Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286)

8.4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who has made an emergency report referred to in section 8.2 must, as soon as possible after making it, make a report to the persons listed in subsection (4).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the person is not required to make a report referred to in subsection (1) if the release or anticipated release did not result in

• (a) the death of a person;

• (b) a person sustaining injuries that required immediate medical treatment by a health care provider;

• (c) an evacuation of people or their shelter in place; or

• (d) the closure of

  • (i) a facility used in the loading and unloading of dangerous goods, or

  • (ii) a road, a main railway line or a main waterway.

(3) The person is required to make a report referred to in subsection (1) if

• (a) a means of containment has been damaged to the extent that its integrity is compromised; or

• (b) the centre sill or stub sill of a tank car is broken or there is a crack in the metal equal to or greater than 15 cm (6 in.).

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons to whom a report must be made are

• (a) CANUTEC, at 1-888-CANUTEC (1-888-226-8832) or 613-996-6666;

• (b) the consignor of the dangerous goods;

• (c) in the case of dangerous goods included in Class 7, Radioactive Materials, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; and

• (d) in the case of a vessel, a Vessel Traffic Services Centre or a Canadian Coast Guard radio station.