Hazardous Substances Regulations




16 DECEMBER 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 208


Schedule 5

Amendments to Schedule 7 to the principal notice

Control – Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001

New Controls – Regulations 37 and 38

Insert, after the changes to controls for regulation 36, the following changes to controls:

Regulation 37

This regulation applies as if the following subclauses were inserted at the end:

(1A) If pooling substances which do not have class 1 to 5 hazard classifications are held in a place above ground in containers each of which has a capacity of 60 litres or less,–

(a) if the place’s total pooling potential is less than 20,000 litres, the secondary containment system must have a capacity of at least 25% of that total pooling potential:

(b) if the place’s total pooling potential is 20,000 litres or more, the secondary containment system must have a capacity of the greater of–

(i) 5% of the total pooling potential; or

(ii) 5,000 litres.

(1B) Pooling substances to which subclause (1A) applies, must be segregated where appropriate to ensure that the leakage of one substance may not adversely affect the container of another substance.

Regulation 38

This regulation applies as if the following subclauses were inserted at the end:

(1A) If pooling substances which do not have class 1 to 5 hazard classifications are held in a place above ground in containers 1 or more of which have a capacity of more than 60 litres but none of which have a capacity of more than 450 litres,–

(a) if the place’s total pooling potential is less than 20,000 litres, the secondary containment system must have a capacity of either 25% of that total pooling potential or 110% of the capacity of the largest container, whichever is the greater:

(b) if the place’s total pooling potential is 20,000 litres or more, the secondary containment system must have a capacity of the greater of–

(i) 5% of the total pooling potential; or

(ii) 5,000 litres.

(1B) Pooling substances to which subclause (1A) applies, must be segregated where appropriate to ensure that the leakage of one substance may not adversely affect the container of another substance.

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🏥 Amendments to Schedule 7 to the principal notice (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hazardous Substances, Emergency Management Regulations, Pooling Substances, Secondary Containment, Regulation 37, Regulation 38