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  1. Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations - C.R.C., c. 1147 (Section 2)

     In these Regulations,

    Commission

    Commission  means the Canadian Transport Commission; (commission)

    dangerous commodity

    dangerous commodity  means any substance subject to the Regulations for the Transportation of Dangerous Commodities by Rail or subject to any other regulation or order issued by the Commission to control its hazard; (marchandise dangereuse)

    tank car

    tank car  means any vessel described as a tank car in the Regulations for the Transportation of Dangerous Commodities by Rail and is approved by the Commission for chlorine service, but does not include multi-unit tank cars such as the ICC 106A500-X tank car. (wagon-citerne)


  2. Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations - C.R.C., c. 1147 (Section 48)

     The owning or operating company shall report immediately by wire to the railway company concerned and to the Director of Operation, Canadian Transport Commission, Ottawa, Ontario, every fire, explosion, pipeline rupture, or any occurrence that results in the accidental release of chlorine from the system in quantities sufficient to escape the boundaries of the unloading site or causes injury to a person on the site to the extent that medical attention is required.


  3. Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations - C.R.C., c. 1147 (Section 3)

     These Regulations apply to chlorine tank car unloading facilities located on the right-of-way owned or leased by any railway company subject to the jurisdiction of the Canadian Transport Commission.


  4. Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations - C.R.C., c. 1147 (SCHEDULE IV : Chlorine Hazards)

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    2 The principal properties and hazards of chlorine are as follows:

    • (a) chlorine is normally transported under pressure in liquid form in tank cars and cylinders. Under atmospheric conditions, such as would be obtained in the event of a leak, liquid chlorine is rapidly converted to a gas in the ratio of approximately one volume of liquid to 460 volumes of gas. For this reason a relatively small leak of liquid chlorine is capable of polluting a large volume of air;



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