✨ Hazardous Substances Regulations
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 35
Schedule 9
Controls relating to secondary containment
Part 1
Secondary containment
1 Secondary containment system for storage of class 3.1 hazardous substances
(1) This clause applies to every secondary containment system to which regulation 39 of the Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001 applies if any stationary container located within the secondary containment system is used to contain a class 3.1 hazardous substance described in Schedule 1.
(2) The quantity of class 3.1 hazardous substance that is stored in a secondary containment system to which this clause applies must not exceed 75,000,000 litres.
(3) If the quantity of class 3.1 hazardous substances stored within a secondary containment system is greater than 25,000,000 litres, and the substances are stored in more than 1 stationary container, the stationary containers must be divided into groups.
(4) The aggregate capacity of the stationary containers in a group must not exceed 25,000,000 litres.
(5) Each group must be separated from all other stationary containers in the secondary containment system by a further secondary containment system (called an intermediate secondary containment system).
(6) An intermediate secondary containment system must comply with all requirements applying to a secondary containment system except—
(a) it must have a capacity of at least 50% of the capacity of the largest stationary container located within it; and
(b) none of its walls may be higher than 0.25 metres lower than the height of the lowest wall of the secondary containment system in which it is located.
2 Authority may modify aggregate capacity limit for groups of stationary containers
(1) The Authority may, on application from a person, increase the aggregate capacity of stationary containers that may be in a group within a secondary containment system for the purposes of clause 1(4).
(2) The Authority may not approve an aggregate capacity under subclause (1) that exceeds 40,000,000 litres.
(3) In considering an application under subclause (1) the Authority must have regard to the following matters:
(a) the degree of hazard associated with the substance or substances stored within each intermediate secondary containment system in the secondary containment system to which the application relates:
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