Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Gasoline Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; (Loi)

competition vehicle

competition vehicle means a vehicle or boat that is used exclusively for competition and does not include a vehicle that is used on a highway or a vehicle or boat that is used for recreational purposes; (véhicule de compétition)

gasoline

gasoline[Revoked, SOR/94-355, s. 1]

highway

highway means a common or public road, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge or viaduct, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof; (voie publique)

import

import means to import gasoline into Canada, except gasoline that is imported in the fuel tank of a conveyance or a competition vehicle for the use of the conveyance’s or the competition vehicle’s engine; (importation)

leaded gasoline

leaded gasoline means gasoline to which lead has been added during the production process; (essence au plomb)

primary supplier

primary supplier[Repealed, SOR/2003-106, s. 1]

race-sanctioning body

race-sanctioning body[Repealed, SOR/98-217, s. 1]

unleaded gasoline

unleaded gasoline[Repealed, SOR/2008-126, s. 1]

Application

• 3 (1) These Regulations do not apply in respect of gasoline for use in aircraft.

• (2) Until January 1, 2010, these Regulations, except for sections 2 and 11, do not apply in respect of gasoline for use in competition vehicles.

Maximum Concentrations of Lead in Gasoline

4 The maximum concentration of lead in gasoline produced, imported or sold in Canada is 5 mg/L.

5 [Repealed, SOR/2008-126, s. 4]

Maximum Concentration of Phosphorous in Gasoline

6 The maximum concentration of phosphorus in gasoline produced, imported or sold in Canada is 1.3 mg/L.

Analysis

7 The concentration of lead in gasoline produced, imported or sold in Canada shall be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 19.5-2004, Methods of Testing Petroleum and Associated Products: Determination of Lead in Automotive Gasoline (Atomic Absorption), as amended from time to time.

8 The concentration of phosphorus in gasoline produced, imported or sold in Canada shall be measured in accordance with the ASTM International method ASTM D 3231-07, Standard Test Method for Phosphorus in Gasoline, as amended from time to time.

9 [Repealed, SOR/2008-126, s. 5]

Maintenance of Records

10 [Repealed, SOR/2008-126, s. 6]

• 11 (1) Every person who produces, sells or imports for use or sale in Canada leaded gasoline for use in competition vehicles shall make and retain a record of the quantities of leaded gasoline produced, sold or imported for use or sale in Canada each year and that record shall show

  • (a) the gasoline’s brand name;

  • (b) the gasoline’s octane rating and the test method by which the rating was determined;

  • (c) the average lead concentration in milligrams of lead per litre of gasoline on a yearly basis;

  • (d) the name and address of

    • (i) the distributor or reseller of the gasoline, if the gasoline was sold for distribution or resale, or

    • (ii) the track or event location where the gasoline was used, if the gasoline was sold at a particular track or event location; and

  • (e) the total quantity of leaded gasoline sold to each of the entities specified in subparagraph (d)(i) or at each of the locations specified in subparagraph (d)(ii).

• (2) The record shall be submitted annually to the Minister on or before March 31 of the year following each year during which leaded gasoline was produced, sold or imported for use or sale in Canada.

• (3) The record shall be retained in Canada for a period of five years beginning on the date the record is made.

• (4) Any record submitted under subsection (2) shall

  • (a) in the case of a corporation, be signed by an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf;

  • (b) in the case of any other person, be signed by the person submitting the record, or by a person authorized to act on behalf of that person;

  • (c) in the case of any other entity, be signed by a person authorized to act on its behalf.