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1 The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.

certificate

certificate  means a certificate recognized by three or more provinces, or by the province in which the work of the service technician who holds the certificate is being done, indicating successful completion of an environmental awareness course in recycling, recovery and handling procedures in respect of halocarbon refrigerants as outlined in the Refrigerant Code of Practice. (certificat)

reclamation

reclamation , in respect of a halocarbon, means the recovery, re-processing and upgrading through processes such as filtering, drying, distilling and treating chemically in order to restore the halocarbon to industry-accepted reuse standards. (régénération)

recycling

recycling , in respect of a halocarbon, means recovery and, if needed, cleaning by a process such as filtering or drying, and re-using to charge a system. (recyclage)

Refrigerant Code of Practice

Refrigerant Code of Practice  means the Environmental Code of Practice for Elimination of Fluorocarbon Emissions from Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Systems, published by the Department of the Environment in March, 1996, as amended from time to time. (Code de pratique en réfrigération)

ship

ship  has the same meaning as in subsection 122(1) of the Act. (navire)

small air-conditioning system

small air-conditioning system  means an air-conditioning system that is not contained in a motor vehicle and that has a refrigeration capacity of less than 19 kW as rated by the manufacturer. (petit système de climatisation)

small refrigeration system

small refrigeration system  means a refrigeration system, other than one that is installed in, that is attached to or that normally operates in conjunction with a means of transportation, that has a refrigeration capacity of less than 19 kW as rated by the manufacturer. (petit système de réfrigération)

solvent system

solvent system  means an application or system that uses halocarbons as solvents, including cleaning applications and associated equipment containing or designed to contain a halocarbon solvent. It does not include those applications or systems that use halocarbons as laboratory analytical standards or laboratory reagents or in a process in which they are converted to another substance or are generated but ultimately converted to a different substance. (système de solvants)

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• 34 (1) If no technically and financially feasible alternative to the use of a halocarbon listed in any of items 1 to 9, 11 or 12 of Schedule I, as the case may be, exists that could have a less harmful impact on the environment and on health, an owner shall submit to the Minister an application for a permit on a form that the Minister provides, and that contains the information set out in column 3 of item 9 or 10, as the case may be, of Schedule 2, if the owner proposes to

  • (a) install a fire-extinguishing system that operates or is intended to operate with a halocarbon listed in any of items 1 to 9 of Schedule 1 as a fire-extinguishing agent;

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  • (c) effective January 1, 2005

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    • (iii) use a halocarbon listed in item 11 or 12 of Schedule 1 as a solvent in a solvent system.

• (2) Unless the Minister has received notice under subsection 30(3) in respect of the same system, the Minister shall issue the permit in respect of the system, valid for one year beginning on the date of issuance, if the owner, on the form,

  • (a) declares that no technically and financially feasible alternative to the use of a halocarbon listed in any of items 1 to 9, 11 or 12 of Schedule 1, as the case may be, exists that could have a less harmful impact on the environment and on health; and

27 As soon as possible after a leak from a fire-extinguishing system is detected, and in any case within seven days after the day on which the leak is detected, the owner of the system shall

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13 As soon as possible after a leak from a refrigeration system or an air-conditioning system is detected, and in any case within seven days after the day on which the leak is detected, the owner of the system shall

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• (2) A person who recovers halocarbons from a fire-extinguishing system shall use recovery equipment with a transfer efficiency of at least 99% as referred to in the publication ULC/ORD-C1058.5-2004, of the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada, entitled Halon and Halocarbon Clean Agent Recovery and Reconditioning Equipment.

• (3) The reference to the publication in subsection (2) shall be read as excluding its preface.

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