Rationale for the Development of a List of Regulated Substances Under CEPA Section 200 and their Threshold Quantities
- Preface
- 1. Scope of the Regulations
- 2. CRAIM List of Hazardous Substances
- 3. Development of RMP and MIACC Lists
- 4. Threshold Methodologies
- 5. Threshold Calculation for Substances in CRAIM List Originating from MIACC Lists
- 6. Hydrochloric Acid
- 7. Hydrogen Fluoride
- 8. Explosive and Miscellaneous Substances Identified in the CRAIM List
- 9. Conclusion
- 10. References
- Lists of Figures and Tables
- Exhibit 1: Toxic Substances Listed in the Risk Management Program with Threshold Quantities
- Exhibit 2: Flammable Substances Listed in the Risk Management Program with Threshold Quantities
- Exhibit 3: Substances Listed in RMP that Match Criteria for Flammability and Toxicity
- Exhibit 4: Affected Distances for Commercial High Explosives Based on the Scaling Law, Assuming TNT Equivalency of One (Peak Overpressure = 0.4 – 3.0 psi)
- Exhibit 5: Threshold Calculation for Toxic Substances in CRAIM List Originating from MIACC Lists
- Appendix A: NFPA 704 Standard System for the Indentification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response, 2001 Edition
- Appendix B: Technical Details for Determination of Threshold Planning Quantities Under EPA Risk Management Program
- Appendix C: Toxic Substances Ranking Factors Used to Assign Thresholds and Related Data (Listed in Order of Ranking Factor)
- Acronyms
- Acknowledgement
Acronyms
Acronyms and their definitions
- ASTM
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- BATF
- United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- CAS
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- CEPA
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999
- CEPA NAC
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act National Advisory Committee
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- conc
- Concentration
- CRAIM
- Conseil pour la réduction des accidents industriels majeurs
- DOD
- United States Department of Defense
- DOT
- United States Department of Transportation
- DSL
- Domestic Substance List (Part II of the Canada Gazette, May 4, 1994)
- E2
- Environmental Emergency
- EEC
- European Economic Communities
- EHS
- Extremely Hazardous Substances (EPCRA, SARA Title III, section 302)
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
- EPCRA
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (enacted in 1986 by the United States Congress)
- ERPG
- Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (American Industrial Hygiene Association)
- IDLH
- Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- LC50
- Lethal concentration 50% (Concentration of the chemical in air at which 50% of the test animals died)
- LCLO
- Lethal concentration low (Lowest concentration of the chemical in air at which any test animals died)
- LD50
- Lethal dose 50% (Dose (ingested) of the chemical that killed 50% of the test animals)
- LDLO
- Lethal dose low (Lowest dose (ingested) of the chemical at which any test animals died)
- MIACC
- Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada
- m
- metre
- mm
- millimetre
- mol wt
- Molecular Weight
- MSHA
- United States Mine Safety and Health Administration
- N.A.
- Not Available
- NFPA
- National Fire Protection Association
- NIOSH
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NTP
- National Toxicology Program
- OSHA
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (United States)
- PIN/UN
- Product Identification Number (United Nations)
- psi
- Pound per Square Inch
- RMP
- Risk Management Program (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
- RTECS
- Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
- SARA
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (enacted in 1986 by the U.S. Congress)
- SEVESO
- Directive dealing with major accident hazards by the Council of the European Communities (Identified by the name of a city in Italy where a major accident happened in 1976)
- t
- Metric tonnes ( 1,000 kg)
- TDG
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods regulation
- TNO
- Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
- TNT
- Trinitrotoluene
- TPQ
- Threshold Planning Quantities
- TQ
- Threshold Quantities
- TSCA
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- U.S. EPA
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- V
- Volatility
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