Pursuant to section 49H of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996 ("HSNO Act"), the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) hereby gives notice that on 5 September 2011, it approved an application to import for release and use sulphuryl fluoride, a hazardous substance necessary for use in a special emergency declared under section 49B of the HSNO Act.
The special emergency to which the approval relates is the incursion of the West Indian drywood termite (Cryptotermes brevis), found at Waikanae, as declared by David Carter, Minister for Biosecurity, in a notice published in the
New Zealand Gazette, 19 May 2011, No. 67, page 1618.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is Notice of Approval of Hazardous Substance in Special Emergency (Sulphuryl Fluoride).
2. Approval-The application was approved pursuant to section 49F of the HSNO Act, with the following controls:
(a) The substance may only be used if managed in accordance with the applicant’s Management Plan with specified additions incorporated into that plan.
(b) The date of expiry of the approval shall be 31 March 2021, which is the date of the expiry of the special emergency declared by the Minister for Biosecurity.
3. Availability-The full application and approval (including the management plan) may be:
(a) inspected free of charge during normal business hours at the EPA office; or
(b) purchased from EPA; or
(c) viewed at www.epa.govt.nz
EPA contact details:
BP House
20 Customhouse Quay
PO Box 131
Wellington.
Telephone: (04) 916 2426.
Facsimile: (04) 914 0433.
Email: info@epa.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of September 2011.
MAX SUCKLING, for and on behalf of the Environmental Protection Authority.