PCB Regulations

Marginal note:Equipment and liquids used for their servicing

• 29 (1) The owner of equipment referred to in section 16, other than equipment for which an extension has been applied for under section 17, or of a liquid used in its servicing referred to in subsection 15(2) shall affix a label in a readily visible location on the equipment or on the container of the liquid, no later than 30 days after the day on which it ceases to be used.

• Marginal note:Equipment for which extension applied for

  (2) The owner of equipment for which an extension has been applied under section 17 shall affix a label in a readily visible location on the equipment.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) equipment or containers of liquids that bear a label on September 5, 2008 that indicates the presence of PCBs; and

  • (b) equipment that is too small, including light ballasts, to bear the label referred to in subsection (4).

• Marginal note:Containers for small equipment

  (3.1) The owner of the equipment referred to in paragraph (3)(b) that is stored shall affix the label referred to in subsection (4) in a readily visible location on the container in which the equipment is stored.

• Marginal note:Description

  (4) The label must

  • (a) state “ATTENTION — contains 50 mg/kg or more of PCBs / contient 50 mg/kg ou plus de BPC” in black lettering on a white background, in a font size of no less than 36 points;

  • (b) measure at least 150 mm by 150 mm or at least 76 mm by 76 mm in the case of capacitors; and

  • (c) in the case of equipment for which an extension is applied for under section 17, state a unique identification number.