New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 35

Page 860

✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations



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Every stationary container system to which this clause applies must be installed—

(a)

(b)

to ensure that—

(i) the hazardous substance does not discharge or leak from any part of the stationary container system within the building in which the stationary container system is located; and

(ii) any transfer point used for filling the stationary container system with the hazardous substance is located outside the building in which the stationary container system is located; and

(iii) any vent pipe, relief valve, or overfill pipe that is part of the stationary container system terminates outside the building in which the stationary container system is located; and

(iv) exhaust fumes created as a result of using the hazardous substance are discharged into a safe place that is outside the building in which the stationary container system is located; and

(v) the flow of hazardous substance to the equipment of the stationary container system is modulated to match the capacity of the equipment; and

(vi) the supply of hazardous substance to the equipment of the stationary container system, or any pump used to supply the substance to that equipment, is cut off if the temperature of the hazardous substance reaches 90ºC; and

(vii) if the hazardous substance spills or leaks into the secondary containment system of the stationary container system, any pump that is part of the stationary container system is located so that it will not come into contact with the spilled substance; or

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

(3)

A stationary container system to which this clause applies must have means of preventing the substance from draining from any stationary tank that is part of the stationary container system in the event that pipework that is part of the stationary container system fails. Examples of the means that may be included are anti-siphoning devices, and non-return or other valves.

(4)

The means of preventing the substance from draining referred to in subclause (3) must be fitted as close as practicable to each stationary tank that is part of the stationary container system to which this clause applies.

57

Stationary container system used to contain certain substances in area of regular habitation to have automatic cut-off

(1)

This clause applies to a stationary container system to which clause 56 applies that is used to contain—

(a) a class 3.1C hazardous substance that has a flashpoint of not less than 50ºC that flows into the stationary container system by gravity; or



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