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Marginal note:Containers

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• Marginal note:Spills

  (2) Any spill of explosives, raw material or other material must be cleaned up as soon as the circumstances permit so as to eliminate any possibility of an ignition.

• Marginal note:Foreign matter

  (3) If the likelihood of an ignition could be increased as a result of foreign matter (for example, bolts, gravel or grit) being present in or mixed with any raw material, or explosive used as raw material, the material must be carefully examined and passed through a sieve or treated to remove or exclude the foreign matter before manufacturing operations begin.

• Marginal note:Removal of explosives from process unit

  (4) All explosives and raw material must be removed from a process unit as soon as the circumstances permit after manufacturing operations are completed, unless the division 1 factory licence or satellite site certificate authorizes storage of the explosives or raw material in the unit.

• Marginal note:Removal of explosives from transport unit

  (5) All explosives and raw material must be removed from a transport unit as soon as the circumstances permit after their transport is completed. A transport unit that contains explosives must be Footnote ^*attended in person. However, it may be left unattended during a thunderstorm.

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• Marginal note:Decontamination

  (7) Any building or equipment that is no longer being used to manufacture explosives must be Footnote ^*decontaminated as soon as the circumstances permit. The building or equipment must be inspected by a supervisor to verify that it no longer contains any explosives.

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Marginal note:Application for magazine licence

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• (2) The application must include the following documents:

  • (a) a plan of the magazine site that shows

    • (i) the location of each magazine and each Footnote ^*vulnerable place at the site as well as the location of each vulnerable place outside the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from ignition of the explosives to be stored at the site, and

    • (ii) the distance in metres between each magazine at the site, between each magazine and each vulnerable place at the site as well as between each magazine at the site and each vulnerable place outside the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from ignition of the explosives to be stored at the site; and

• (3) The application must include the following information about the site:

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  • (c) the distance in metres between each magazine at the site, between each magazine and each vulnerable place at the site as well as between each magazine at the site and each vulnerable place outside the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from ignition of the explosives to be stored at the site;

  • (d) the minimum distance in metres that must be maintained between each magazine at the site and each vulnerable place shown on the site plan, as set out in the National Standard of Canada Standard CAN/BNQ 2910–510/2015 entitled Explosives — Quantity Distancesas amended from time to time;

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  • (f) for each magazine at the site,

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    • (ii) the applicable magazine type number, as set out in the National Standard of Canada Standard CAN/BNQ 2910–500/2015 entitled Explosives — Magazines for Industrial Explosives, as amended from time to time or, if the magazine does not correspond to any of those types, its specifications, including its construction materials and its safety and security features, and

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451 The following definitions apply in this Part.

distribution establishment

distribution establishment  has the same meaning as in section 144. (établissement de distribution)

division 1 factory licence

division 1 factory licence  has the same meaning as in section 55. (licence de fabrique de la section 1)

manufacturing certificate

manufacturing certificate  has the same meaning as in section 106. (certificat de fabrication)

mobile process unit

mobile process unit  has the same meaning as in section 56. (unité de fabrication mobile)

process unit

process unit  has the same meaning as in section 56. (unité de fabrication)

retail establishment

retail establishment  has the same meaning as in section 144. (établissement de vente au détail)

user magazine licence

user magazine licence  has the same meaning as in section 144. (licence de poudrière (utilisateur))

user magazine zone licence

user magazine zone licence  has the same meaning as in section 144. (licence de poudrière (utilisateur-zone))

vendor magazine licence

vendor magazine licence  has the same meaning as in section 144. (licence de poudrière (vendeur))

Marginal note:Notice of change of site

• 162 (1) When the storage of explosives that is authorized by a user magazine zone licence is moved to a new site, within 24 hours after the move the holder of the licence must complete, sign and send a notice of change of site, in the form provided by the Department of Natural Resources, to the Minister, to the police force in the locality of the previous site and to the police force in the locality of the new site. The notice must be dated and include the following information:

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  • (h) a list of the magazines to be used at the new site that sets out

    • (i) in the case of a magazine that has been moved, its number, letter or distinctive name as shown on the previous site plan,

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    • (iii) the applicable magazine type number, as set out in the National Standard of Canada Standard CAN/BNQ 2910–500/2015 entitled Explosives — Magazines for Industrial Explosives, as amended from time to time, and

• (2) The notice must include a site plan that shows

  • (a) the location of each magazine and each Footnote ^*vulnerable place at the site as well as the location of each vulnerable place outside the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from ignition of the explosives to be stored;

  • (b) the distance in metres between each magazine at the site, between each magazine and each vulnerable place at the site as well as between each magazine at the site and each vulnerable place outside the site that is exposed to the hazards (for example, debris or blast effect) that could result from ignition of the explosives to be stored at the site; and

  • (c) the minimum distance in metres to be maintained between each magazine at the site and each vulnerable place shown on the site plan, as set out in the National Standard of Canada Standard CAN/BNQ 2910–510/2015 entitled Explosives — Quantity Distances, as amended from time to time.

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Definition of explosive

• 6 (1) For the purposes of section 2 of the Explosives Act and these Regulations, explosive includes

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  • (b) any substance numbered UN 1442, AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE as set out in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations; and

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• (3) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  compatible

  compatible  means, in relation to a material, that the material

  • (a) will not react chemically with an Footnote ^*explosive or raw material so as to affect the functioning of the explosive or raw material or to increase the likelihood of an ignition of the explosive or raw material; and

  • (b) will not be degraded by an explosive or raw material so as to affect its function or increase the likelihood of an ignition of the explosive or raw material. (compatible)

  industrial explosive

  industrial explosive  has the same meaning as in section 213. (explosif industriel)

  manufacturing

  manufacturing  has the same meaning as in section 53. (fabriquer)

  pyrotechnic event

  pyrotechnic event  has the same meaning as in section 361. (activité pyrotechnique)

  small arms cartridge

  small arms cartridge  has the same meaning as in subsection 268(1). (cartouches pour armes de petit calibre)

  special effect pyrotechnics

  special effect pyrotechnics  has the same meaning as in section 361. (pièces pyrotechnique à effets spéciaux)

  vendor magazine licence

  vendor magazine licence  has the same meaning as in section 144. (licence de poudrière (vendeur))

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