Pursuant to section 79(5) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 ("HSNO Act"), the Environmental
Protection Authority (EPA) advises that it approved on
5 March 2013, the code of practice HSNOCOP 55 Storage of Explosives.
This code of practice has been developed by the EPA and provides a means of compliance with Regulations 15 to 31 of the Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001, in particular with Regulation 24 of these Regulations for the construction of magazines and readily moveable containers for the storage of class 1 substances and Regulation 31 of these Regulations as a means to meet the requirements to control adverse effects of unintended initiation of explosives at a hazardous substances location.
Pursuant to section 80(1) of the HSNO Act, this code may be inspected on request at the EPA, Level 10, 215 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Pursuant to section 80(1)(b) of the HSNO Act, the code is available from the EPA website
www.epa.govt.nz
ROB FORLONG, Chief Executive, Environmental Protection Authority.