ON: Revised TSSA guidelines call for deferred inspections cleared by Nov 30

The Technical Safety and Standard Authority has posted revised guidelines in their response to COVID-19 on their website.

The TSSA has stated that most inspection requirements that may have been deferred during the onset of COVID-19 restrictions must now resume and must be completed no later than November 30, 2020. The CPA responded that this deadline is inadequate for many ongoing regular inspection requirements, with larger organizations requiring several months of advance notice to clear their backlog. The TSSA replied that the Statutory Directors in each program area will consider extensions where they are warranted. If your company is unable to clear its backlog by November 30, then you must submit a proposed schedule to the Statutory Director detailing your process, timelines for completing inspections and identify how many inspections are backlogged.

Inspections must respect physical distancing requirements.

Revised inspection requirements:

• License-dependent inspections must now resume and must be completed no later than November 30, 2020.
• 10-year inspections of tanks and appliances required by section 18 of O. Reg. 211/01 that were deferred must now be completed no later than November 30, 2020.
• Any deferred inspections for annual mobile food inspections, and propane terminal and propane dispenser inspections must also now be scheduled as soon as possible and be completed no later than November 30, 2020.

Please contact Government Relations Director, Ontario, Marcelline Riddell if you are experiencing issues at marcellineriddell@propane.ca.