Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations — 12.12
12.12 (1) A person may handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods by aircraft within Canada if the dangerous goods are being used at the location where the following aerial work takes place: (a) active fire suppression; (b) aerial cloud seeding; (c) aerial drip torching; (d) agriculture; (e) avalanche control; (f) forestry; (g) horticulture; (h) hydrographic or seismographic work; or (i) pollution control. (2) The dangerous goods must be contained in a means of containment that is (a) a tank, a container or an apparatus that is an integral part of the aircraft or that is attached to the aircraft in accordance with the Certificate of Airworthiness issued under the Canadian Aviation Regulations ; (b) a cylindrical collapsible rubber drum that is transported in or suspended from an aircraft and that is constructed, tested, inspected and used in accordance with MIL-D-23119G; (c) a collapsible fabric tank that is transported suspended from a helicopter and that is constructed of material and seamed in accordance with MIL-T-52983G; or (d) a small means of containment designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of the dangerous goods that could endanger public safety. (3) The air carrier must ensure that (a) the person who loads and secures the dangerous goods on board the aircraft is trained, or works under the direct supervision of a person who is trained, in accordance with Part 6 (Training) of these Regulations and Chapter 4, Training, of Part 1, General, of the ICAO Technical Instructions; (b) if the dangerous goods are handled or transported by a person other than an employee of the air carrier, that person is trained in accordance with Part 6 (Training) of these Regulations and Chapter 4, Training, of Part 1, General, of the ICAO Technical Instructions; (c) the air carrier complies with Part 8 (Reporting Requirements) of these Regulations; (d) if the pilot-in-command of the aircraft does not load or directly supervise the loading of the dangerous goods, the person who loads and secures the dangerous goods gives the pilot-in-command, in writing, the following information for each of the dangerous goods: (i) its shipping name, UN number and class, and (ii) the gross mass of the dangerous goods and, in the case of explosives, the net explosives quantity; (e) smoking is prohibited on board the aircraft and each area or compartment of the aircraft containing dangerous goods is ventilated to prevent the accumulation of vapour; (f) when an in-flight emergency occurs and circumstances permit, the pilot-in-command complies with section 4.3, Information to be provided by the pilot-in-command in case of in-flight emergency, of Chapter 4, Provision of information, of Part 7, Operator’s Responsibilities, of the ICAO Technical Instructions; and (g) the person who loads and secures or directly supervises the loading and securing of dangerous goods on board the aircraft (i) complies with section 3.1, Inspection for damage or leakage, of Chapter 3, Inspection and decontamination, of Part 7, Operator’s Responsibilities, of the ICAO Technical Instructions, and (ii) segregates the means of containment that contain dangerous goods that could react dangerously with one another in case of a release, in accordance with Table 7-1, “Segregation between packages”, of Chapter 2, Storage and loading, of Part 7, Operator’s Responsibilities, of the ICAO Technical Instructions. SOR/2002-306, s. 48; SOR/2008-34, s. 99; SOR/2014-152, s. 34; SOR/2016-95, s. 41; SOR/2017-253, s. 30