Fuels

A message from John Marshall, Statutory Director – Fuels Safety Program, TSSA
In light of the impact of COVID-19, I want to provide an update, as TSSA has moved to implement a revised Contractor Audit program at this time.
The past program largely focussed on contractors setting up site visits for our inspectors. This process is not viable during this pandemic; and thus, we have launched a revised program. The revised program has been vetted with industry and focusses...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Toronto, ON, March 1, 2020 ) – Ontario’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) kicks off Fraud Prevention Month this March with the launch of its first-ever 'Trunk Slammers' Enforcement Program.
Committed to protecting Ontarians from dangers posed by poor technical workmanship on their fuel-burning appliances, TSSA is concentrating on the prosecution of trunk slammers – with a particular focus on repeat offenders. Trunk...
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TSSA is proud to be a supporter of the 2020 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games which will be held from February 25 to 29, 2020, in Thunder Bay.
TSSA will provide in-kind services associated with the safety approval of the Cauldron for the 2020 Games.  This will include field engineering approval of the Olympic Cauldron by Andre Nurgel , Fuels Safety Engineer, as well as field inspection of the Cauldron by Gary Burke , one of TSSA’s local Thunder Bay Fuels Safety...
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Clause 4.5.1.3 of the Liquid Fuels Handling Code (LFHC) 2017 requires that double-wall underground pressure piping systems that were installed prior to January 1, 2006, and approved to one of the following standards, be upgraded with Electronic Line Leak Detection (ELLD) by October 1, 2020.
ULC/ORD-C107.4-1992, Ducted Flexible Underground Piping System for Flammable and Combustible Liquids ;
ULC/ORD-C107.7-1993, Glass-Fibre Reinforced Plastic Pipe and Fittings...
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Unqualified Hamilton Contractor Convicted Again for Operating without Proper Certification
Technician pleads guilty, gets $20K fine, 18 months probation and 80 hours community service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Hamilton, ON, December 17, 2019 ) – The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) has successfully prosecuted an unlicensed Hamilton gas technician for the second time in five years for installing a natural gas heating appliance without holding a...
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