Contaminated soil is classified according to criteria set in
the Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation
Policy of the Ministère de l’Environnement du Québec.
It must be transported in a closed means of containment in accordance
with the following provisions.
- Level of contamination falling within the B and C criteria:
in a closed means of containment or body or in a dump vehicle
with an impermeable tarpaulin retaining the load inside the
vehicle.
- Level of contamination equal to or higher
than the C criterion:
either in a closed means of containment or in a dump vehicle
that is equipped with a waterproof tarpaulin completely covering
the top of the body and the load. In the latter case, the
tarpaulin must be installed in such a manner as to prevent
rain or snow
from reaching the load or causing contaminant release or
leakage.
To the extent that liquids may be released from such soil,
the container or body must be watertight.
Class 3 petroleum products are listed
below.
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Aviation Fuel |
UN1863 |
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Gasoline; Motor Spirit; or Petrol |
UN1203 |
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Diesel Fuel; Fuel Oil or Light Heating Oil |
UN1202 |
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Petroleum products, N.O.S.; or Petroleum Distillates,
N.O.S. |
UN1268 |
Prescription concerning the handling and transport of Class
3 petroleum products..
- The petroleum products must be loaded in a tank
truck complying with CSA Standard B620-98 (TC-406 or the equivalent).
- The tank truck must have two wheel chocks on board.
- Precautions
must be taken to avoid static electricity.
- The compartments
of a compartmentalized tank truck must be separated by free
space.
- The capacity of the compartments of a compartmentalized
tank truck used to transport gasoline or aviation fuel must
not exceed 16 000 litres.
- It is prohibited to discharge two or more petroleum
products with different UN numbers by pumping unless a separate
unloading system is used for each product.
- Shutoff valves and safety valves
must remain closed at all times except during delivery.
- The
tank truck must be equipped with fire extinguishers.
- The driver
of a tank truck must apply the parking brake and set two chock
blocks.
- Precautions must be taken with respect to the safety
valves when a tank truck is not supervised.
- It is prohibited
to fill a means of containment or the tank of a road vehicle
on or beside a public road.
The handling and transportation of any Class 2 liquefied petroleum
gas referred to below must comply with certain prescriptions in
CSA Standard B149.2-00.
| BUTANE |
UN1011 |
| BUTYLÈNE |
UN1012 |
| ISOBUTYLÈNE |
UN1055 |
| ISOBUTANE |
UN1969 |
| PROPANE |
UN1978 |
| PROPYLÈNE |
UN1077 |
The following prescriptions apply to the handling and transportation
of Class 2 liquefied petroleum gas.
- It is prohibited to transport or store gas cylinders
in a vehicle unless the space provided for this purpose is
ventilated.
- The tank truck must be equipped with a parking
brake or two chock blocks.
- The driver of a tank truck must
use the deadman brake or set at least two chock blocks during
unloading.
- A gas cylinder must at no time:
- extend beyond the sides of
the vehicle;
- be installed on the roof of the vehicle;
- be unprotected
if it is installed at the back of the vehicle (the bumper
must be extended beyond the cylinder
using materials
whose resistance is at least equivalent to that of the
bumper);
- be installed in front of the front axle of
a motor vehicle;
- be mounted on a door. Instead, it must
be as close as possible to the vehicle chassis.
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The driver of a road vehicle that contains
dangerous goods requiring the affixing of placards must
stop the vehicle at a level crossing. |
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However, a driver is exempted from this obligation
when a road sign indicates the exemption. |
In order to alert other road users that a road vehicle stops
at level crossings, a panel should be installed at the back
of the vehicle and read as follows:
Requirements applying to the use of tunnels
It is prohibited to travel in the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine
tunnel, the Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels, the Joseph-Samson
tunnel in
Québec City and the part of the approach to the Melocheville
tunnel that is parallel to the lane reserved for vehicles transporting
dangerous substances:
- with a road vehicle on which placards must be displayed
in accordance with Part 4 of the Transportation of Dangerous
Goods Regulations
unless it is carrying only Class
9 dangerous substances;
- with
a road vehicle transporting a total or more than 25 litres
of a Class 3 flammable liquid;
- with a road vehicle transporting
or using Class 2.1 flammable gas cylinders or Class 2.3
(2.1), 2.2 (5.1) or 2.3 (5.1) oxidizing
gas, unless these substances are contained in at most two cylinders
with a water capacity of 45 litres or less each; or
- with a road
vehicle equipped with working equipment that produces a
naked flame.
However, these prohibitions do not apply:
- when the fuel is used for the propulsion of the vehicle and is
contained in one or more tanks designed for that purpose
by the vehicle manufacturer;
- when the flammable liquid is used for the
air conditioning of the vehicle or the load space and is
contained in a tank
designed for that purpose by the air conditioning manufacturer;
- when the flammable
liquid is intended for the operation of equipment whose
tank capacity does not exceed 75 litres and the
flammable liquid is contained in a tank designed for that purpose
by the vehicle or equipment manufacturer;
- to emergency vehicles within the
meaning of section 4 of the Highway Safety Code;
- to cranes
equipped with a second diesel fuel tank installed by the
crane manufacturer; however, only one propane cylinder
with a maximum capacity of 46 litres may be used for the air conditioning
of the crane’s cab and the cylinder must be located
above the level of the wheels; and
- to maintenance vehicles
used inside tunnels or at the entrances to and exits
from tunnels.
