Explosives Regulations, 2013

Marginal note:Emergency response assistance plan

• 140 (1) A person may pump explosives numbered UN 0332, as classified by the Chief Inspector of Explosives under the Explosives Act, and explosives numbered UN 3375 in activating an emergency response assistance plan approved by the Minister of Transport under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 if they comply with subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Requirements

  (2) The person who carries out the activity must ensure that the following requirements are met:

  • (a) written permission must be obtained from a holder of a division 1 factory licence that authorizes the manufacture of blasting explosives in bulk to store the pumped explosives at the holder’s factory and to decontaminate the pumping equipment there;

  • (b) a pump that is safe for pumping the explosives must be used;

  • (c) the explosives and contaminated equipment must be stored at the factory; and

  • (d) a copy of the follow-up report that is required under Part 8 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations must be submitted to the Chief Inspector of Explosives within 30 days after the date on which the explosives are pumped.