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Volume 60, No. 3

50/2017

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 28, 2017

B.C. Reg. 50/2017 , deposited February 28, 2017, under the SAFETY STANDARDS ACT [section 88 (2) (a), (

b) and (t)]. Ministerial Order M78/2017, dated February 27, 2017.

I, Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for

Housing and Deputy Premier, order that, effective 90 days after deposit, the Electrical

Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy

Premier .

Schedule

Section 18 of the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is amended

by adding the following subsections:

(6) If a licensed electrical contractor or a manufacturer’s technical representative

performs maintenance on, or a repair of, a class 2 security alarm system, or replaces

parts of a class 2 security alarm system, no permit is required if the conditions

set out in subsection (5) (

b) and (

c) are met.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), “class 2 security alarm system” means a security alarm system that is powered by a class 2 circuit.

2 The following Division is added to

Part 2:

Division 3 – Combustible Wood Dust Hazards

Definitions

22 In this Division:

“acceptable industry standard” means any of the following:

(

a) NFPA 499, “Recommended Practice for the Classification of Combustible Dusts

and of Hazardous (Classified) Locations for Electrical Installations in Chemical Process Areas)”;

(

b) Part 10-2 of IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 60079-10-2 Explosive

Atmospheres;

(

c) a standard, acceptable to a safety manager, for classifying CDH locations;

“CDH location” means combustible dust hazardous location;

“CDH location management plan” means a plan prepared in accordance with

section 24, and includes any revisions to

the plan made under

section 25;

“combustible dust” has the same meaning as in

section 18 of the B.C. Electrical Code;

“hazardous location” has the same meaning as in

section 18 of the B.C. Electrical Code, as it applies

to combustible dust;

“NFPA” means National Fire Protection Association;

“qualified professional” means an individual described in

section 23;

“wood processing facility” means a sawmill, planer mill or other facility that

(

a) cuts, planes or otherwise mills raw lumber,

(

b) is capable of producing Zone 20 or Zone 21 CDH locations, and

(

c) first began cutting, planing or otherwise milling raw lumber before February

29, 2016;

“Zone 20” has the same meaning as in

section 18 of the B.C. Electrical Code;

“Zone 21” has the same meaning as in

section 18 of the B.C. Electrical Code.

Who are qualified professionals

(1) An individual who acts independently of any other person is a qualified professional

for the purpose of this Division if the individual has, in the opinion of a safety

manager, professional qualifications, or a combination of skills and experience, relevant

to all of the following:

(

a) the operation of a wood processing facility, including knowledge of potential

failure modes within the meaning of NFPA 664, “Standard for the Prevention of Fires

and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities” that may cause a CDH location

to form;

(

b) the application of acceptable industry standards for the purpose of classifying

CDH locations;

(

c) the proper installation and operation of electrical equipment present on the

premises of a wood processing facility;

(

d) the application of the B.C. Electrical Code, the British Columbia Fire Code,

the B.C. Natural Gas and Propane Code and other relevant regulations.

(2) An individual who is a member of a group is a qualified professional for the

purpose of this Division if

(

a) the group members collectively have, in the opinion of a safety manager, the

professional qualifications or combination of skills and experience described in subsection

(1), and

(

b) the individual exercises the functions of a qualified professional under this

Division only while acting together with other members of the group.

CDH location management plan

(1) An owner of a wood processing facility must retain a qualified professional to

(

a) assess the wood processing facility for the purpose of identifying and classifying,

in accordance with an acceptable industry standard, CDH locations within the wood

processing facility, and

(

b) prepare the records referred to in this section.

(2) Following an assessment, a qualified professional must prepare a written report

that does all of the following:

(

a) details the results of the assessment and the process used to conduct the

assessment, including confirming that the assessment was conducted using an acceptable

industry standard;

(

b) confirms that the results of the assessment are documented in records located

at the wood processing facility;

(

c) contains all further information, if any, required by a safety manager.

(3) Following an assessment, a qualified professional must prepare a written CDH

location management plan that does all of the following:

(

a) either

(

i) satisfies a safety manager that electrical equipment in CDH locations in the

wood processing facility complies with the B.C. Electrical Code, or

(ii) includes a dust management plan made in accordance with subsection (4);

(

b) details a process for the regular evaluation of

(

i) the currency of the assessment conducted under subsection (1), and

(ii) the effectiveness of combustible dust management practices used in the wood

processing facility and, if applicable, the dust management plan;

(

c) contains all further information, if any, required by a safety manager.

(4) A dust management plan must do all of the following:

(

a) set out the details of the processes that will be used to manage the combustible

dust hazard;

(

b) provide procedures for monitoring the implementation of the plan;

(

c) provide procedures for recording and keeping the results of the monitoring

referred to in paragraph (b), in sufficient detail and in a manner that a safety officer

or safety manager, on inspection, will be satisfied that the plan is being implemented

as intended.

Revision of CDH location management plan

(1) An owner of a wood processing facility must ensure that a CDH location management

plan is revised, by a qualified professional, as follows:

(

a) in accordance with the directions of a safety officer or safety manager, within

the time required by the safety officer or safety manager;

(

b) if electrical equipment within a CDH location is changed in a manner that

affects the level of safety to be achieved by complying with the plan;

(

c) if changes are made to

(

i) combustible dust management practices used in the wood processing facility,

(ii) processes detailed in a dust management plan used to manage combustible dust

hazards;

(

d) if changes are made to the type of raw lumber being processed in the wood

processing facility;

(

e) if significant changes are made to how raw lumber is processed in the wood

processing facility, including any changes to the equipment used in processing or

the introduction of a new type of processing.

(2) Within 30 days of revising a CDH location management plan for a reason described

in subsection (1) (b), (

d) or (e), an owner of a wood processing facility must submit

to a safety manager a declaration stating

(

a) that the plan has been revised by a qualified professional, and

(

b) the reason for the revision.

(3) An owner of a wood processing facility must submit to a safety manager any

further information the safety manager requires after receiving a declaration under

subsection (2).

Continuing duties

(1) An owner of a wood processing facility must do both of the following with respect

to the records referred to in

section 24:

(

a) keep a copy of the records within the facility;

(

b) keep a copy of the records for at least 5 years from the date on which they

were made.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the original record and each revision to

the record are to be treated as separate records.

(3) An owner of a wood processing facility must ensure the operation of the wood

processing facility is in compliance with the CDH location management plan that applies

to the facility.

(4) The following persons must promptly notify, in writing, a safety manager or

safety officer if a CDH location management plan that applies to a wood processing

facility is not being complied with, or if circumstances in the facility have changed

in a manner that affects the adequacy of the plan to achieve safety:

(

a) the owner of the facility;

(

b) the qualified professional who prepared the plan;

(

c) a field safety representative named on a permit for electrical equipment located

within a CDH location identified in the plan.

(5) Annually, or more often if required by a safety manager, an owner of a wood

processing facility must submit to a safety manager, in the form and manner required

by the safety manager, a declaration stating

(

a) that the owner’s wood processing facility is being operated in compliance

with the CDH location management plan that applies to the facility, and

(

b) all further information, if any, required by the safety manager.

(6) An owner of a wood processing facility must promptly notify a safety manager,

in writing and accompanied by proof acceptable to the safety manager, of any of the

following circumstances:

(

a) if all electrical equipment in CDH locations in the wood processing facility

complies with the B.C. Electrical Code;

(

b) if electrical equipment in a CDH location that did not comply with the B.C.

Electrical Code is permanently removed from the CDH location or replaced with equipment

that complies with the B.C. Electrical Code;

(

c) if a CDH location identified in a CDH location management plan that applies

to the facility no longer exists.

(7) No later than 30 days after the occurrence of either of the following events,

an owner of a wood processing facility must notify a safety manager, in writing and

accompanied by proof acceptable to the safety manager, of the event:

(

a) if ownership of the wood processing facility is transferred to another person;

(

b) if the wood processing facility ceases to operate for a period of more than 30

days.

When requirements under this Division cease to apply

27 The requirements of sections 25 and 26 cease to apply with respect to a wood processing

facility when all electrical equipment in all CDH locations identified in a CDH location

management plan that applies to the facility complies with the B.C. Electrical Code.

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