Benzene in Gasoline Regulations (SOR/97-493)

11. Any person who supplies, sells or offers for sale gasoline must make available to the Minister and, on the Minister’s request, provide the Minister, at an address and in a manner specified in the request, with,

• (a) a sample of their gasoline;

• (b) a copy of any records or written evidence required by section 9, 12, 13 or 20; and

• (c) the names and addresses of the persons who sold or provided the gasoline to them and the date of sale or transfer of ownership of the gasoline.

• 12. (1) Every importer must notify the Minister, at least 12 hours before the time of importation, of the importer’s intention to import in the following circumstances:

  • (a) the importation, at any one time, of more than 100 m³ of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline;

  • (b) the importation, at any one time, of any amount of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock; or

  • (c) the importation into a province and within any one day, of more than 1 000 m³ of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline.

• (2) The notice required by subsection (1) must include

  • (a) the name and registration number of the importer;

  • (b) the type of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1), unless it is complying gasoline;

  • (c) the volume of the gasoline that is scheduled to be imported;

  • (d) the point of entry of the gasoline into Canada and the estimated date and time that it will enter Canada;

  • (e) the address of the first storage facility or refuelling facility to which the gasoline is to be delivered and the estimated date and time of its delivery there; and

  • (f) the name and telephone number of a representative of the importer through whom sampling arrangements can be made.

• (3) Effective July 1, 1999, no importer shall import gasoline by cargo tanker, railway car, boat, marine vessel or aircraft unless the gasoline is accompanied at the point of entry into Canada and at the point of delivery, and everywhere between those points, by a record that shows

  • (a) the name, address and registration number of the importer;

  • (b) the name and address of the person to whom the gasoline is to be sold or ownership transferred;

  • (c) the address of the first storage facility or refuelling facility to which the gasoline is to be delivered;

  • (d) the volume of the gasoline; and

  • (e) the type of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1), unless it is complying gasoline.

• 13. (1) For every batch identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock, every primary supplier must, before dispatching the batch from its refinery or blending facility or before importing the batch, record the name and address of the person who purchases or receives the batch, the date of dispatch or importation and the volume of the batch that is scheduled to be dispatched or imported.

• (2) Every primary supplier must provide the Minister, as an annex to the report required under section 8 and for each batch of gasoline-like blendstock that was dispatched or imported during the period covered by the report, with the information prescribed under subsection (1), except the scheduled volume, and with the actual volume of the batch dispatched or imported.

• (3) Effective July 1, 1999, every person who purchases or receives a batch of gasoline-like blendstock and does not export it must

  • (a) subject to subsection (4), refine or blend the batch to manufacture complying gasoline or gasoline referred to in subsection 2(1); and

  • (b) record the name, address and registration number of the primary supplier who originally supplied the batch of gasoline-like blendstock, the name and address of the seller or provider of the batch, the date of purchase or transfer of ownership of the batch and the volume of the batch.

• (4) Effective July 1, 1999, a person who has purchased or received a batch of gasoline-like blendstock may sell or transfer ownership of the batch on condition that the person, before the sale or transfer of ownership, makes a record of the name and address of the person who purchases or receives the batch, the date of sale or transfer of ownership of the batch and the volume of the batch.

• (5) Effective July 1, 1999, no person shall, in respect of gasoline-like blendstock,

  • (a) sell it or offer it for sale

    • (i) represented as complying gasoline, or

    • (ii) for use in a spark ignition engine; or

  • (b) dispense it for use in a spark ignition engine.