PCB Regulations

Marginal note:Equipment and liquids for servicing equipment

• 29 (1) The owner of equipment referred to in section 16, other than equipment for which an extension has been applied for under section 17 or 17.1, or of a liquid used to service equipment under subsection 15(2) must, if feasible, affix a label in a readily visible location on the equipment or on the container of the liquid, no later than 30 days after the day on which the equipment or liquid ceases to be used.

• Marginal note:Equipment for which extension applied for

  (2) The owner of equipment for which an extension has been applied for under section 17 or 17.1 must, if feasible, affix a label in a readily visible location on the equipment.

• Marginal note:Exceptions

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) equipment or containers of liquids that bear a label on September 5, 2008 that indicates the presence of PCBs.

  • (b) [Repealed, SOR/2025-273, s. 13]

• Marginal note:Containers for small equipment

  (3.1) If it is not feasible for a label to be affixed to equipment because the equipment is too small, the owner of the equipment must, if the equipment is stored, affix the label referred to in subsection (4) in a readily visible location on the container in which the equipment is stored.

• Marginal note:Description

  (4) The label must

  • (a) state “ATTENTION — contains 50 mg/kg or more of PCBs / contient 50 mg/kg ou plus de BPC” in black lettering on a white background, in a font size of no less than 36 points;

  • (b) measure at least 150 mm by 150 mm or at least 76 mm by 76 mm in the case of capacitors; and

  • (c) in the case of equipment for which an extension is applied for under section 17 or 17.1, state a unique identification number.