EMERGENCY RESPONSE ASSISTANCE PLAN REQUIREMENTS

Here’s what you need to know about the ERAP requirements for the transportation of dangerous goods in your province or territory: FEDERAL: Part 7 of the Consolidated Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regs. covers the ERAP requirements, including the requirements for ERAPs [Sec. 7.1]; applying for ERAP approval [Sec. 7.2]; approval or refusal of an ERAP [Sec. 7.3]; applying for ERAP renewal or revision [Sec. 7.4]; approval or refusal of a renewal or revision [Sec. 7.5]; revocation of approval [Sec. 7.6]; requesting a review of a decision to refuse or revoke ERAP approval [Sec. 7.7]; processing a review request [Sec. 7.8]; and notification of a decision on review [Sec. 7.9]. ALBERTA: Adopts the federal TDG Regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Regs., Sec. 2(1)]. BRITISH COLUMBIA: Adopts the federal TDG Regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Transport of Dangerous Goods Reg., Sec. 3]. MANITOBA: Adopts the federal TDG Regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Handling and Transportation Reg., Sec. 1]. NEW BRUNSWICK: Adopts the federal TDG regulations, including the ERAP requirements [General Regulation – Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, Sec. 4]. NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR: Adopts the federal TDG regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Transportation Regs., Sec. 3]. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES/NUNAVUT: Adopts the federal TDGA regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regs., Sec. 2]. NOVA SCOTIA: Adopts the federal TDGA regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Transportation Regs., Sec. 2]. ONTARIO: Adopts the federal TDGA regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Transportation Act, Reg. 261, Sec. 2]. Also requires every person who transports dangerous goods on a highway and who’s required to have an ERAP to carry motor vehicle liability insurance in an amount of no less than $2,000,000 for each motor vehicle or combination of vehicles used to transport dangerous goods [Sec. 8(1)]. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Adopts the federal TDGA regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods (Transportation) Act Regs., Sec. 1]. QUÉBEC: Requires a person who offers for transport a quantity of dangerous substances with an index higher than the index in column 7 of Schedule 1 to the federal TDG Regulations to comply with the standards in Sec. 7.1 of the Regulations [Transportation of Dangerous Substances Reg, Sec. 33]. SASKATCHEWAN: Adopts the federal TDG regulations, including the ERAP requirements [The Dangerous Goods Transportation Regs., Sec. 4]. YUKON: Adopts the federal TDG regulations, including the ERAP requirements [Dangerous Goods Transportation Reg., Sec. 3(1)].

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