Filling Plants and Container Refill Centres
15. (1) An application for a licence to operate a container refill centre or filling plant may be made to the Director. (2) An applicant under subsection (1) shall, (a) submit an application in the form required by the Director; (b) pay the required fee; (c) provide a letter from the municipality where the container refill centre or filling plant, as the case may be, is located indicating that the use of it for its intended purpose does not contravene the zoning by-laws of the municipality; (d) subject to subsections (16) and (17), prepare and submit a legible plan in triplicate showing, (i) the location of each propane storage tank, cylinder storage facility, underground piping or tubing and other propane handling facilities within the container refill centre or filling plant, (ii) the distance from each propane storage tank and cylinder storage facility to the property lines of the centre or plant, (iii) each building or structure located within 50 feet of a propane storage tank, (iv) the location of each site where flammable or combustible substances are stored, (v) the capacity in USWG of each propane storage tank within the centre or plant, and (vi) any other relevant information; and (e) submit a pre-installation site checksheet confirming that the site complies with Branch Standard No. 9. (3) The Director may cause an inspector to inspect a container refill centre or filling plant referred to in a licence or in an application for a licence to determine if the centre or plant complies with the applicable provisions of Part 10 of the Canadian Gas Association Standard CAN/CGA B149.2-M95 as adopted in Part I of the Code. (4) The Director shall issue a licence to operate a container refill centre or filling plant to an applicant if, (a) the applicant complies with subsection (2); (b) the applicant pays the required fee for any engineering services or inspection services rendered; and (c) the centre or plant complies with the applicable provisions of Part 10 of the Canadian Gas Association Standard CAN/CGA B149.2-M95 as adopted in Part I of the Code. (5) A holder of a licence to operate a container refill centre or filling plant shall not make an addition or alteration to it unless the holder has applied for and received the written permission of the Director. (6) The Director shall give the written permission under subsection (5) if, in his or her opinion, the addition or alteration meets the requirements of this Regulation and is not inconsistent with the applicable municipal by-laws. (7) An applicant under subsection (5) shall, (a) set out in the application all details of the addition or alteration proposed; (b) provide a letter from the municipality under clause (2) (c) if the addition or alteration affects compliance with the municipality’s zoning by-laws; and (c) provide a new plan under clause (2) (d) if the addition or alteration entails any changes to the plan previously provided under that clause or a predecessor of it. (8) No person shall operate a container refill centre or a filling plant if an addition or alteration to it is made without the Director’s written permission. (9) A holder of a licence to operate a container refill centre or a filling plant shall ensure that each employee of the holder who handles propane, each person who is authorized to transfer propane to a container and each person to whom the holder issues an access code, card or key to dispense propane is trained, (a) in the safe handling of propane, including the safe operation and use of propane dispensing equipment; and (b) in the use of emergency shut-down switches, valves and procedures in respect of propane. (10) A licence to operate a container refill centre or a filling plant expires one year after the date of its issue. (11) The holder of a licence to operate a container refill centre or a filling plant shall display the licence in a conspicuous place at the business address referred to in the licence. (12) An operator of a propane vehicle situated at a container refill centre or a filling plant shall ensure that the engine ignition of the vehicle is off during refuelling of the vehicle with propane. (13) While a propane vehicle is being refuelled with propane, no person shall knowingly have in his or her possession lighted smoking material or any other ignited substance within 10 feet of, (a) the propane dispenser used to refuel the vehicle; (b) the propane tank of the vehicle; or (c) the propane fill point of the vehicle. (14) No person shall knowingly refuel a propane vehicle with propane if, (a) the vehicle’s engine ignition is on; (b) the main-burner or pilot light of a fuel-fired appliance on board the vehicle is on; or (c) any lighted smoking material or other ignited substance is within 10 feet of, (i) the propane dispenser used to refuel the vehicle, (ii) the propane container of the vehicle, or (iii) the propane fill point of the vehicle. (15) The total capacity of all propane storage tanks at a container refill centre shall not exceed 5,000 USWG. (16) An applicant must prepare, but is not required to submit, plans under clause (2) (d) if, (a) the plans are approved by, and stamped with the seal of, a professional engineer; (b) the professional engineer submits a written declaration to the Director that the plans were approved and stamped in accordance with clause (a); and (c) the plans are kept at all times at the centre or plant during its construction. (17) Upon request by an inspector, an applicant under subsection (16) must produce the plans within 72 hours for inspection. O. Reg. 514/96, s. 15. Tank Truck OR Cargo Liner Licence