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1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

National Fire Code

National Fire Code  means the National Fire Code of Canada 2005, NRCC No. 47667, issued by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada, as amended from time to time. (Code national de prévention des incendies)

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(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, the concentration and quantity of PCBs shall be determined by a laboratory

• (a) that is accredited by a Canadian accrediting body under the International Organization for Standardization standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005, entitled General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, as amended from time to time, and the scope of whose accreditation includes the analytical method used to determine the concentration of PCBs in the matrix in which the PCBs are located; or

• (b) that is accredited under the Environment Quality Act, R.S.Q., c. Q-2, as amended from time to time, and the scope of whose accreditation includes the analytical method used to determine the concentration of PCBs in the matrix in which the PCBs are located.

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Marginal note:Sampling method — bulk solid products

(5) For the purposes of section 13, the concentration of PCBs is determined using a sampling method for bulk solid products, which is set out in either federal or provincial legislation, as amended from time to time, or approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or with the regulations made under that Act, as amended from time to time.

1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

National Fire Code

National Fire Code  means the National Fire Code of Canada 2005, NRCC No. 47667, issued by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada, as amended from time to time. (Code national de prévention des incendies)

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Marginal note:Sampling method — bulk solid products

(5) For the purposes of section 13, the concentration of PCBs is determined using a sampling method for bulk solid products, which is set out in either federal or provincial legislation, as amended from time to time, or approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or with the regulations made under that Act, as amended from time to time.

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Marginal note:Remote from or no access to roadway

(2) Despite subsection (1), if the PCBs or products containing PCBs are remote from a roadway system or if there is no access to a roadway system, the person who owns, controls or possesses the PCBs or products may store them at a PCB storage site as soon as feasible but no later than one year after the day on which they are not processed daily or used or one year after September 5, 2008, whichever is later. That person shall use best management practices for them from the time that they cease to be processed daily or used until the time that they are stored at a PCB storage site.

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Marginal note:Application — quantity of 1 kg or more

(2) Subject to subsection (3), this Part also applies to all solids and liquids containing PCBs in a concentration of 50 mg/kg or more that are located at a particular site in a quantity of less than 100 L, in the case of liquids, and 100 kg, in the case of solids, if the total quantity of PCBs contained in the liquids or the solids or in the liquids and solids combined, determined in accordance with the following formulas, as applicable, is 1 kg or more:

• (a) in the case of liquids,

  Σ(V × D × C) / 1 000 000

  where

  D 

  is the density of PCBs in each liquid as follows:

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28 (1) The owner or operator of a PCB storage site shall

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• (e) ensure that all employees who are authorized to enter the PCB storage site are made aware of the hazards of PCBs and are familiar with the use of protective equipment and clothing and the clean-up procedures referred to in the Guidelines for the Management of Wastes Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), CCME-TS/WM-TRE008, September 1989, as amended from time to time, issued by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment; and