Environmental Risk Management Authority notice of approval of Code of Practice
Summarised from New Zealand Gazette issue 97, 2 July 2009
Pursuant to section 79(5) of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority advises that it approved on 25 June 2009, the Code of Practice AS/NZS 60079.10:2004 and AS/NZS 2430.3:2004.
This code is intended to provide a means of compliance with Regulation 58 of the Hazardous substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001 in respect of the standards for the delineation of hazardous atmosphere zones.
→ Buy AS/NZS 60079.10:2004 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Classification of hazardous areas.
→ Buy AS/NZS 2430.3 Classification of hazardous areas set – Examples of area classification.
Outstanding 14001 certification result for 3R Group
Reproduced with permission from 3R Group Ltd.
Having achieved Enviromark Bronze in 2006 and then ACC WSMP (Workplace Safety Management Practices) to secondary level in 2008, the decision for 3R Group Ltd to gain certification to ISO14001 was considered a natural progression for the Company.
Hawke's Bay based 3R Group design, implement and manage Product Stewardship programmes in New Zealand. Resene PaintWise and Agrecovery are two good examples where 3R have worked with clients to find a sustainable solution to problem industry waste streams. 3R not only define the problem and design a solution, but also manage the programmes operationally for their clients.
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[more]Update on new environment work of the International Organization of Standardization
New Zealand has the opportunity to participate in or observe on new work of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), related to the environment, as outlined in the articles below.
- Water footprinting – new work on international Standard
- Carbon footprinting of organisations – new work on Technical Report
- Quantitative environmental information – new work on Technical Specification
- Sustainability criteria for bioenergy – new Project Committee
- Other ISO work underway
Water footprinting – work on international Standard approved
New work on an international Standard for water footprinting has been approved, within ISO Technical Committee (TC) 207/Subcommittee (SC) 5 'Life cycle assessment'.
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[more]NEW SPECIFICATION
Environmental Choice New Zealand
The following new specification is open for public comment until 31 August 2009.
EC-46-09 Interior Lining Products for Buildings
Specification documents are available on www.enviro-choice.org.nz or by contacting
The New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust
PO Box 56-533, Dominion Road
Mt Eden, Auckland 1446.
Tel: 09 845 3330, Fax 09 845 3331, email info@enviro-choice.org.nz
STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT
Acoustics – Road traffic noise – New and altered roads
Committee: P6806
Project Manager: Stuart Ng
Estimated Publication Date: October 2009
Comments: The public comment period for this Standard has now closed. Standards New Zealand is now working with the committee to review the comments and a meeting has been set down for late August.
Acoustics – Wind farm noise
Committee: P6808
Project Manager: Bruce Taylor
Estimated Publication Date: October 2009
Comments: Public comments on the revised draft Standard on wind farm noise closed on 30 April 2009. Standards New Zealand received over 600 comments, each of which has been considered by the review committee. Voting by the committee on the final version of the Standard is underway, in preparation for its planned publication in October 2009.