A report on the development of "Technical Recommendations Document for the Canadian wood preservation and protection facilities"

IRG/WP 3447

G Das, V N P Mathur

The wood preservation and wood protection industry uses chemicals which are similar. However, because the methods of applications of preservatives are different in wood preservation (pressure treatment) and wood protection (surface treatment) plants, their problems need to be resolved separately. As a part of a federal strategy to protect the environment and human health from potentially toxic commercial chemicals in use in Canada, Environment Canada (EC) decided to develop Technical Recommendations (TR) documents for the Canadian Wood Protection and Preservation facilities. These TR documents define design and operational measures which will protect the environment and worker health. The measures are based on current knowledge of existing technology and current knowledge of physical, chemical and biological properties of the preservative chemicals. A significant amount of background information has been included in the TR documents in order to provide readers with the factual basis which supports the suggested designs and recommended operational practices. Although the recommendations are specific, the focus is on achieving the objectives of protecting the environment and workers from harmful exposure to preservative chemicals. Site-specific circumstances may require the modification of certain recommendations in order to best achieve these objectives.


Keywords: CANADA; TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS; TREATMENT PLANTS; ANTI-SAPSTAIN TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENT; CODE OF GOOD PRACTIC

Conference: 87-05-17/22 Honey Harbour, Ontario, Canada


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