Hazardous Substances Regulations




26 MARCH NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 851

Part 6

Below ground tanks for hazardous liquids

32 Design and construction of below ground stationary tank for hazardous liquids

(1) This clause does not apply to a below ground stationary tank that is required to comply with the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999.

(2) Every below ground stationary tank used to store hazardous liquids must be designed and constructed in accordance with—

(a) AS 1692 (category 4); or

(b) BS EN 12285.1:2003; or

(c) UL 1316; or

(d) ASTM D4021-81; or

(e) a code of practice approved by the Authority under section 79 of the Act that specifies requirements equivalent to the requirements specified in paragraph (a), or paragraph (b), or paragraph (c), or paragraph (d).

33 Installation of below ground stationary tank for hazardous liquids

Every below ground stationary tank used to store hazardous liquids must be installed in accordance with—

(a) sections 12.8, 12.9, 15, and 16 of UPSS; or

(b) a code of practice approved by the Authority that specifies requirements equivalent to the requirements specified in paragraph (a).

Pressure management

34 Design, construction, installation, and operation of below ground stationary tank for hazardous liquids for pressure management

(1) Every below ground stationary tank used to store hazardous liquids must be designed, constructed, installed, and operated so as to ensure that the pressure or vacuum resulting from filling or emptying the tank will not cause either of the following:

(a) stress in excess of the maximum design stress:

(b) the tank to collapse.

(2) A below ground stationary tank complies with subclause (1) if—

(a) for a tank constructed in accordance with AS 1692, it is vented in accordance with section 5.5 of AS 1940; or

(b) it is vented in accordance with a code of practice approved by the Authority under section 79 of the Act that specifies requirements equivalent to the requirements specified in paragraph (a).



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