Q-2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting hazardous materials

Section 3 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3. The properties of hazardous materials are defined as follows:

“corrosive material” means any material which, when tested in accordance with the methods prescribed in the Liste des méthodes d’analyses relatives à l’application des règlements découlant de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement published by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, has a pH of less than 2 or greater than 12.5 or corrodes SAE 1020 steel surfaces at a rate exceeding 6.25 mm per year at a temperature of 55 ºC; (matière corrosive)

“explosive material” means

(1)  any substance that is capable, by self-sustaining chemical reaction, of producing gas at such temperature, pressure or speed as to damage the surroundings; or

(2)  any substance made for the purpose of producing a practical explosive or pyrotechnic effect, or any object made up of such a substance; (matière explosive)

“flammable material” means

(1)  any liquid or any liquid containing solids in solution or suspension, other than an alcoholic beverage, whose flash point measured in accordance with the method prescribed in the Liste des méthodes d’analyses relatives à l’application des règlements découlant de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement published by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, is equal to or less than 61 ºC;

(2)  any solid that

(a)  is readily ignitable and would burn vigorously or persistently;

(b)  is liable to cause fire or contribute to fire through friction or from heat retained from manufacturing or processing; or

(c)  is liable to undergo highly exothermic decomposition at ambient temperature or, where combustion occurs, to burn vigorously in air or in the absence of air;

(3)  any substance that is liable to combust spontaneously under normal conditions of handling or use, or is liable to heat in contact with air to the point where it ignites; or

(4)  any substance that, on contact with water, emits a hazardous quantity of flammable gas or that, on contact with water or water vapour, becomes spontaneously combustible or is liable to react vigourously; (matière inflammable)

“gaseous material” means any gas that is held in a container and

(1)  is ignitable at an absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa at 20 ºC when in a mixture of 13% or less by volume with air;

(2)  has a flammability range of at least 12, the flammability range being the difference between the minimum and maximum volume percent of the gas in the air forming a flammable mixture; or

(3)  by reason of corrosive effects on the tissues of the respiratory system, has an LC50 value as defined in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286) which is less than 5,000 mL/m3 at an absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa at 20 ºC; (matière gazeuse)

“leachable material” means

(1)  any liquid containing a contaminant in a concentration higher than the standard set forth in the following table; or

(2)  any material that, when tested in accordance with the method prescribed in the Liste des méthodes d’analyses relatives à l’application des règlements découlant de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement published by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, produces a leachate containing a contaminant in a concentration higher than the standard set forth in the following table:

MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF A CONTAMINANT IN LIQUIDS OR IN LEACHATES FROM SOLID MATERIAL

	
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Contaminant                                 Standard
                                            (mg/L)*
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Arsenic                                       5.0
Barium                                        100
Boron                                         500
Cadmium                                       0.5
Total cyanides **                              20
Chromium                                      5.0
Total fluoride                                150
Mercury                                       0.1
Nitrates + nitrites                          1 000
Nitrites                                      100
Lead                                          5.0
Selenium                                      1.0
Uranium                                       2.0
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* Standards expressed in milligrams (mg) of contaminant per litre (L) of liquid or of leachate from solid material.

** Total cyanides standard applies only to liquids; (matière lixiviable)

“oxidizing material” means any material that, whether combustible or not, causes or contributes to the combustion of other materials by yielding oxygen or another oxidizing material, or contains an organic substance having the bivalent “-0-0-” oxygen structure; (matière comburante)

“radioactive material” means any material that spontaneously emits ionizing radiations and for which the result of the following equation, calculated for 1 kg of material, is greather than 1:

C1 C2 C3 Cn

S = ____ + ____ + ____ + ... ____

A1 A2 A3 An

where “C1, C2, C3, ... Cn” represents the specific activity of the radioactive material for each radioelement it contains, expressed in kilobecquerels per kilogram (kBq/kg); and

“A1, A2, A3, ... An” is expressed in kBq/kg and represents the maximum activity listed in Schedule 1 for 1 kg of material for each corresponding radioelement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the quantity of a radioactive source or material is less than 1 kg, the value “S” is calculated for the total mass of the source or material in question rather than for 1 kg of material. In that case, the value “C1, C2, ... Cn” represents the total activity of the radioactive material for each radioelement it contains, expressed in kBq, and the value “A1, A2, ... An”, listed in Schedule 1 represents the maximum activity of the material for each corresponding radioelement, expressed in kBq; (matière radioactive)

“toxic material” means

(1)  any material that, when tested in accordance with the methods prescribed in the Liste des méthodes d’analyses relatives à l’application des règlements découlant de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement published by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, produces:

(a)  more than 250 mg/kg of hydrogen cyanide (HCN); or

(b)  more than 500 mg/kg of hydrogen sulphide (H2S);

(2)  any material that, when tested in accordance with the methods prescribed in the Liste des méthodes d’analyses relatives à l’application des règlements découlant de la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement published by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, contains more than 5 µ/kg of polychlorinated dibenzofuran or polychlorinated dibenzo [b, e] [1,4] dioxin. The concentration is calculated according to the method of toxicity equivalency factors listed in Schedule 2;

(3)  materials and substances referred to in sections 46 to 63 of the Controlled Products Regulations (SOR/88-66). For the purposes of those sections, sections 44 and 45 of that Regulation are applicable to determine the toxicity of materials and substances. (matière toxique)

O.C. 1310-97, s. 3.