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Equivalency Certificate
Certificate No.:
SU 5134 (Ren. 23)
Certificate Holder:
Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a division of Luxfer Inc.
Mode of Transport:
Road, Rail, Air, Marine
Issue Date:
July 25, 2014
Expiry Date:
March 31, 2019
CONDITIONS
This Equivalency Certificate authorizes Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a division of Luxfer
Inc., to sell, offer for sale, distribute, and deliver in Canada, and authorizes any
person to handle, offer for transport, transport, or import into Canada, by road or
railway vehicle, by aircraft or by ship, cylinders in a manner that does not comply
with sections 5.1 and 5.2, subparagraphs 5.10(1)(a)(ii), 5.10(1)(b)(iii),
5.10(1)(c)(ii), and 5.10(1)(d)(iii), and subsection 5.10(2) of the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Regulations, if:
Selection and Use
(a) the requirements applicable to Specification TC-3CCM cylinders in CSA
Standard B340-08, “Selection and use of cylinders, spheres, tubes, and other
containers for the transportation of dangerous goods, Class 2”, March 2008 are
complied with;
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CONDITIONS
Manufacture and Requalification
(b) the cylinders were manufactured prior to September 1st 2014, at 3016
Kansas Avenue, Riverside, CA, USA, in accordance with the specific
procedures, the design qualification test reports, and part numbers L08A,
L08M, L11A, L11C, L13A, L17C, L17D, L17F, L17M, L19S, L23C, L23D, L45C,
L45E, L45G, L45J, L45K, L45M, L45R, L45S, L62M, L65D, L65G, L65J, L65M,
L65R, L66B, L70A, L70B, L87C, L87E, L87G, L87J, L87M, L87R, M04B,
M06D, M07A, M09A, M09B, M09C, M09D, M11A, M14A, M15A, M15B, M18A,
M22A, M24A, M66A, P07A, P07B, P10A, P11E, P11F, P11G, P11K, P12A,
P14A, or P17D filed by Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a division of Luxfer Inc.;
(c) the cylinders are in compliance with the requirements applicable to
Specification TC-3CCM set out in CSA Standard B339-08, “Cylinders, spheres,
and tubes for the transportation of dangerous goods”, March 2008, cited in the
rest of this certificate as CSA B339-08. Despite Clause 4.18.2 of CSA B339-08,
the Transport Canada mark, the specification designation, and the service
pressure marked on each cylinder is “TC-SU 5134-” followed by the service
pressure expressed in bar;
Note: The issuance of this Equivalency Certificate in no way reduces the
certificate holder's responsibility to comply with any other requirements of
the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, the Technical
Instructions for the Safe Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air, the
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and the Canadian Aviation
Regulations not specifically addressed in this certificate.
Signature of Issuing Authority
_____________________________
David Lamarche P. Eng., ing.
Chief
Permits and Approvals Division
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(The following is for information purposes only and is not part of this certificate.)
Contact Person:
John Carrigan
Innovation and Technology Manager
Luxfer Gas Cylinders
Composite Cylinder Division
3016 Kansas Avenue, Bldg. 3
Riverside, CA 92507 U.S.A.
Telephone:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
951-341-2304 / 951-675-9940
951-341-9223
john.carrigan@luxfer.net
Explanatory Note
This Equivalency Certificate allows for the continued use of fully-wrapped
carbon-fibre reinforced aluminium-lined cylinders that were manufactured to
comply with the TC-3CCM specification, a new cylinder specification authorized
by the 2008 edition of CSA Standard B339. The cylinders were previously only
authorized by Equivalency Certificate and are not marked in accordance with
the TC-3CCM specification.
Legend for Certificate Number
SH - Road, SR - Rail, SA - Air, SM - Marine
SU - More than one Mode of Transport
Ren. - Renewal
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NOTE
Under Canadian Law, a foreign manufacturer of non-specification means of
containment cannot be charged with an offence under the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 for failure to comply with the conditions of an
Equivalency Certificate. However, certain remedies under the Act are
available to Transport Canada in this eventuality.
These include:
1. detention of dangerous goods and consequently the means of
containment containing them (subsection 17(1));
2. detention of the means of containment whether full or empty
(subsection 17(1));
3. directions not to import the means of containment or to return them to
origin (subsection 17(3));
4. inspectors’ directions (section 19);
5. directions to importers of the means of containment to issue notices of
defective construction or recall (subsection 9(2)); and
6. revocation of the certificate, thereby making any use of the means of
containment an offence (subsection 31(6)).
If none of the foregoing are adequate, Protective Directions may be issued
to prohibit or to control the use of the means of containment (section 32).
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