New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 141

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✨ Aircraft Decontamination Regulations



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(2) Every aircraft that has carried out an aerial application, and all equipment used in connection with the aerial application, must be decontaminated before the aircraft or equipment is—

(a) used for another purpose; or

(b) removed from a place from which the application operation has been carried out.

(3) When an aerial application being carried out on a day has ceased for that day, the loading area, and any area where the substance is stored in preparation for loading the substance on to or into the aircraft, must be—

(a) decontaminated; or

(b) fenced so that—

(i) people do not inadvertently enter the area; and

(ii) stock cannot gain access to the area.

(4) An area that is fenced in accordance with subclause (3)(b) must have signs erected at the perimeter of the fence in accordance with subclause (5).

(5) The signs referred to in subclause (4) must—

(a) state that people and stock should stay out of the area until the signs, and any fence around the area, have been removed; and

(b) identify the person responsible for the place, and provide sufficient information to enable the person to be contacted during normal business hours; and

(c) identify the substance and state that it is toxic to human beings and ecotoxic to other vertebrates; and

(d) comply with regulations 34 and 35 of the Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001, except that regulation 35 applies as follows:

(i) in relation to the information required to be included on the signs by paragraphs (a) and (b), as if the distances referred to in regulation 35(3)(c) of those regulations were a distance of not less than 2 metres; and

(ii) in relation to the information required to be included on the signs by paragraph (c), as if the distances referred to in regulation 35(3)(c) of those regulations were a distance of not less than 10 metres.

(6) The signs and the fence required by this clause must remain in place until the place is decontaminated.

7 Lost, spilt, or unintended application of certain substances

If a hazardous substance described in Schedule 1 with variation code 4 is applied other than in the intended application area, or is lost or spilt, the person who is in possession of the substance at the time that it was misapplied, lost, or spilt must report the nature and quantity of the substance within 24 hours of the substance being misapplied, lost, or spilt to—



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🌾 Requirements for aircraft carrying hazardous substances (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Aircraft, Hazardous substances, Decontamination, Flight restrictions, Water supply protection

🌾 Reporting lost or spilt hazardous substances

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hazardous substances, Spillage, Reporting, Schedule 1, Variation code 4