PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND DEPUTY PREMIER

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1 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND DEPUTY PREMIER Safety Standards Act Ministerial Order No. M078 I, Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier,.1 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. Date Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier (This pan is for administrativ~ purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Safety Standards Act, S.. B.C. 2003, c. 39. s. 88 (2) (a), (b) and (t) Other. MO 58/2004 February 6, 2017 R/1 053/ page I of6

2 SCHEDULE I Section 18 of the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg , 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: Definitions 22 In this Division: Division 3 - Combustible Wood Dust Hazards "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 ffic (International Electrotechnical Commission) 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 o.ther 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. page 2of6

3 Who are qualified professionals 23 (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 24 (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 docijmented 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 page 3 of 6

4 (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 25 (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, or (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 bow 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 (l).(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 Lo a safety manager any further information the safety -manager requires after receiving a declaration under subsection (2). page 4 of6

5 Continuing duties 26 (l) An owner of a wood processing facility must do both of the following with respe.ct 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 CDR 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. page 5 of6

6 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. page 6 o 6