NEW TDG REQUIREMENT COMES INTO FORCE SEPTEMBER 21, 2006: PROPANE HOSE ASSEMBLIES WILL HAVE TO BE INSPECTED AND PRESSURE TESTED ANNUALLY

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Amendment # 5, published in Part 11 of the Canada Gazette on September 21, 2005, comes into force on September 21, 2006. The amendment to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Clear Language Regulations adopts the CSA Standard B620-03 "Highway Tanks and Portable Tanks for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods" of July 2003, published by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

CSA B620-03 requires inspection and pressure testing of fixed delivery hoses and hoses used at bulk plants to load and off-load bulk trucks and cargo liners. Hose assemblies that are less than five feet in length that are part of the piping system do not have to be inspected and pressure tested.

TDG regulations require a person to be trained in the inspection and pressure testing of propane hose assemblies. A competent facility that has knowledge of the hose testing requirements need not be registered with Transport Canada to inspect and pressure test a hose assembly.

Hose and hose fittings must have a minimum working pressure of 350 psig (2400 kPa) and...