Work Beginning on New Editions of Three National Standards of Canada for Chemicals

Ottawa, 20 January, 2014 – Public Works and Government Services Canada's Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) announces today the beginning work on new editions of three National Standards of Canada for Chemicals:

CAN/CGSB-3.855 Ethylene Glycol, Uninhibited
CAN/CGSB-15.50 Technical Grade Acetone
CAN/CGSB-15.52 Technical Grade Methyl Ethyl Ketone

These Standards are referenced in Federal regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations (SOR/2008-197)). CAN/CGSB-3.855 was last updated in 1979, while CAN/CGSB-15.50 and CAN/CGSB-15.52 were last updated in 1992.

With support from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), CGSB administers the standards development process using balanced committees to arrive at voluntary consensus standards that can become National Standards of Canada.

As a Standards Development Organization (SDO) recognized in Canada as having the competence to develop National Standards of Canada, CGSB is among the SDOs whose standards development work is eligible for funding from the SCC. SCC funding is specifically targeted for the review and update of various technical standards maintained by SCC-accredited SDOs that are referenced in Canadian federal regulations and which have been confirmed by government departments as being of ongoing significance to their regulatory mandates.

This advisory is to notify the public and key stakeholders the work is commencing.

Drafts of the standards will be made available for public review and comment in 2014 through the normal standards development process. Once the projects conclude in 2015, the documents will be available for public access for five years.

For more information, please review the Frequently Asked Questions, or contact CGSB at ncr.cgsb-ongc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.