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Hazardous substances publications

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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

Contaminated land

General publications | Best practice guides and guidelines | Consultation documents

General publications

Name	Date	Reference
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

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
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