New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 35

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✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations



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(b) for quantities of class 2.1.1 permanent gas exceeding 100 m³ but not exceeding 500 m³, 5 metres; or

(c) for quantities of class 2.1.1 permanent gas exceeding 500 m³, 10 metres.

(2) An above ground stationary tank that contains a class 2.1.1 liquefiable gas must be separated from—

(a) an above ground stationary tank that contains any class 3 hazardous substance, by—

(i) if the capacity of the tank that contains the class 3 substance does not exceed 100,000 litres, 6 metres; or

(ii) if the capacity of the tank that contains the class 3 hazardous substance has a capacity exceeding 100,000 litres, 15 metres; and

(b) an above ground stationary tank that contains a class 2.1.1 permanent gas, or a class 5, or class 6, or class 8, or class 9 hazardous substance that does not have a flammable classification, by—

(i) if the water capacity of the tank containing the class 2.1.1 liquefiable gas does not exceed 100,000 litres, 6 metres; or

(ii) if the water capacity of the tank containing the class 2.1.1 liquefiable gas exceeds 100,000 litres, 15 metres; and

(c) any opening into a below ground stationary tank that contains a class 3 hazardous substance by 6 metres; and

(d) the centre line of the outer wall of a compound that contains a class 3 hazardous substance by 3 metres.

22 Separation between above ground stationary tank containing class 3 hazardous substance and above ground stationary tank containing hazardous substance of different class

An above ground stationary tank that contains a class 3 hazardous substance must be separated from an above ground stationary tank that contains a hazardous substance of a different class, other than a class 2.1.1 hazardous substance, by—

(a) if the capacity of the tank containing the class 3 hazardous substance does not exceed 100,000 litres, 8 metres; or

(b) if the capacity of the tank containing the class 3 hazardous substance exceeds 100,000 litres, 15 metres.

23 Separation between above ground stationary tank containing class 6, 8, or 9 hazardous substance and stationary tank containing a substance of a different class

An above ground stationary tank that contains a class 6, or class 8, or class 9 hazardous substance that does not have a flammable classification must be separated from a stationary tank that contains another class 6, or class 8, or class 9 hazardous substance that does not have a flammable classification by not less than 1 metre.



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🏥 Amendments to Hazardous Substances Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Regulations, Hazardous Substances, Separation Distances, Stationary Tanks, Class 2.1.1, Class 3, Class 5, Class 6, Class 8, Class 9