Across Canada, increased enforcement of the TDG Act and Regulations, which
include CSA Standard B620, will continue. Are you a Registered Facility for
highway tank inspection, test, repair, manufacture, assembly and / or
modification services? If so, you must ensure you are only engaging in the work
for which you are registered. Otherwise, be sure to amend your Facility
Registration (https://caar.org/images/pdf/16-0074E_1309-03_E.pdf).
How can I ensure my business operations are compliant?
Take the following steps:
- Review and
confirm your actual highway tank designs relative to the requirements of the
current CSA Standard B620.
- Make sure
that your customers’ highway tanks comply with the requirements.
- Plan to
review the anticipated changes in CSA Standard B620 for release in 2020.
- Confirm that
your Design Engineer has the knowledge and experience to address any issues
that you may face.
- Make sure
that you comply with the welding requirements of CSA Standard B620.
- Review your
Quality Control Manual for relevance and compliance.
What could happen?
If you are not compliant, you could:
- be directed to issue a notice of defective
construction or recall to your customers,
- face levied fines for each offence of noncompliance,
or
- face up to two years imprisonment for indictable
offences.
So, you should conduct your business in
compliance with the Act and Regulations. Check and confirm your Facility
Registration Certificate today.
If
you have received notice from a regulatory inspection that non-compliance
details exist within your operation, or if you have received notice of
non-compliance with the TDG Act and Regulations, please call 780-414-1895 or
email us at info@prosolve.ca. We will either answer your questions immediately
or quickly get the answers that you need to maintain the operation of your
business.
If you have any other issues about
the design, manufacture, assembly, operation, inspection, test, repair,
modification and / or retest of any highway tank, call now. We can help.
