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What is happening in 2005?

Hazardous Substances. What is happening in 2005?. Recent Events. 1 April 2004 Revisions to the legislation First Gazette Notice No 35 June 2004 Gazette Notice Transfer of Timber Treatment Chemicals Introduced Staged Implementation. Staged Implementation. Gave industry

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What is happening in 2005?

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  1. Hazardous Substances What is happening in 2005?

  2. Recent Events • 1 April 2004 • Revisions to the legislation • First Gazette Notice No 35 • June 2004 Gazette Notice • Transfer of Timber Treatment Chemicals • Introduced Staged Implementation

  3. Staged Implementation • Gave industry • six months “breathing space” • time to get organised • time to understand the legislation • time to progressively introduce the concepts • Staged Implementation takes effect during 2005

  4. The Elements of Staged Implementation • Tracking – 1 Jan 2005 • A new concept • Only for the most hazardous substances • Not dissimilar to the Poison Book • Now extends further down the train • Need to • identify Location Test Certificate • identify Approved Handler • keep records

  5. Tracking • Only required for Classes Explosives, 3.1A, 3.2A, 4.1.2A /B, 4.1.3A, 4.2A/3A, 5.1.1A, 5.2A/B, 6.1A/B/C,9.1A/2A/3A/4A • Records at each stage of lifecycle • Manufacture / import through to disposal / use • May only transfer if: • To an approved handler • To an approved location (for storage) • Responsibility with ‘person in charge’

  6. Test Certificates • Approved Handlers – All “Full” by 1 Jan 2007 • Location Test Certificates • Large volumes by 31 December 2004, • Timber Treatment by 31 March 2005 • Others alphabetically • All by 1 June 2006 • Implementation Plan

  7. Staged Implementation • Identification, documentation and signage • Emergency Management • Packaging

  8. “Grand Parenting” • Stationary Container Systems • Secondary Containment • Type “E” Depots

  9. Macro Patch • Currently Going through Parliament • Improving workability • Reduce the cost to industry • Submissions welcomed • Major issues: • Group Standards for substances • Group Standard for wastes • Enforcement • Exposures limits

  10. What’s there to Help?

  11. Industry Initiatives • New Substances • Good response to new applications • Code of Practice • Code at an advanced stage of development • Test Certification - TPC • Work commenced on certification

  12. Hazardous Substance Register • All Timber Treatment Chemicals • Enter Trade Names • Identify the Controls • www.ermanz.govt.nz/search/registers.html

  13. Quick Guides • Approved Handlers • Locations • Emergency Management • Tracking • Packaging • Person in Charge • Others planned

  14. Compliance Guides • Timber Treatment • Others • LPG • Water Treatment Chemicals • Agriculture

  15. Formal Codes of Practice • Approved • Exempt Laboratories • Signage • Management of Agricultural Chemicals • In Progress • Timber Treatment • Others

  16. Codes coming up • Safety Data Sheets • Labelling • Emergency Management • Various industry specific codes • Transit Depots

  17. Approved Practice Guides • Informal documents being considered to expedite progress • Approved by Authority but not through formal HSNO process • May be a good starting point en route to full approval

  18. Further Information • Publications - order hard copy • Web site - www.ermanz.govt.nz • By email - info@ermanz.govt.nz • By phone - 0800 ERMADG (376 234) • By fax - 04 914 0433

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