Canada Road & Rail Transport - Approved ERAP Required

An approved ERAP is required whenever a person offers for transport or imports the following goods:

• Dangerous goods that have the same UN number and that are contained in a single means of containment, if the quantity of those dangerous goods exceeds the ERAP limit
• In a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, dangerous goods that have the same UN number, that are included in certain classes and subsidiary classes (see Part 7, Section 7.1), and that are contained in more than one means of containment, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods in all the means of containment exceeds the ERAP limit
• In a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, dangerous goods that have the same UN number and that are contained in more than one large means of containment, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods in all the large means of containment exceeds the ERAP limit
• In a road vehicle or a railway vehicle, dangerous goods included in Class 1, Explosives, and contained in one or more means of containment, if the total quantity of explosives with an ERAP index in Column 7 of Schedule 1 exceeds the ERAP limit for the explosives with the lowest index number
• Dangerous goods included in Class 2, Gases, that have the following characteristics:
  • Share the same UN number
  • Are contained in more than one means of containment, each of which has a capacity greater than 225 litres
  • Are a single unit as a result of being interconnected through a piping arrangement and are permanently mounted on a structural frame for transport, if the total quantity of those dangerous goods in the interconnected means of containment exceeds the ERAP limit
• Certain dangerous goods (see Part 7, Section 7.1) by rail in a tank car must, if the quantity of the dangerous goods in the tank car exceeds 10,000 litres
• Any quantity of certain Class 6.2, Infectious Substances (see Part 7, Section 7.1), or any substance that exhibits characteristics similar to these substances

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