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BLACK POWDER granular or as a meal or GUNPOWDER granular or as a meal

• Class: 1.1D
• Packing Group / Category: II
• Special Provisions: 76, 90
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 10
• Excepted Quantities: E0
• ERAP Index: 75
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: 10
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: Forbidden

Special Provision 76

Despite section 5.7, any combination of these dangerous goods included in Class 1 may be offered for transport, handled or transported in a road vehicle if

1. the total quantity of all the dangerous goods included in Class 1, expressed in net explosives quantity, is less than or equal to 5 kg;

2. the total number of articles of dangerous goods subject to special provision 86 is less than or equal to 100 articles; and

3. the operator of the road vehicle has a valid Pyrotechnic Card that has been issued to the operator by the Explosives Regulatory Division of Natural Resources Canada.

Special Provision 90

These Regulations, except for Part 1 (Coming into Force, Repeal, Interpretation, General Provisions and Special Cases) and Part 2 (Classification) do not apply to the handling, offering for transport or transporting of these dangerous goods on a road vehicle, a railway vehicle or a vessel on a domestic voyage if

1. these dangerous goods are contained in small means of containment that

   1. are constructed of metal or robust, electrically conductive plastic,

   2. are designed, constructed, filled, closed, secured and maintained so that under normal conditions of transport, including handling, there will be no accidental release of these dangerous goods that could endanger public safety, and

   3. each have a capacity that is less than or equal to 500 g;

2. the gross mass of all these dangerous goods is 12 kg or less;

3. the gross mass of all the dangerous goods, including that of these dangerous goods,

   1. is less than or equal to 150 kg for dangerous goods transported on the road vehicle or the railway vehicle, and

   2. is less than or equal to 150 kg for dangerous goods transported on the vessel, excluding dangerous goods in a road vehicle or railway vehicle being transported on the vessel; and

4. these dangerous goods are in a quantity or concentration available to the general public and are transported by

   1. a user or purchaser of these dangerous goods, or

   2. a retailer to or from a user or purchaser of these dangerous goods.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.