B620

Aug

2019

TDG Awareness – TDG Act & Regulations Enforcement

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.

Mar

2019

TDG, B620 & You

B620-20 VISION – Insights on TDG

ProSolve Consulting Ltd. is host and sponsor for a one-day event for the TDG industry.

Are you compliant with the CSA B620 Standard? Will you be compliant when the new B620-20 Standard becomes law? Do you know the new and revised requirements in 2020? What are the repercussions if you are not compliant?

This one-day event for the TDG industry brings like-minded individuals together to learn from experts about requirements and imminent changes. Our long-term goal is to accelerate TDG industry compliance and ultimately enhance safety on our roads.

This event is valuable for anyone involved in the TDG industry in Canada, including:

Manufacturers
Assemblers
Modifiers
Repairers
Testers
Inspectors
Engineers
Equipment Operators
TDG Service Providers
Equipment Suppliers

Oct

2017

B620-14 Now in Effect

HIGHWAY TANKS AND TC PORTABLE TANKS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS

As of July 12, 2017, the new Regulations come into force, including the CSA Standards B620, B621, B622, B625 and B626.

As a transitional provision, a person may, for a period of six months that begins on July 12, 2017, comply with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations as they read on July 11, 2017. This means that compliance is mandatory after January 12, 2018.

TCRNs which comply with B620-09 will need update or renewal by January 12, 2018 to comply with B620-14.

Please call us if you require any clarification or to discuss the impact this announcement will have on your business.

CONTACT US

ProSolve’s Design Engineers have extensive experience in TDG highway tank vehicle modifications, new designs, and facility registrations. If you have any questions about your highway tank vehicle design, the new Regulations, the enactment schedule, or the Transitional Provision period contained in the Regulation amendments, please call us.

Aug

2016

TDG Bulletin – Crossover Pipes

TDG Bulletin—Crossover Pipes

There are many requirements for highway tank compliance with Canadian (Transport Canada) and American (US DOT) Regulations for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods.

In recent months, crossover pipes on highway tanks have been questioned. A crossover pipe on a highway tank connects two compartments separated by a bulkhead. As such, these highway tanks become a single-compartment tank, since crossover pipes join the two compartments as one.

Why have crossover pipes been designed and manufactured on highway tanks?

To allow the loading of lading to distribute weight on the drive axles for adequate traction and load balancing.
To equalize the pressure between the two compartments.
To lighten the bulkhead.
To double the venting capacity during loading of one compartment of the tank.

Reasons why the use of crossover pipes is often not in compliance:

The nameplates show the highway tanks as two-compartment tanks when the compartments are not isolated from one another. Inspections and tests of single-compartment tanks have passed when the nameplates identify the highway tanks as two-compartment tanks. The nameplate does not comply with the requirements and the tank requires a modification.
Independently pressure testing each compartment and validating bulkhead integrity are not possible. Also, an operator could load reactive ladings into each compartment, not realizing that the compartments are openly connected to one another.
The crossover pipe extends above the rollover protection and does not have a leak tight closure located as close to the tank as practicable for any opening that is not an outlet.

Highway tanks with crossover pipes usually require at least one or two modifications for the tanks to comply with the requirements. All modifications require the design review and approval of a Transport Canada-registered Design Engineer (B620-09 Clause 7.6.5.1).

If you are being affected by this issue, 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 continue your business operations safely and within full compliance of the regulations.

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.

Aug

2016

TDG Bulletin – Do You Know?

Welcome to the first bulletin by ProSolve Consulting Ltd. that highlights current information, concerns, and trends related to highway tanks or cargo tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods and the requirements of CSA Standard B620 and US 49 CFR.

There are many requirements for highway tank compliance with Canadian (Transport Canada) and US DOT Regulations for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. There are several topics that are currently affecting our highway tank industry, including:

Compliance or warranty issues have been identified for cargo tanks manufactured in the United States and sold or operating as highway tanks in Canada:
- Cross-over piping
- PRV sizing
- Securement
- Protection—rear end, bottom damage
- Early repairs

How do you solve these problems?

Highway tanks have been auctioned in Alberta due to the industry downturn caused by low oil prices and reduced oilfield activity. Do you know if what you bought complies with all of the requirements of the Regulations and CSA Standard B620?
Some highway tank manufacturers have either changed or ceased their operations. What do you do when your tank manufacturer is no longer available for sales, service or solution of warranty issues? How do you respond? What actions do you take?
When you initiate or complete inspections and tests of highway tanks, are the highway tanks really in compliance?
Why is there a shortage of qualified, highway tank inspectors? What should an inspector examine, check and verify? What areas or requirements are often missed?
When your highway tanks need maintenance and repairs, how do you know when to go to a registered facility and when a local repair shop will do? What questions do you ask about the qualifications of those who work on your highway tanks?

If one or more of these issues affects you, 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 operate 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.