Pursuant to section 79 (5) of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that it approved on
27 November 2006, the Code of Practice for the Management of Existing Stationary Container Systems
up to 60,000 litres Capacity.
This code is intended to provide a means of compliance
with the regulatory requirements of Clause 100 (2) (c)
of Schedule 8, and Clauses 3 (1) (b) and 4 (4) (d) of Schedule 9 of the Hazardous Substances (Dangerous Goods and Scheduled Toxic Substances) Transfer Notice 2004
(as amended) in respect of stationary tanks up to 60,000 litres capacity for the containment of hazardous substances that were:
? in use prior to 1 April 2004; or
? were designed and which construction had commenced by 1 April 2004.
This code can be inspected at the Wellington office of ERMA New Zealand, Level One, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, or can be downloaded from the ERMA New Zealand web site:
www.ermanz.govt.nz
ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, ERMA New Zealand.