Retail Petroleum Minutes-Halifax,in PDF Format, 72 KB.pdf

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December 9 - 10, 2003

Opening Remarks:

Randy Latta provided an introduction. He welcomed the group; introduced the participants; and reviewed the agenda for the next two days. Sonia Roussy, Vice President of Intervention Strategies at Measurement Canada welcomed the group and explained her role and the role of the sector review within the strategic direction of Measurement Canada.

Introduction Presentation:

Larry Ranger delivered the introduction presentation:

Who is Measurement Canada
What is Trade Sector Review
What is Retail Petroleum Trade Sector

Retail Petroleum Trade Sector Review Presentation:

Gilles Pelletier delivered RPTSR presentation:

Purpose of review
Criteria of the review
Review acceptance
Measurement Canada’’s commitment
Session expectation.

Option Consommateurs Presentation:

Geneviève Reed delivered the Option Consommateurs’’ presentation:

Who is Option consommateurs
Measurement Canada’’s scope of intervention
Regulations in the United States
Focus group sessions
National survey
Explanation of the Funding
Position of Option consommateurs

Metrology Presentation:

Randy Latta explained the difference between metrology, the science of metrology and legal metrology.

Recommendations:

The recommendations are derived through consensus which implies that the vast majority of stakeholders agree with the recommendations. There may continue to be stakeholders that would have preferred a different recommendation. The recommendations listed are from the Halifax meeting only and they may not reflect the final recommendations as the final recommendations will be a compilation of all stakeholder consultation meetings.

1. Approvals

Measurement Canada will continue to approve all new devices (including updates and revisions) prior to trade use.

Measurement Canada will continue to engage in the recognition of regulatory organizations in other countries provided that they perform work to Measurement Canada standards and as long as Measurement Canada still remains accountable.

Note:

The majority of stakeholders wanted Measurement Canada to recognized other regulatory organizations as long as they are part of the government of the country.

2. Initial Inspection

Initial inspections can be done both in the factory or in the field.

Initial inspections will continue to be conducted before weighing or measuring devices are used in trade.

Initial inspections may be conducted by Measurement Canada (accreditated and registered) authorized serviced providers.

Note:

The majority of the stakeholders are concerned with the errors found between the initial factory inspection compared to the subsequent inspection found in the field.

3. Subsequent Inspection

As a starting point, subsequent device inspections will take place every 2 years except for propane devices which will be on a 1 year cycle.

The inspection frequency may change, pending results from stakeholder’’s input and sector monitoring.

Note:

It was felt by some stakeholders that if there was a periodic inspection that is mandatory, this will provide a business climate that will lead to affordable inspection by registered companies.

Stakeholders had concern with the added cost to the small independents and also to remote communities.

It was also noted that if certain traders wanted to calibrate their devices more often than the subsequent inspection period, it was fine, even encouraged. The subsequent inspection period is a minimum requirement.

4. Standards

Standards used by accredited or registered service providers to inspect legal for trade devices on behalf of Measurement Canada will be calibrated and certified.

Measurement Canada should continue to pursue the delegation of authority for service providers to calibrate and certify measurement standards on behalf of Measurement Canada.

Measurement Canada should also continue to pursue the recognition of other international standards laboratories.

5. Alternate Service Delivery

Two alternative service delivery mechanism are accepted:

Accreditation
Registration

Authorized service providers may choose either model in order to perform inspections on behalf of Measurement Canada.

6. Periodic Sector Review and Monitoring

Measurement Canada will continue to monitor and report on the retail petroleum trade sector through compliance rates, the number of complaints and associated results and stakeholder input.
This information should be transmitted in a manner that can be easily accessed by consumers.

Note:

It was noted that the consumers would like to know the long term figures; comparing the old compliance with the new where the industry would like to see aggregate compliance data.

7. Commodities

Measurement Canada will still maintain its commodity inspection program.

Note:

Some stakeholders said that there should be only one acceptable method of weighing the propane cylinders in order to increase accurate measurement.

8. Complaints

Measurement Canada should still investigate all complaints reported to them.

Measurement Canada must increase awareness of its existence in terms of their role in the resolution of complaints.

Note:

The stakeholders were unanimous in suggesting that the person making the complaint should always be notified of the results of a complaint.

Present:

The following people were present at the meeting in Halifax:

Bourdage, Roland, Measurement Canada
Currie, Myles, National Energy Equipment
Grace, Rodney, Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
Conrad, Graham, Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
Ebbett Mark, Phoenix Petroleum
Hopkins, Derek, National Energy Equipment Inc.
Hughes, Arnold, Petro Service
Kavanagh, Jim, Measurement Canada
Latta, Randy, Measurement Canada
LeBlanc, Bernard, Petro Service
LeBlanc, Steve, Irving Fleet Management
Lemire, Gerry, Irving Oil Corp.
Madden, Malcolm, Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
McLaughlin, Jeff, Ultramar Canada
Nollan, Walter, Halifax Regional Homeowners Association
O’’Keefe, Dennis, Consumer Group for Fair Gas Price
Pelletier, Gilles, Measurement Canada
Ranger, Larry, Measurement Canada
Reed, Genevieve, Option Consommateurs
Rideout, Doug, Measurement Canada
Roussy, Sonia, Measurement Canada
Thibodeau, Paul, LTS Sales Ltd.
Murray, Nick, Consumers Association of Canada
Simpkins, Bill, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute
Thompson, David, Phoenix Petroleum


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