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Hazardous substances|Contaminated land|Organochlorines

Hazardous substances

Strategies|General publications|Best practice guides and guidelines|Technical reports|Consultation documents

Strategies

Name Date Reference
Strategy for Improving the Workability of Hazardous Substances Provisions of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act June 2003 ME476

General publications

Name Date Reference
Intractable Agricultural Chemicals in New Zealand Feb 2006 ME717
Improving the HSNO Act's workability May 2005 INFO 91
Acting together - Links between the HSNO Act and the RMA June 2003 ME646
The Hazardous Facility Screening Procedure training manual March 2002 ME645
Your Guide to the Hazardous Substances & New Organisms Act July 2001 ME393
Acting Together: HSNO and the RMA July 2001 INFO 19D
Sources of Information on the Hazardous Substances & New Organisms Act June 2000 INFO 19C
Introduction to the Hazardous Substances & New Organisms Act July 2001 INFO 19B
You and Hazardous Substances July 2001 INFO 19A
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms information sheets December 1997 -

Best practice guides and guidelines

Name Date Reference
Land Use Planning Guide for Hazardous Facilities February 2002 ME424
Assessment Guide for Hazardous Facilities March 2000 ME339
Above-ground Bulk Tank Containment Systems June 1995 ME610

Technical reports

Name Date Reference
Agrichemical Trespass Ministerial Advisory Committee (ATMAC) Final Report to the Minister for the Environment November 2002 ME432
Review of Environmental Performance Indicators for Toxic Contaminants in the environment - air, water and land October 1998 TR37
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposals for Waste, Hazardous Substances and Toxic Contaminants October 1998 ME292

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Consultation documents

Name Date Reference
Working Towards a Comprehensive Policy Framework for Managing Contaminated Land in New Zealand: Position Paper September 2007 ME836
Working Towards a Comprehensive Policy Framework for Managing Contaminated Land in New Zealand: Report on Submissions September 2007 ME835
Hazardous Substance Strategy: Proposals to Amend the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 April 2004 ME506, ME507
Summary of Submissions: Improving the Operation of the HSNO Act for New Organisms February 2003 ME462
Towards a Pesticides Risk Reduction Policy for New Zealand – Summary of Submissions September 2002 ME455
Public Discussion Paper: Improving the Operation of the HSNO Act for New Organisms September 2002 ME454
Towards a Pesticides Risk Reduction Policy for New Zealand April 2002 ME427

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Contaminated land

General publications|Best practice guides and guidelines|Consultation documents

General publications

Name Date Reference

Audit of the Remediation of the former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company Site, Mapua

 July 2009 CR 71
Remediation of the FCC Mapua site December 2008 CR57
The Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund: Guide to Regional Council Applicants May 2006 ME689

 

Best practice guides and guidelines

Name Date Reference
Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 2 - Hierarchy and Application in New Zealand of Environmental Guideline Values Updated June 2007 ME491
Identifying, Investigating and Managing Risks Associated with Former Sheep-dip Sites: A guide for local authorities November 2006 ME775

Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 4: Classification and Information Management Protocols

August 2006 ME742
Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 3 - Risk Screening System February 2004 ME502
Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No 5 - Site Investigation and Analysis of Soils February 2004 ME497

Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1 - Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand

 October 2003 ME492
Checklist for the Removal of Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks April 2001 ME623
Checklist of Reporting Requirements for Contaminated Sites April 2001 ME622
Guidelines for assessing and managing petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in New Zealand June 1999 ME245
Draft Sampling Protocols and Analytical Methods for Determining Petroleum Products in Soil and Water May 1999 ME613
Environmental guidelines for water discharges from petroleum industry sites in New Zealand December 1998 ME300
Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Gasworks Sites in New Zealand August 1997 ME244
Health and Environmental Guidelines for Selected Timber Treatment Chemicals June 1997 ME240

Consultation documents

Name Date Reference
Working Towards a Comprehensive Policy Framework for Managing Contaminated Land in New Zealand November 2006 ME777

 

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Organochlorines

General publications|Technical reports

General publications

Name Date Reference
New Zealand's National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants December 2006 ME789

Updated Users Guide to Resource Management (National Environmental Standards Relating to Certain Air Pollutants, Dioxins and Other Toxics) Regulations 2004 (Including Amendments 2005) (second draft)

 October 2005 ME695
Dioxins at a glance August 2001 INFO 20
Reporting on persistent organochlorines September 1998 ME289
Organochlorines Bulletins 1995 - 1999

INFO 10, INFO 9, INFO 7, INFO 6, INFO 5, INFO 4, INFO 3, INFO 2

Technical reports

Name Date Reference
Assessment of Dioxin Contamination at Sawmill Sites October 2008 CR 52
Dioxin and Furan Emissions to Air from Secondary Metallurgical Processes in New Zealand: Volume One and Two April 2004 ME508, ME509
Dioxin Concentrations in Residential Soil, Paritu, New Plymouth September 2002 ME640
Dioxin Action Plan October 2001 ME411
The cost effectiveness of reductions in dioxin emissions to air from selected sources August 2001 TR110
Dioxin discharges from waste incinerators; technical specifications for national environmental standards August 2001 TR109
Serum study: A summary of the findings May 2001 INFO 17
Concentrations of selected organochlorines in serum from the non-occupationally exposed New Zealand population May 2001 ME350
Evaluation of toxicity of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs: A health risk appraisal for the New Zealand population February 2001 ME351
New Zealand inventory of dioxin emissions to air, land and water and reservoir sources

March 2000

 ME345
Ambient concentrations of selected organochlorines in air December 1999 ME362
Ambient concentrations of selected organochlorines in rivers December 1998 ME317
Ambient concentrations of selected organochlorines in estuaries June 1999 ME316
Organochlorines Programme Environmental Survey Database and Users Manual March 1999 TR85
Ambient concentrations of selected organochlorines in soil December 1998 ME318
Concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs and PCBs in retail foods and an assessment of dietary intake for New Zealanders November 1998 ME319

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