Vol. 150, No. 14 — July 13, 2016

Registration

SOR/2016-170 June 22, 2016

CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

Regulations Amending the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

P.C. 2016-597 June 21, 2016

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to section 37 of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (see footnote a), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001.

Regulations Amending the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001

Amendments

1 (1) The definition person responsible in subsection 1(1) of the English version of the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (see footnote 1) is repealed.

(2) The definition responsable in subsection 1(1) of the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

responsable

(3) Subsection 1(1) of the English version of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

responsible person means

(4) The table to subsection 1(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

TABLE TO SUBSECTION 1(2)

Standards and Tests Referenced in These Regulations

Item*

Column 1


Short form

Column 2


Standard or test

Column 3

Provision of Regulations

1 (1)

ASTM D 56

ASTM Standard D 56-05(2010), entitled Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester, approved May 1, 2005, published May 2005

50(a); 51

2 (2)

ASTM D 93

ASTM Standard D 93-02a, entitled Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester, approved December 10, 2002, published March 2003

50(b)

3 (3)

ASTM D 323

ASTM Standard D 323-06, entitled Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method), approved August 1, 2006

58(1)(a)

4 (4)

ASTM D 1293

ASTM Standard D 1293-99, entitled Standard Test Methods for pH of Water, approved December 10, 1999

44(1)

5 (5)

ASTM D 3828

ASTM Standard D 3828-05, entitled Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester, approved May 1, 2005, published May 2005

50(a)

6 (6)

16 CFR 1700.20

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 16: Commercial Practices, section 1700.20, entitled "Testing procedure for special packaging", revised January 1, 2008

9(b)

7 (7)

CSA B306

CSA Standard B306-M1977(R2013), entitled Portable Fuel Tanks for Marine Use, as amended April 1988

1(1) chemical product

8 (8)

CSA B339

CAN/CSA Standard B339-02, entitled Cylinders, Spheres, and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods, as amended February 2005

58(2)

9 (9)

CSA B376

CSA Standard B376-M1980(R2014), entitled Portable Containers for Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuels, published July 1980 in the English version and June 1986 in the French version

1(1) chemical product

10 (10)

CSA Z76.1

CSA Standard Z76.1-06(R2016), entitled Reclosable child-resistant packages, published March 2006 in the English version and July 2006 in the French version

9(b)

11 (12)

Draize Test

Draize Test, described in "Methods for the Study of Irritation and Toxicity of Substances Applied Topically to the Skin and Mucous Membranes", Volume 82, The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1944, pages 377 to 390

43(2)(a)

12 (13)

ISO 8317

ISO Standard 8317:2003, entitled Child-resistant packaging — Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages, Second edition, dated April 15, 2003

9(b)

13 (15)

OECD No. 404

OECD Guideline for the Testing of Chemicals No. 404, entitled Acute Dermal Irritation/Corrosion, adopted April 24, 2002

43(2)(b)

14 (16)

OECD No. 405

OECD Guideline for the Testing of Chemicals No. 405, entitled Acute Eye Irritation/Corrosion, adopted April 24, 2002

43(2)(c)

15 (17)

OECD Principles of Good Laboratory Practice

Number 1 of the OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring, ENV/MC/CHEM(98)17, dated January 21, 1998 in the English version and March 6, 1998 in the French version

1(1) good scientific practices; 44(2)(a)

16 (14)

OECD Test Guidelines

Annex 1, entitled OECD Test Guidelines, of the Decision of the Council Concerning the Mutual Acceptance of Data in the Assessment of Chemicals, C(81)30 (Final), adopted by the Council of the OECD on May 12, 1981

1(1) good scientific practices; 6(1)(b) and (c); 35(1)(a) and (b)

17 (11)

Test L.2

"Test L.2: Sustained combustibility test" set out in section 32.5.2 of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria, Fifth Revised Edition, 2009, United Nations (UN)

48(2)(b)

18 (18)

ULC-S503

CAN/ULC-S503-05(R2010), Fourth Edition, entitled Carbon-Dioxide Fire Extinguishers, published February 28, 2005

1(1) chemical product

19 (19)

ULC-S504

CAN/ULC-S504-12, Third Edition, entitled Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers, published August 14, 2002

1(1) chemical product

20 (20)

ULC-S507

CAN/ULC-S507-05(R2010), Fourth Edition, entitled Water Fire Extinguishers, published February 28, 2005

1(1) chemical product

21 (21)

ULC-S512

CAN/ULC-S512-M87(R2007), entitled Standard for Halogenated Agent Hand and Wheeled Fire Extinguishers, as amended April 1999

1(1) chemical product

Legend:

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

CSA Canadian Standards Association

ISO International Organization for Standardization

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

ULC Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada

* The numbers in parentheses that follow the item numbers indicate the corresponding item number in the French version.

2 Section 2 of the Regulations and the heading before it are repealed.

3 (1) Paragraph 5(a) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) Paragraph 5(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

4 (1) The portion of subsection 12(1) before paragraph (a) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Documents

12. (1) The responsible person must prepare and maintain documents containing the following information and must keep those documents for a period of at least three years after the day on which the child-resistant container is manufactured in Canada or the day on which it is imported:

(2) Subsection 12(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Inspector’s request

(2) The responsible person for a chemical product that is required by these Regulations to be packaged in a child-resistant container must provide an inspector with any of the documents that the inspector requests within 15 days after the day on which the request is received.

5 Section 38 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

38 The manufacturing, importation, advertising or sale of a chemical product that is classified in the sub-category “very toxic” under section 33 is prohibited.

6 (1) Section 45 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

45 The manufacturing, importation, advertising or sale of a corrosive product that is classified in the sub-category “very corrosive” under section 41 is prohibited unless the product is set out in column 1 of the table to this section and meets the conditions set out in column  2.

(2) The heading “Conditions for Importing, Advertising or Selling Very Corrosive Products” of the table to section 45 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Conditions for Manufacturing, Importing, Advertising or Selling Very Corrosive Products

(3) The portion of item 1 of the table to section 45 of the French version of the Regulations in column 2 is replaced by the following:

Article

Colonne 2

Conditions

1

Le produit est sous forme de pâte ou de gel, est utilisé pour la gravure sur verre et son contenant satisfait aux exigences suivantes :

  • a) il porte les renseignements mentionnés au tableau du paragraphe 46(1);
  • b) il possède les caractéristiques protège-enfants comme l’exige l’article 47.

7 (1) Section 53 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

53 The manufacturing, importation, advertising or sale of a flammable product that is classified in the sub-category “very flammable” under section 48 is prohibited unless the product is set out in column 1 of the table to this section and meets the conditions set out in column 2.

(2) The heading “Conditions for Importing, Advertising or Selling Very Flammable Products” of the table to section 53 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Conditions for Manufacturing, Importing, Advertising or Selling Very Flammable Products

(3) The portion of item 2 of the table to section 53 of the French version of the Regulations in column 1 is replaced by the following:

Article

Colonne 1

Produit chimique

2

Produit qui a un retour de flamme, à l’exception de celui qui possède l’une des particularités suivantes :

  • a) il est sous la forme d’un liquide classé dans la sous-catégorie " très inflammable ";
  • b) il est visé à l’alinéa 7a) du tableau du paragraphe 49(1).

8 The English version of the Regulations is amended by replacing person responsible with responsible person in the following provisions:

Coming into Force

9 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2016-164, Asbestos Products Regulations.