BC
follows both its provincial Hazardous Waste Regulation (B.C. Reg 63/88) as
well as the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations.
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information.
Ø Definition (Hazardous
Waste Regulation)
Ø Definition of
dangerous goods (Federal TDG Regulations)
Ø Labels
Ø Storage
Ø Material safety data
sheet (MSDS)
Ø Manifests (and other
shipping documents)
Municipalities
and districts (as in the case of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and
the Capital Regional District) are responsible for regulating liquid waste that
is discharged to the drain. These regulations are in the form of bylaws. For a
copy of the local sewer use bylaw, contact the municipality in which your
business is located.
Generally,
no flammable liquids, no corrosive liquids and no effluent that will interfere
with the operation of the wastewater treatment plant may be discharged into
the sewer.
In
BC, hazardous wastes include the following:
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(Hazardous
Waste Regulation 63/88, 1)
A substance is
dangerous goods when it meets the criteria for inclusion in at least one of the
9 classes of dangerous goods.
The definitions of
the nine classes of dangerous goods are as follows:
| Class 1 Explosives |
Substances
are included in Class 1 if they are capable, by chemical reaction, of
producing gas at a temperature, pressure and speed that would damage
the surroundings, or are designed to produce an explosive or pyrotechnic
effect. |
| Class
2 Gases |
A substance is included in Class 2 if it is a gas, an article charged with a gas, or an aerosol. |
| Class
3 Flammable Liquids |
Substances
are included in Class 3 if they have a flash point less than or equal
to 60.5°C. |
| Class
4 Flammable Solids |
Substances
are included in Class 4 if they are flammable solids, substances liable
to spontaneous combustion or substances that on contact with water emit
flammable gases (water-reactive substances). |
| Class
5 Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides |
Substances
are included in Class 5 if they are oxidizing substances or organic peroxides. |
| Class
6 Toxic and Infectious Substances |
Substances are included in Class 6 if they are liable to cause death or serious injury or to harm human health if swallowed or inhaled or if they come into contact with human skin, or are infectious substances. |
| Class
7 Radioactive Substances |
Substances
with a specific activity greater than 70 kBq/kg are included in Class
7, Radioactive Materials. |
| Class
8 Corrosives |
Substances are included in Class if they are known to cause destruction of human skin, or exhibit a corrosion rate that exceeds 6.25 mm per year at a test temperature of 55°C, as determined in accordance with the ASTM Corrosion Test. |
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9 Miscellaneous Products, Substances or Organisms |
A
substance is included in Class 9,if (a)
it is included in Class 9 in column 3 of Schedule 1,
(b)
it does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any of
Classes 1 to 8 and is intended for disposal, is in a form that can release
toxic substances through leaching (For a liquid, the UN number and shipping
name are UN3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S.
For a solid, the UN number and shipping name are UN3077, ENVIRONMENTALLY
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.) (c) it does not meet the criteria for inclusion in any of Classes 1 to 8 and is intended for disposal and is a mixture that includes an environmentally hazardous substance listed in Appendix 5, Environmentally Hazardous Substances Intended for Disposal (For a liquid, the UN number and shipping name are UN3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S. For a solid, the UN number and shipping name are UN3077, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S.) |
(Transportation
of Dangerous Goods Regulations, Part 2)
A
workplace label must be applied to containers of hazardous waste. (Occupational
Health and Safety Regulation 296/97, 5.76)
The
waste must be compatible with the container in which its being stored.
A person who uses
a container to store or transport hazardous waste shall keep the container
closed at all material times during storage or transport. (Hazardous Waste Regulation 63/88,
50)
Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
An MSDS must be prepared for hazardous waste unless a waste profile
sheet exists. (Occupational Health and
Safety Regulation 296/97, 5.78)
A facility must register as a generator if it exceeds the registration
quantity listed in Column II of Schedule 6, of the Hazardous Waste Regulation.
(Note: Facilities that generate more than 1,000 litres of leachable toxic
waste (contains more than 5 mg/l of silver) within 30 days must register).
Registration must be completed on the prescribed form. (Hazardous Waste Regulation 63/88, 43)
Manifests (and other shipping documents)
A manifest is required
for shipments of solids greater than 5 kg and shipments of liquids greater
than 5 litres. (Hazardous Waste Regulation 63/88, 46)
All wastes that are dangerous goods must be
accompanied by a shipping document. A shipping document may be in any form,
including a waste manifest or a company-designed form, as long as it contains
all the information required by the regulation.
The information required on a shipping
document must be easy to identify, legible, in indelible print and in English
or French.
When the information related to dangerous
goods is on the same shipping document with information related to
non-dangerous goods, the dangerous goods information must be shown in one of
the following ways:
· before the information
related to the non-dangerous goods and under the heading "Dangerous
Goods"
· printed or highlighted in
a colour that contrasts with the print or highlight used for the information
related to the non-dangerous goods
· by placing the letter
"X" opposite the shipping name in a column headed
"DG".
The following information must be included
on a shipping document:
(a) the name and address of the
consignor
(b) the date the shipping document was
prepared
(c) the description of each of the dangerous
goods, in the following order:
(i)
the shipping name and, immediately after the shipping name unless it is
already part of it, the technical name, in parentheses, of the most dangerous
substance related to the primary class
(ii) the primary class
(iii) the subsidiary class or classes, in
parentheses, where they exist
(iv) the UN number
(vi) the packing group roman numeral, which
may be preceded by the letters "PG" or the words "Packing
Group"
An example of the description of dangerous
goods is:
GASOLINE, 3, UN1203, PG II
(d) for each shipping name, the quantity of
dangerous goods and the unit of measure used to express the quantity, which
must be in metric units
(e) for dangerous goods included in any of
Classes 2 to 9, the number of small means of containment (<450 litres) for
each shipping name
(f) the words “24-Hour Number”, or an
abbreviation of these words, followed by a telephone number, including the area
code, at which the consignor can be reached immediately for technical
information about the dangerous goods in transport, without breaking the
telephone connection made by the caller.
(g)The telephone number of a person who is
not the consignor, such as CANUTEC, but who is competent to give technical
information
(Transportation
of Dangerous Goods Regulations, Part 3 and Hazardous Waste Regulation, 46)
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