN Recommendations governing portable tanks. However, there are variances, such as those in Sections 5.10 and 5.14. ITCO says it is currently participating in a Transport Canada portable tank working group which is reviewing those areas where the domestic and international portable tank provisions differ, with the aim of aligning them fully.
ITCO adds that it is confident that such alignment can be achieved before March 2009 when the Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety that Transport Canada has issued its members is due to expire.
Transport Canada has issued the Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety after consultations with ITCO in which the Organisation explained that portable tank containers designed, manufactured, inspected, tested, marked and repaired in accordance with the provisions of the 14th Edition of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Model Regulations are transport units which are as safe in operation as those which are in compliance with the Canadian regulations. The Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety is valid, for a period of two years, for all those ITCO members who applied for the exemption and showed their tank containers to be in compliance with the UN Recommendations.
ITCO notes that, in general, Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations are aligned closely with those provisions in the UN Recommendations governing portable tanks. However, there are variances, such as those in Sections 5.10 and 5.14. ITCO says it is currently participating in a Transport Canada portable tank working group which is reviewing those areas where the domestic and international portable tank provisions differ, with the aim of aligning them fully.
ITCO adds that it is confident that such alignment can be achieved before March 2009 when the Permit for Equivalent Level of Safety that Transport Canada has issued its members is due to expire.