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31 August 2009
For Public Consultation
Interpretation
1.
Words and expressions used in this Security Measure and defined in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 or the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations have the same meaning as in that Act or those Regulations, as the case may be.
2.
"business critical" means “a circumstance where a person or organisation engaged in importing, handling, offering for transport or transporting dangerous goods is required to respond to a dangerous goods circumstance or issue that, if not responded to, would endanger public safety and would require, in that response, a person or organization to transport dangerous goods that are restricted by regulation from being transported into, through, or within controlled access zones in the City of Vancouver or surrounding areas.
Effect of this security measure
3.
If this Interim Order is approved by the Governor in Council, it ceases to have effect on 4 March 2010.
Business Critical Requirements
4.
A person will notify, in writing, the Director General, Transport Dangerous Goods Directorate, Transport Canada, of a business critical situation where a person is faced with a circumstance or issue that if not responded to would endanger public safety and is seeking permission to transport dangerous goods into, through or within controlled access zones.
5.
The request seeking permission to transport certain dangerous goods into, through or within controlled access zones must be provided to the Director General 12 hours in advance of the proposed transport.
6.
The notification must include
(i)
a description of the business critical situation,
(ii)
the mode of transport to be used,
(iii)
vehicle unit number and license plate number;
(iv)
name of driver;
(v)
name, address and contact information of the carrier,
(vi)
proposed company security actions to be used during transport,
(vii)
time of transport,
(viii)
the classification of the dangerous goods,
(ix)
the quantity of the dangerous goods,
(x)
the consignee of the dangerous goods and the proposed route to reach the consignee,
(xi)
confirmation, in writing (E-MAIL to Director General of Transportation of Dangerous Goods), when the transport of dangerous goods begins; and
(xii)
confirmation, in writing (E-MAIL to Director General of Transportation of Dangerous Goods), when the dangerous goods are delivered.
7.
The Director General, in consultation with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, may grant the request, in writing, in an emergency certificate issued under section 31 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992. That emergency certificate may include terms and conditions governing the authorized activity and, if any of the terms and conditions is not complied with in the course of carrying on the activity, the Interim Order Respecting the Transportation of Dangerous Goods into, through or within controlled access zones applies to the activity as though the emergency certificate did not exist. Business Critical deliveries may be subject to inspection by local police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police or TDG inspectors at any time during transport.