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Description:
The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, administered by Transport Canada, applies to all handling, offering for transport, and transporting of dangerous goods including hazardous wastes, by any means of transport, whether or not the goods originate from or are destined for any place or places in Canada. The Act does not apply to any transporting of oil or gas by pipeline that is governed by the National Energy Board Act or by the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act, nor to the transporting of dangerous goods in bulk in vessels within the meaning of the Canada Shipping Act. Under a 1986 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), about the Transport of Dangerous Goods Programme, Environment Canada agreed to conduct inspections to determine compliance with the hazardous waste portion of the regulations and to process notices for the export and import of hazardous wastes.

Regulations:

• Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

Contact:

• Chief, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Division
  Toxics Pollution Prevention Directorate
  Environmental Protection Service
  Environment Canada
  351 St-Joseph Boulevard,
  Hull, Quebec
  K1A 0H3
  Telephone: (819) 953-0356
  Fax: (819) 953-4936
  Danie.Dube@ec.gc.ca
  
• Head, Import/Export Section
  Transboundary Movement Division,
  National Office of Pollution Prevention,
  Environment Canada
  351 St-Joseph Boulevard,
  Hull, Quebec
  K1A 0H3
  Telephone: (819) 993-3378
  Fax: (819) 997-3068
  Suzanne.Leppinen@ec.gc.ca
  

Links:

• Department of Justice: Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
  Complete text of the act