✨ Hazardous Substances Notice




17 NOVEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 166 3999

6 Additional controls

The controls in 7, 8 and 9 apply from the date that this notice comes into force.

7 Storage of azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl

Holders and collectors must ensure that azinphos methyl, and formulations containing azinphos methyl, are only stored in suitable containers and kept in buildings and places which are:

(a) secure and suitable for the purpose taking into account the quantities stored, moisture control ventilation and spill containment; and

(b) sited so that the risk of contamination of people, animals, crops and the environment is minimised.

8 Controls on the disposal of azinphos methyl and formulations containing

(1) Azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl may be disposed of by:

(a) treating the substance using a method that changes the characteristics or composition of the substance so that the substance or any product of such treatment is no longer a hazardous substance; or

(b) exporting the substance from New Zealand as waste for environmentally sound disposal provided that such export complies with the relevant requirements of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and the OECD Decision C(2001)107 on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations.

(2) In subclause (1)(a), treating the substance does not include:

(a) (save in the case of use of Cotnion 200 Insecticide in accordance with the controls set out in the Appendix to this notice before the expiry of 31 December 2014) application to or discharge to any environmental medium; or

(b) dilution of the substance with any other substance before discharge into the environment; or

(c) depositing the substance in a landfill or a sewage facility; or

(d) depositing the substance in an incinerator unless in doing so the substance is treated in accordance with subclause (1)(a).

(3) All stocks of azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl must be used or disposed of by the expiry of 31 December 2014.

9 Controls on collectors of azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl

(1) A collector must ensure that equipment used to handle the substance complies with regulation 7 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001.

(2) A collector who handles azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl must comply with regulation 8 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001.

(3) Regulation 9 of the Hazardous Substances (Class 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001 applies to any quantity of azinphos methyl and formulations containing azinphos methyl.



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πŸ₯ Hazardous Substances (Reassessment of azinphos methyl) Direction Notice 2009 (continued from previous page)

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Hazardous Substances, Azinphos Methyl, Reassessment, Environmental Risk Management Authority, Direction Notice